In summer 1518 in Strasbourg (then in the Holy Roman Empire), hundreds of residents were struck by an uncontrollable compulsion to dance. What started with one woman soon spread to dozens — and some danced Read more
For centuries, locals called the mysterious cannon-like booms over New York’s Seneca Lake “Seneca Guns.” Research suggests the booms may come from methane gas bubbles bursting from the lake bottom — a geological “burp” echoing Read more
Yes, this is an actual thing: fart lighting (also known as pyroflatulence or flatus ignition) is the practice of igniting gases from flatulence — often producing a brief flame, usually blue, sometimes orange — and Read more