(crunch) 13 AMAZING Discoveries Scientists Still Can't Explain
While science may have answers to a lot of things that happen in our world, there are still many
things they simply can’t explain. In this video, we’ll be going through 13 AMAZING discoveries
that scientists still CAN’T explain: 13. Roman Dodecahedrons
The Roman Empire was one of the greatest civilizations in history,
not only did it invent much of what we now rely on in the modern world,
it made strides in administration, warfare, among many other things. The Roman Empire has been
extensively studied and we keep making new discoveries out of it all the time,
but one particular discovery has everyone puzzled, including
experienced scientists and historians, and that’s the Roman Dodecahedron. Roman
Dodecahedrons are these strange hollow copper objects with rounded spikes surrounding them
and no one knows what it’s for. Theories have been made that it’s a weapon or an ornament,
but no historic records of these objects exist despite hundreds being found all across Europe.
With how restricted Roman sites have become lately, we might never crack the code on what
these objects really are. 12. Slime Mold Intelligence
While it’s clear that all kinds of animals are able to think on their own and make intelligent
decisions, we still don’t know if non-animal living organisms can actually think or feel. Even
scientists haven’t completely figured these living organisms, but the foremost evidence that they
may be able to think is due to Slime Mold Intelligence.
The gooey substance that makes up the slime mold is capable of traveling across
many different paths and surfaces. It’s known to actually make decisions based on what’s more
appropriate, it can cross a puzzle without going the wrong way and the mold always chose the
shortest path in studies. Scientists are baffled at
how a small organism without even a brain would be able to make such complex decisions.
11. The Wow! Signal Radio signals have been used to discover
more facts about space and space radiation for a long time, and today, many of the world’s leading
space agencies have dedicated departments to study mysterious radio signals. One of the
most famous examples of a mystery radio signal is the “wow! Signal”. It can be traced back to the
M55 star cluster and it was 30 times as intense as simple background space radiation. Many people
believe that it may have been aliens trying to contact us, but scientists, to this day,
have not figured out what exactly caused this mysterious radio signal to appear.
10. Voynich Manuscript The Voynich Manuscript is
one of the 20th century’s greatest and most well-known discoveries.
The manuscript was found in an antique market around Europe with no knowledge by the seller
about anything, but Wilfrid Voynich, the man who discovered it, noticed it’s actually something
more special. It was written in a language that’s indecipherable to this day, it contains many
different zodiac symbols that are represented by women, and the manuscript dates back to the
15th century. No one has been able to decipher the manuscript at all, and some people claim it
may have even been a hoax by Voynich to get media attention.
9. Diquis Spheres In Costa Rica
Studying history about a time when history wasn’t even recorded can be an incredibly
challenging task. The Americas are filled with incredible discoveries that, unfortunately, we’ll
never know the meaning of as written language or any sort of records didn’t exist at the time
they were built. The Diquis Spheres found in Costa Rica have a similar story. While scientists
were able to determine whether these mystery balls were man-made or not, they still have no
idea what their purpose is, as they don’t even slightly resemble any tools that were made during
that time. They also don’t know how ancient Costa Ricans had the tools to make such perfectly
round and smooth spheres. 8. Fairy Namibian Circles
This is another one of those discoveries that aren’t man-made objects but a naturally occurring
phenomenon that scientists simply can’t explain. Deep within the Namib desert in Namibia, the
overall lands which have a pretty clear abundance of grass and other plant life have these large,
almost perfectly circular patches where any sort of plant life refuses to grow. Usually, these
patches are surrounded by very healthy grass, giving them a sort of a halo effect. Scientists
haven’t been able to determine the cause of this and overall, the soil is almost exactly the same
on both sides. 7. The Tomb of The Red Queen
Every now and then a major discovery will be made that completely flips what we knew about a
region upside down. After centuries of discoveries,
it was revealed that the ancient lands of what’s now known as Mexico were a highly
patriarchal society where women were not allowed any sort of power, rule, or influence.
However, one discovery tested that theory when the Tomb
of The Red Queen was found. The tomb carried a female who died at around 60 years of age,
dating back to around 600 to 700 AD. Her resting place was elaborately decorated with lots of
precious jewels and was given the ultimate respect that only Kings were expected to get,
leading to a theory that she may have been a queen and there may have been other queens
around Mexico during that time. 6. The Dogu Figurines
Dating back 2000 to 10,000 years old, Dogu figurines are these small clay figurines that were
being found all over Japan. To this day, over 18,000 have been found. The figurines are
strange, to say the least, the art style doesn’t resemble anything related to ancient Japan at all,
leading to theories that they may have been imported from other regions, but what they
represent is also unknown. The figurines predate Japan’s animist history as well, so any
chances of these being local artifacts are slim. 5. Lake Winnipesaukee Mystery Stone
When comparing modern, factory-made products to ancient hand-made products, the difference
between the two will be stark and the hand-made ancient product will always have some flaws
when it comes to symmetry, accuracy, and other factors. However, the Lake Winnipesaukee
Mystery Stone is a stone that was found in New Hampshire in the late 19th century, dating back
to prehistoric North America. The stone has almost perfectly designed in every way, with
incredible symmetry and attention to detail,
but the craziest thing about this is the perfect hole at
the head of it. A hole like that cannot be made without modern power tools, yet the stone shows
no sort of damage anywhere close to the hole, leading to some thinking it may have been made
after it was discovered. 4. Maine Penny
The first contact of Europeans and native North Americans has always been a hotly debated
and controversial topic. For years we thought that Columbus’s expeditions to the continent may
have been the first, but later evidence showed that the Vikings got there earlier. However, this
one coin could very well mean they may have been interacting even before the Vikings. The
coin dates back to the 11th century, originally made in Europe, and it was somehow found deep
inside North America at a time Europeans didn’t even know the continent existed.
3. Eve’s Footprint Depending on who you’re talking to, Eve is
considered to be the first woman to ever walk the earth by a number of religions, and thus there are
lots of theories, by the billions of people who believe in her, on where Adam and Eve actually
landed on earth. Lots of evidence was pointed towards Africa and to the shock of scientists
and historians, there were extremely early footprints found of a female in South Africa, it
was the oldest know footprints of any footprint by a human female human and the time period it was
from is consistent with the time Eve is thought to have been brought to
the earth. Scientists who had disregarded the existence of Eve
were left puzzled after a discovery that fit the description so well was made.
2. Baltic Sea Object Deep within the Baltic Sea, a Swedish ocean
diving team came across something that didn’t look like it belonged there.
It was a strange-looking object that looked pretty much mad-made or
as if a man-made object had crashed into the place as nothing else in the surrounding area
looks similar. Scientists have extensively researched this area.
But none of them were able to come up with a conclusion.
1. The Antikythera Mechanism When we think of computers, we generally
think of them being developed mainly in the 20th century, and anything close to a computer is a
relatively recent concept. That’s probably true, but one discovery made about ancient Egypt
might just put that theory to the test. The Antikythera Mechanism was rediscovered on
a sunken Roman ship in the early 1900s that dated back to the 1st century BCE. While they
didn’t know what to make of it back then, by the time the 70s came along, scientists started to
notice striking similarities to how modern technology and this ancient machine were designed,
parts of the mechanism were made of bronze, there were gears quite similar to modern
ones and it was all interconnected through a metal rod as if to conduct electricity. Scientists
have not figured out what was the use of this strange machine, but it has us all fascinated.
Those were the 13 amazing discoveries that scientists still can’t explain.
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