Categoría Oddities

The 10 most bizarre houses in the world

Waldspirale strange house A showcase of windows WHEREDarmstadt, Germany Try to find two identical windows in this figure. Give up? He did it right: the Waldspirale (“spiral forest”) has more than a thousand windows, all with a unique design and…

How was the crucifixion of Jesus?

ILLUSTRATES Tom WombEDITION Felipe van Deursen – (Tom Belly/Strange World) THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUSIf he was killed as was customary at the time, forget the classic image. His arms were bound and his feet nailed to the side. almost famousDiscovered…

How does the electron microscope work?

»> In 1924, the French physicist Louis de Broglie (1892-1987), Nobel Prize in 1929, demonstrated that a beam of electrons could describe a wave motion, like light, but with a shorter wavelength, allowing much better magnifications. The electronic microscope, created…

How did Freemasonry come about?

1) Sons of Noah Different Masonic authors trace the beginnings of the mythology surrounding the brotherhood to various points in religious history. Some even say that Adam was a Freemason! The most “accepted” thesis among them determines that the descendants…

How do volcanoes occur?

There are two basic types: explosive and non-explosive. The first appears at points where tectonic plates collide (the large blocks that form the earth’s crust) – its best example is in the volcanoes that draw the so-called Belt of Fire,…