Spot the difference? The strange case of the criminal doppelgängers that sparked the need for fingerprinting
These two men had the same name, were sentenced to the same prison and look like twins. However, they were not related but are the reason that fingerprints are now used when fighting crime. (quote from CDAN)
Known as the 'street of sorrows' due to the urban legend that it was walled up with plague victims and their families to die in, Mary King's Close in Edinburgh is one of the only original streets from the 1600s still standing in the city, with its original homes and layout. This despite the fact that it was walled up for over 100 years. Known as one of the most haunted streets in the world, many myths and stories grew up around it through its history.
The Victorian Academy of Magick - Time travel will be invented in the year 2025. How do we know? Because that is the year that this delightful lady claimed to have traveled from. In the year 1898, according the contemporary reports, Alexandria Alexis appeared 'as if from nowhere' and took New York society by storm. Some fawned over her while others claimed she was insane. This debate was however rendered moot when, on New Year's Eve 1899, she simply disappeared... | Facebook
Time travel will be invented in the year 2025. How do we know? Because that is the year that this delightful lady claimed to have traveled from. In the year 1898, according the contemporary reports, Alexandria Alexis appeared 'as if from nowhere' and took New York society by storm. Some fawned over her while others claimed she was insane. This debate was however rendered moot when, on New Year's Eve 1899, she simply disappeared...
Top 10 unexplained ancient artifacts – Fact or Fiction?
There are a number of fossils that just don't make geological or historical sense. A fossil of a human handprint, for example, was found in limestone estimated to be 110 million years old. What appears to be a fossilized human finger found in the Canadian Arctic also dates back 100 to 110 million years ago. And what appears to be the fossil of a human footprint, possibly wearing a sandal, was found near Delta, Utah in a shale deposit estimated to be 300 million to 600 million years old.