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- Did Malian sailors reach the Americas in 1311 CE?
Some sources claim that Malian soldiers arrived in the Americas in 1311 CE For example, in Silicon Africa: 100 African Cities destroyed by Europeans: Malian sailors got to America in 1311 AD, 181
- Is there any explanation for a near-death experience?
There is ample scientific explanations for the physiological reactions that people experience From PubMed (my emphasis): The Near-Death Experience (NDE) is a dissociative mental state with characteristic features These can be reproduced by ketamine which acts at sigma sites and blocks N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) linked phencyclidine (PCP) receptors to reduce ischaemic damage Endogenous
- history - Did Napoléon Bonaparte ask his wife Josephine not to bathe . . .
According to British historian Andrew Roberts, Napoléon Bonaparte wrote a letter to his wife Joséphine, in which he wrote quot;to her, ‘don’t wash for three days’ quot; to spice up their reunion
- Did 9 11 lead to many deaths due to car accidents dwarfing the . . .
Well-renowned security expert Bruce Schneier claims that In the months after 9 11, so many people chose to drive instead of fly that the resulting deaths dwarfed the deaths from the terrorist att
- Did Christopher Columbus believe America was India?
Many of us might recall learning in school that when Christopher Columbus reached the New World, he believed that he had reached India For that reason, Native Americans are often called Indians
- Did the Special Virus-Cancer Program (SVCP) exist?
Yes, the Special Virus Cancer Program (no dash) did exist It was intended to identify cancer-causing viruses, with the aim of preventing and curing human cancers It was in some ways a failure, in other ways a success It's described in a number of places, including this 1971 article in Science (24 Dec 1971:Vol 174, Issue 4016, pp 1306-1311 DOI: 10 1126 science 174 4016 1306): Special Virus
- If you shave or wax, will the hair grow back stronger or thicker?
According to a Mayo Clinic dermatologist, no, it is a myth Both he and snopes com point to the fact that after cutting or otherwise removing hair, it grows back in feeling coarse and stubby to the touch This can lead to the perception that the hair is stronger or thicker, when in reality, it's the same as it always was, just shorter and with rougher ends After the hair grows out again
- environmental health - Does forcing a young child to smoke a cigarette . . .
I have heard that giving your kid a cigarette when they are very little and forcing them to smoke the whole thing will make them have a bad memory of the event and make them less likely to smoke in
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