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31 Random Facts That Can’t Be Explained Away With Science and Logic

June 29, 2024

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CRACKED UNCONTROLLABLE, PURPOSEFUL MOVEMENTS: ALIEN HAND SYNDROME. Alien hand syndrome is a motor control disorder characterized by involuntary, purposeful movements of the affected limb, which can be either a hand or a leg. Patients often experience a sense of foreignness towards the limb and may even personify it. — Source

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CRACKED WEST OTAGO MYSTERY: UNIDENTIFIED VIRUS LINKED TO EPIDEMIC. An investigation into an epidemic of undiagnosed illness in a rural general practice in West Otago revealed that the most commonly experienced symptoms were tiredness, mood and sleep disturbances, headache, and joint or muscle pains. Results of the case-control study suggested that an unidentified virus was the most likely cause. DWAIN SURVICT — Source

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CRACKED MYSTERIOUS CHRONIC SYMPTOMS PLAGUE GULF WAR VETERANS. Gulf War Veterans may experience a cluster of medically unexplained chronic symptoms, such as fatigue, headaches, joint pain, indigestion, insomnia, dizziness, respiratory disorders, and memory problems, which are referred to as chronic multisymptom illness and undiagnosed illnesses by the VA. — Source

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CRACKED.COM This photo, taken in 1919, shows an extra ghostly face behind one of the airmen. The members of this squadron recognized him as Freddy Jackson, an air mechanic who had been killed a few days earlier and whose funeral took place on the day the photograph was shot. — Source

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CRACKED.COM THE BROWN LADY OF RAYNHAM HALL In 1936 while taking photos of Raynham Hall for Country Life Magazine, Captain Hubart C. Provand and his assistant noticed a vapoury form gradually assuming the appearance of a woman coming down the stairs towards them and snapped what's widely regarded today as one of the most famous ghost pictures ever taken. — Source

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Grieving mum Jennifer Hodge, who lost her son in 2016, received a notification on her phone alerting her of an intruder as she was watching TV. Her security camera captured an image of the 'intruder', which she claimed to look a lot like her deceased son. Addio AR CRACKED.COM 5. Save LOS — Source

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This picture, taken in Hungary in 1942, has a girl in the background without arms or a face. There are no obvious signs of 1942-era retouching, and the physical photo has the size and outer trim style that were popular at the time, making it very likely to be from that era. CRACKED.COM — Source

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This is an unretouched LA Times photo of a supposed UFO over Los Angeles. The thing blocks searchlight beams, so it isn't smoke or a cloud. And its weird oval shape means it isn't a plane or a balloon, either. CRACKED.COM — Source

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This 1968 picture apparently shows Robert Ferguson's brother (who had died in WWII) next to him. Double exposure? Well, as this is a Polaroid, that's almost impossible. And a (rare) double-exposure Polaroid would have less contrast. Also, notice the differences in lighting and in the two men's ears. They don't look like the same person. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Is this the ghost of a little girl? The photo was taken this month by a couple on a Baltimore ghost tour. The tour owner said she suspected it might be photoshopped, until she was told that the couple showed the picture to their guide RIGHT AFTER TAKING IT. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Nick Jonas saw 3 UFOs while in his backyard in LA when he was 15. O A friend of his was there too, so Jonas turned to him and proceeded to ask him Are you seeing this or am I losing my mind? CRACKED.COM — Source

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Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar didn't just see UFOs-he got abducted. That's what he claims, anyway - and he also says aliens were wirelessly plugged into him. It was a download situation, way before wireless, he said. CRACKED.COM — Source

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New Jersey Nets player Deron Williams saw a UFO during Hurricane Sandy. When the power went out, he was looking outside the window, and he saw a green flash crossing the sky - it looked like a UFO, he says. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Gavin F. says, Lived in a house that I would often wake up at night to the smell of cigarette smoke. My wife couldn't smell it, thought I was nuts. Until our three-year-old said, 'Maybe it's the old man,' who he said he would see in the hallway. We didn't live there long. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Lucy G. says, There was a ghost dog in the old Georgian era house I lived in during uni. It used to run to the front door and bark once, then vanish, and repeat the action precisely the next day. It paid no attention to anyone else or anything else, it was almost like a video playing. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Rebecca N. shares, Growing up, I would see a dark figure reflected in the TV. I hated having to get up after everyone went to bed. It was always there. Always watching. When I got older, it moved to the corner of my bedroom. When my friend saw it too, I knew I wasn't imagining it all. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Shaquille O'Neal saw a UFO in Madera, California, way back in 1997. Не was with friends, and says he could swear there was a flying saucer coming to the ground with its lights on, then taking off again. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1969, Jimmy Carter saw a UFO while waiting for a Lion's Club meeting. Не called it the darndest thing I've ever seen, and he filed a full report about it to the International UFO Bureau years later in 1973. CRACKED.COM — Source

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MARK TWAIN WAS BORN IN NOVEMBER 1835. HALLEY'S COMET FLEW THROUGH THE SKY. The next time it appeared was when Twain died, 76 years later. And he predicted that would happen. I came in with Halley's Comet, he said. It is coming again ... and I expect to go out with it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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MORGAN ROBERTSON WROTE ABOUT A SHIP. IT'S 800 FEET LONG, HITS AN ICEBERG, AND SINKS. As was the Titanic. Robertson's ship even hit the iceberg 400 miles from Newfoundland, just like the Titanic. The book came out 14 years before the Titanic sank. The fictional ship's name? The Titan. CRACKED.COM — Source

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FOR 10 YEARS, LIZA DICK WAS MISSING. HER BROTHER WENT TO THE NEWS FOR HELP. A photographer snapped a photo of the remaining family for the story. Liza, the long-lost girl, just happened to be walking past in the background when the photo was taken. CRACKED.COM — Source

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POE WROTE ABOUT A SHIP LOST AT SEA. THE CREW DREW LOTS TO SEE WHOM TO EAT. The loser was cabin boy Richard Parker. 46 years later, in real life, three men aboard a ship called the Mignonette drew lots and decided to eat their cabin d crew boy. His name: Richard Parker. elle CRACKED.COM — Source

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thirteen JOHN ADAMS DIED ON JULY 4, 1826. EXACTLY 50 YEARS AFTER THE DECLARATION. Right before he died, he muttered, Thomas Jefferson survives. However, what Adams didn't know was Jefferson had just died a few hours prior, also on the 50th anniversary of American independence. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EDWIN BOOTH WAS JOHN WILKES' BROTHER. LATE IN 1864, НЕ SAVED A MAN FROM A TRAIN. That man he saved from getting crushed from a train car was Robert Todd Lincoln, the son of President Abraham Lincoln. Edwin's brother, of course, would go on to coincidentally kill Lincoln. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VIOLET JESSUP WAS A STEWARDESS. + SHE SERVED ABOARD THE OL YMPIC, A CRUISE SHIP. It sank. She next worked on a larger, unsinkable ship: the Titanic. It sank too. Then in 1916, she signed up as a nurse aboard the Britannic. Sure enough, it floated into a mine and quickly sank. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A CAB KILLED NEVILLE EBBIN IN JULY 1971. DX00 N.Y.C.TAXI 1.19 of 10 8X28 10 50° - ONE YEAR LATER, IT KILLED HIS BROTHER. Island Ma Same cab, same driver. Same street. Weirdest of all, the cab was carrying the same passenger both times. Also, each brother was 17 when he died and was driving a moped. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BRUCE LEE PLAYED AN ACTOR KILLED BY A PROP GUN A PROP GUN LATER KILLED HIS SON BRANDON. Asked about the bizarre coincidence, director Rob Cohen commented: I believe in some forms of higher power, like Fate, and sometimes, I'm embarrassed to say it, God. CRACKED.COM — Source

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ENRIQUE WILSON HAD A FLIGHT ON NOV 12, 2001. X metlife com IT WAS AFTER THE WORLD SERIES ENDED. So, he definitely wasn't going to switch to an earlier flight. But then the Yankees' best closer blew their lead at the bottom of the ninth, so Wilson went home early. His original flight? Crashed, killing all aboard. CRACKED.COM — Source

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FRANE SELAK'S TRAIN FELL IN AN ICY RIVER. - DE - - - CHL : SOCIEDA . - Kole a 7/39 LotLoto 77028 10025 هلايا NEXT YEAR, НЕ BLEW OUT OF A PLANE'S CABIN. Later, his car exploded, his next car blasted him with fire, a bus hit him, then a truck knocked his car into a gorge. Then, in 2003, Frane ... won the lottery. Не gave the money away. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE CIVIL WAR BEGAN AT WILMER'S HOUSE. IT ENDED THERE TOO. The Battle of Bull Run broke out near Wilmer McLean's hometown, and a cannonball went down his chimney. Не fled the area and moved to Appomattox, Virginia. In April 1865, General Lee officially surrendered ... in the parlor of Wilmer's new home. CRACKED.COM — Source

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