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From lost abandoned spy vessels to finding water on the moon, here are 10 mysterious and unexpected discoveries!
10. A New Flying Species
Roy Smith, a University of Portsmouth Phd student, recently found fossil evidence of a previously unknown prehistoric flying reptile hiding “in plain sight”. He spotted it in a mislabeled jar identifying it as a shark fin skeleton. It was found in a fossil collection that had sat, gathering dust, at the Booth Museum in Brighton since being discovered during the 19th century by laborers, who sold the artifacts for extra cash.
9. Biofluorescent Fur
As one of only two mammals that lay eggs, the platypus is already famous for being one of the strangest creatures in the animal kingdom. But did you know that it glows?? Yes, it has even more bizarre features than you knew! Its fur glows in a neon greenish-blue color underneath an ultraviolet light.
8. Unidentified Spy Boat
A high-end solar-powered spy boat recently washed ashore on Tiree, a remote Scottish island that is part of the Inner Hebrides archipelago. Beachgoers discovered the mysterious vessel situated between large rocks near a military base and contacted the coast guard.
7. Hegra
Also known as Mada’in Salih, this ancient site was once part of the Nabataean civilization and is considered a sister city to Petra in Jordan. Located in Saudi Arabia, it is full of over 100 monumental tombs dating from the first century BC to the first century AD.
6. Forgotten Memorials
Michael Woodward, a Nottingham University Hospitals (NHS) maintenance worker with an archaeology degree, recently discovered a collection of forgotten World War I memorial plaques at the Queen’s Medical Centre in the U.K.
5. Rare White Bat
Shortly before Halloween, staff at the Denver Zoo noticed a rare white bat flying around in its bat cave exhibit. The specimen, which was captured on video at the cave’s melon feeding station, is a leucistic Seba’s short-tailed bat.
4. Glow-In-The-Dark Mushrooms
There are nearly 100 known bioluminescent mushroom species in the world. The newest one, called Roridomyces phyllostachydis (or something), was just discovered in northeastern India as part of a scientific project to document mushroom species.
3. Bizarre Wartime Climate Anomaly
Over eight-and-a-half million soldiers died during World War I, and a new study shows that there was another big factor that contributed to the death toll. In what scientists called a “one-in-100-year climate anomaly,” a unique weather system lingered in Europe from 1914 to 1919, substantially increasing the war’s casualties.
2. Pompeii Victims
Only a relatively small portion of the ruins at Pompeii have been thoroughly excavated, meaning archaeologists will undoubtedly continue to make new discoveries as they continue to dig at the site.
1. Water On The Moon
At the end of October, 2020 NASA confirmed the discovery of water on the moon. The space agency’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, nicknamed “SOFIA,” detected the H20 on the sunlit lunar surface of Clavius Crater in the moon’s southern hemisphere.
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