"When the movie trailer for The Exorcist was shown to the public in theaters, it was reportedly so scary that people ran out of the room. As a result, they decided to ban that version of the trailer."
"In the Czech Republic, there is a church called The Sedlec Ossuary that has decorations made entirely of human bones."
"In Ancient Rome, some people believed that if they drank fresh, warm blood from a fallen Gladiator, they would absorb their power. "
"In the 1600s, alchemists did everything they could to try to find eternal life. One elixir that was created by John French, required mushed up brains to sit inside of horse manure for 6 months, until it was ‘liquid enough to be consumed.’"
"Around 1904, a boy named Robert Eugene Otto, or “Gene,” owned a strange-looking doll of a boy, who he named Robert. Robert the Doll is said to be haunted, aware of what is going on around him, and even responsible for multiple violent mishaps. Robert’s tale formed the basis for the film Child’s Play."
"Certain types of antidepressants have been known to eliminate someone’s ability to feel love and compassion."
"Queen Elizabeth I used to paint her face with ceruse, which is a mixture of white lead and vinegar."
"In Philadelphia, The Mutter Museum is filled with fascinating and disgusting bits of human anatomy that have been preserved. Mutations, tumors, and medical anomalies are on full display."
"The Ven Haven Museum in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky is filled with vintage puppets."
"Madame Tussaud’s wax museum is famous around the world for frighteningly life-like figures of celebrities. What most people don’t know, however, is that Madame Anna Maria Tussaud got her start by rushing over to grab heads from the guillotine during the French Revolution. She used these heads to showcase her waxing process."
"After a stroke or some sort of brain trauma, some people can develop “prosopagnosia,” also known as “facial agnosia.” This is when someone loses the ability to recognize faces."
"Poveglia, Italy is considered to be the most haunted island in the world, as untold numbers of people dying of the plague were quarantined there in the 18th century. In the 20th century, the island was then used to hold a mental asylum, and it currently lies abandoned and undeveloped."
"In 1934, a mountain slide dumped heavy rocks into a lake near a town called Tafjord in Norway, a small, remote town. The slide triggered a 203-foot tsunami that hit Tafjord, killing 40 people and injuring even more. This real-life event inspired a horror movie called The Wave."
"Hundreds of years ago, when people died on the battlefield or elsewhere outside, their bodies often just lay there until they rotted away. As they decomposed, their skulls would start to grow a moss called usnea. People believed that this moss contained the spiritual qualities of the fallen soldiers, and they would gather it up as medicine."
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Science is the only real truth. If science can't explain it, that doesn't mean it's magic. It only means the answer hasn't been discovered yet. The key word here being "yet."
Any who downvote this without logical rebuttal are clearly amongst that group of fools.
Invalid. Saying it's magic is the exact thing they were talking about. We don't know... YET. Everything in the universe happens by random chance and to say otherwise is to say it's magic.
While the way you said it (and that super condescending comment at the end) are kinda offensive I don't necessarily disagree with your core statement. I always think of the Arthur C Clarke quote "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic".
The tallest tsunami recorded was in Alaska in 1958, over 1,700 ft [520 meteres]