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Even an Ancient Egyptian Mummy needs a passport!

…AND DID YOU PACK YOUR CASE YOURSELF, SIR?

The ancient Egyptian mummy of famous King Rameses the Great, or Rameses II as he is more commonly known had his own real-life passport! On the passport it listed his occupation as “King (deceased)”!

In 1974, the mummy had to be flown from the Cairo Museum to Paris where experts could examine it’s rapidly deteriorating condition. Scientific analysis in Paris revealed a fungal infection, for which the ancient cadaver was treated. The examination also revealed old battle wounds and bone fractures in addition to the Pharaoh’s poor circulation and arthritis.

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Posted by majordomo@incrediblefacts.com on Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at 2:11 pm in Ancient World, Bizarre, Countries & Customs, Famous People, Uncategorized | No Comments »

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 »

Hallowe’en is 31st October, right? Well, think again…

We all know Christmas is on 25th December, and Bonfire Night is remembered on the 5th November, and Hallowe’en is on 31st October, and….wait a minute…not everywhere it’s not!

Tags: Bizarre, custom, Halloween, kids, Kilmarnock, local, Scotland, spooky, trick or treat, weird
Posted by majordomo@incrediblefacts.com on Monday, October 26th, 2009 at 1:12 pm in Bizarre, Countries & Customs, Religion & Beliefs | No Comments »

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This is a grammatically correct sentence:
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Amazingly, eight buffalo’s in a row conforms to the rules of English grammar. The word “buffalo” in the sentence is used as a noun, a verb and an adjective (the place name Buffalo). The sentence was devised by William J. Rapaport, an associate professor at the University of….BUFFALO!
More at wikipedia

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Posted by majordomo@incrediblefacts.com on Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 11:14 am in Bizarre, Cool Stuff, Language | 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 »