More unusual optical illusions will blow your mind

If last week’s optical illusions didn’t blow your mind then this week’s illusions will surely finish you off. Below is the second part of our collection of mind-blowing optical illusions including an explanation of the “spinning woman” optical illusion that so many readers argued with Reeko about.

More unusual optical illusions will blow your mind

High speed highway motorcycle crash - rider flips, lands on feet on roof of car [video]

Spiderman’s got nothing on this fortunate motorcycle rider. Check out this video. Pay attention to the black car in the right lane. Out of view (behind the filming car), a motorcyclist travelling at a high rate of speed is beginning to switch lanes to move in front of the filming car. As the motorcyclists enters the black car’s blind spot, the black car also begins to change lanes to move in front of the filming car.

High speed highway motorcycle crash - rider flips, lands on feet on roof of car [video]

Uh oh - more African elephants being killed than are born!

Africa’s elephants have just crossed into a pretty scary area. Researchers recently that found more African elephants are being killed than are born. They warn that at this rate, the animals could be wiped out in 100 years.

Uh oh - more African elephants being killed than are born!

New temporary tattoo makes electricity from sweat (but only makes you cool temporarily)

Like marriage, tattoos often seem like a good idea at the time. But teens often fail to realize that the cool barbed wire tattoo is going to be little more than a picket fence when they get old. Now you can get a temporary tattoo that eventually wears off (hopefully by the time you have to go out and get a job) and serves a useful purpose while you wait for it to disappear.

New temporary tattoo makes electricity from sweat (but only makes you cool temporarily)

Professional geologist continues to find unusual artifacts in the Roswell crash debris field

After moving to the Roswell, New Mexico area, Frank Kimbler, a professional geologists, took an interest in the Roswell crash lore and began investigating the infamous crash debris field in search of clues to the 60-year-old mystery. It will come as no surprise to the readers that as a result, Kimbler has made several highly unusual discoveries including unusual artifacts and aerial photographic evidence of disturbed ground in and around the debris field.

Professional geologist continues to find unusual artifacts in the Roswell crash debris field

Called "streamers", solar power plants are causing birds to ignite in midair

They call them “streamers” for the smoke plume that comes from the birds as they ignite in midair while flying over solar plants. Solar plant operators argue that the puffs of smoke commonly seen erupting above the panels is nothing more than insects or bits of airborne trash being ignited by the solar rays reflecting from the panels. Wildlife investigators however, recently reported witnessing an average of one “streamer” every two minutes at a solar power plant in California.

Called "streamers", solar power plants are causing birds to ignite in midair

Lone Star tick bite causes bizarre allergy to all forms of meat

Physicians interviewed by Popular Science believe a bizarre new allergy, which causes a potentially deadly allergic reaction to all forms of meat, is caused by the bite of a tick – and it’s spreading pretty fast.

Lone Star tick bite causes bizarre allergy to all forms of meat

Watch what happens when astronauts on the moon drop a hammer and feather at the same time

For a long time, Reeko has been trying to convince his readers that despite mind-boggling implications, Galileo was correct – all objects fall at the same rate regardless of how heavy they are. In other words, mass does not affect gravitational pull. Theoretically, in a vacuum, if you dropped a school bus (with the principal inside) and a feather from a tower, both would hit the ground at the same time. Here’s proof.

Watch what happens when astronauts on the moon drop a hammer and feather at the same time

Louisville residents panic and police phone lines come alive after real-life "Purge" threat

Louisville, Kentucky police officers prepared for a real-life “purge” tonight while citizens armed themselves in anticipation of the proposed deadly event. Flyers distributed throughout the city and social media chatter proclaimed the event to begin at 8:30 PM Friday (8/15/2014) and run until 6:30 AM Saturday morning. WLKY TV reports the threat is serious enough, local high schools cancelled school events and the FBI has become involved.

Louisville residents panic and police phone lines come alive after real-life "Purge" threat

More photos and video of UFO over Houston emerge

Brightly-lit orbs were sighted over Houston, Texas during the night of August 11 and early morning hours of August 12, 2014. Multiple sources came forward presenting video and photographic evidence of the object(s) that were taken as a thunderstorm moved over the area including local KPRC-Houston DJ, DJ Nayyz who claims he also sighted the object.

More photos and video of UFO over Houston emerge

Mysterious new hanger appears inside Area 51

What is this mysterious new hanger that has popped up inside the top-secret Area 51 facility? The hanger was noticed in the latest satellite imagery released to the public in late June 2014. The new hanger is interesting, not just because of its size, but its unusual location in a secluded area on the southern side of the top-secret military base.

Mysterious new hanger appears inside Area 51

Runaway teenager found living the good life inside 24-hour Walmart store

A 14-year-old Texas boy was found four days after he ran away from home in the most unlikely place – living inside a 24-hour Walmart in Corsicana, Texas. The young teen had set up two hidden “camp sites” inside the store, including a sleeping area tucked behind a row of baby stroller boxes, and survived by eating food taken from the store. Alas, his untidy habits put an end to his clever ploy – employees discovered the boy after following a “trail of food wrapping” that led to the teen’s hidden lair.

Runaway teenager found living the good life inside 24-hour Walmart store

Who's your mummy? How (and why) ancient Egyptians preserved their dead.

Unlike gangsters and politicians who go to great lengths to hide dead bodies, Egyptians did everything they could to ensure the dead body stuck around. They did this because at the time, they believed survival of the body after death was necessary in order to “live again” in the afterlife. Thus the preservation of their dead was extremely important to the people of ancient Egypt.

Who's your mummy? How (and why) ancient Egyptians preserved their dead.

Freakish two-headed dolphin washes ashore in Turkey

urkish beachgoers received a gruesome surprise last week when the body of a freakish two-headed dolphin washed onto the shore of Izmir on Turkey’s west coast. The two-headed dolphin, which had two heads but merged to share just one tail, was discovered by sports teacher Tugreul Metin who watched in amazement as it washed onto the beach.

Freakish two-headed dolphin washes ashore in Turkey