Anatomy & Physiology

Man awake during 23 year coma – or was he?

As widely reported this week in the Daily Mail,  abc , msn and other news media, a man in Belgium who was diagnosed with persistent vegetative state 23 years ago after a car crash, was actually consciously aware the whole time!
Incredible as this may be, what might be almost as incredible if found to be true, is the suggestion that the miracle reassessment which appears to have liberated Rom Houben is itself a cruel hoax, or at best self-deluded wishful thinking by the family and medics of the patient.

Paranormal debunker, James Randi and others have dismissed the communication methods apparently used by Mr Houben – Facilitated Communication – whereby another person ‘helps’ type messages on the patient’s behalf, as a discredited fake.

Whatever the truth, we find the story incredible and also incredibly sad. What may be worse is the suggestion that Mr Houben may actually be aware but still trapped in the prison of his own body and unable to communicate, watching others use his hand to type their own messages on his behalf.

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Tags: coma, vegetative state
Posted by majordomo@incrediblefacts.com on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 7:11 pm in Anatomy & Physiology, Bizarre, Conspiracies, Life & Death, Science, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Incredible newt uses its bones as weapons!

from BBC website:

One amphibian has evolved a bizarre and gruesome defence mechanism to protect itself against predators.

When attacked, the Spanish ribbed newt pushes out its ribs until they pierce through its body, exposing a row of bones that act like poisonous barbs.

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Posted by majordomo@incrediblefacts.com on Friday, August 21st, 2009 at 11:18 pm in Anatomy & Physiology, Bizarre, Natural World, animals & pets | No Comments »

Incredible photo of 18,000 troops in formation

It took 18,000 troops from Camp Dodge, DesMoines to stand in perfect formation to make this picture of a human Statue of Liberty.

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Posted by majordomo@incrediblefacts.com on Saturday, May 9th, 2009 at 11:05 am in Anatomy & Physiology, Bizarre, Cool Stuff, Current Affairs, Entertainment & The Arts, Human Endeavours, Military, Science | No Comments »

The Thatcher Effect – strange, and a bit creepy!

The Thatcher effect, named after the notorious former premiere, whose photograph was first used to demonstrate the effect, refers to the odd way the human brain perceives an upside-down face. The best way to explain is to demonstrate. Have a look at this video, which is a wee bit creepy…

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YouTube Link:  OU video demonstration

So the Thatcher effect means that on an upside-down face, we do not notice if the eyes and mouth are turned around 180 degrees (so they are the right way up, but the wrong way up for the picture). Cool.

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Tags: effect, eye, face, mouth, thatcher
Posted by majordomo@incrediblefacts.com on Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 at 5:08 pm in Anatomy & Physiology, Bizarre, Current Affairs, Famous People, Politically Correct | No Comments »

Human hibernation!

This sounds like it’s a hoax, but, incredibly, c’est vrai!

In Revolutionary France,  the French countryside used to shut down for half the year. When the cold weather came whole towns and villages would effectively hibernate, spending all their time sleeping indoors for months on end.

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Posted by majordomo@incrediblefacts.com on Friday, January 23rd, 2009 at 9:29 pm in Anatomy & Physiology, Bizarre, Countries & Customs | No Comments »