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January 15, 2018
Unicorn
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Unicorn
Fantasy Adventure Book Giveaway now on until 29th Jan! bit.ly/2DkmkA2
Grab a complimentary copy of Unicorn, a Mythical Fiction adventure, filled with action, magic and, of course, unicorns
Unicorn
Fantasy Adventure Book Giveaway now on until 29th Jan! bit.ly/2DkmkA2
Grab a complimentary copy of Unicorn, a Mythical Fiction adventure, filled with action, magic and, of course, unicorns
Unicorn
Fantasy Adventure Book Giveaway now on until 29th Jan! bit.ly/2DkmkA2
Grab a complimentary copy of Unicorn, a Mythical Fiction adventure, filled with action, magic and, of course, unicorns 
Unicorn
Fantasy Adventure Book Giveaway now on until 29th Jan! bit.ly/2DkmkA2
Grab a complimentary copy of Unicorn, a Mythical Fiction adventure, filled with action, magic and, of course, unicorns
Unicorn
Fantasy Adventure Book Giveaway now on until 29th Jan! bit.ly/2DkmkA2
Grab a complimentary copy of Unicorn, a Mythical Fiction adventure, filled with action, magic and, of course, unicorns
Unicorn
Fantasy Adventure Book Giveaway now on until 29th Jan! bit.ly/2DkmkA2
Grab a complimentary copy of Unicorn, a Mythical Fiction adventure, filled with action, magic and, of course, unicorns
Unicorn
Fantasy Adventure Book Giveaway now on until 29th Jan! bit.ly/2DkmkA2
Grab a complimentary copy of Unicorn, a Mythical Fiction adventure, filled with action, magic and, of course, unicorns 
January 13, 2018
What is the Voynich Manuscript?
The Voynich Manuscript is a roughly 250-page book written in an entirely unknown language/writing system. It’s been carbon-dated back to the 1400s and includes illustrations of plants that don’t resemble any known species. It’s named for the Polish book dealer who purchased it in 1912. It is believed to have been intended as a medical text. Its first confirmed owner was Georg Baresch (1585–1662), an alchemist from Prague, who discovered it “taking up space uselessly in his library.” Baresch tried to investigate the manuscript’s origins, to no avail.
The manuscript changed hands for centuries until it was purchased by Voynich, who posited that it was authored by Albertus Magnus (an alchemist) or Roger Bacon (an early scientist). However, some believe that Voynich fabricated the manuscript and its history all by himself. Various other hoaxes have been proposed over the years. Of course, that wouldn’t explain the carbon-dating of the paper and ink.
Source: readersdigest.ca
January 5, 2018
The Incident at Dyatlov Pass – an unexplained mystery
On the first night of February 1959, nine ski-hikers died mysteriously in the mountains of what is now Russia. The night of the incident, the group had set up camp on a slope, enjoyed dinner, and prepared for sleep—but something went catastrophically wrong because the group never returned.
On February 26, searchers found the hikers’ abandoned tent, which had been ripped open from the inside. Surrounding the area were footprints left by the group, some wearing socks, some wearing a single shoe, some barefoot, all of which continued to the edge of a nearby wood. That’s where the first two bodies were found, shoeless and wearing only underwear. The scene bore marks of death by hypothermia, but as medical examiners inventoried the bodies, as well as the other seven that were discovered over the months that followed, hypothermia no longer made sense. In fact, the evidence made no sense at all. One body had evidence of a blunt force trauma consistent with a brutal assault; another had third-degree burns; one had been vomiting blood; one was missing a tongue, and some of their clothing was found to be radioactive.
Theories floated include KGB-interference, drug overdose, UFO, gravity anomalies, and the Russian version of the Yeti. Recently, a documentary filmmaker presented a theory involving a terrifying but real phenomenon called “infrasound,” in which the wind interacts with the topography to create a barely audible hum that can nevertheless induce powerful feelings of nausea, panic, dread, chills, nervousness, raised heartbeat rate, and breathing difficulties. The only consensus remains that whatever happened involved an overwhelming and possibly “inhuman force.”
Source : readersdigest.ca
