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7 Ancient Sites Some

People Think Were Built

by Aliens

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Teotihuacán

Teotihuacán, meaning the "City of the Gods," is
a sprawling, ancient city in Mexico that’s best
known for its pyramidal temples and
astronomical alignments. Built more than 2,000
years ago, Teotihuacán’s age, size, and
complexity can make it seem otherworldly, but
it’s very much the work of humans.
Scientists suspect that over centuries, a
mix of cultures including Maya, Zapotec, and
Mixtec built the city that could house more than
100,000 people. With its murals, tools,
transportation system, and evidence of advanced
agricultural practices, Teotihuacán is often shadow play, but over the decades it has become That really is one of those awesome facts.
considered much more technologically a favorite among those who suspect aliens with - Human saliva contains “Opiorphin” which is
developed than should have been possible in a penchant for building things have been visiting six times more powerful than Morphine.
the solar system. - Honey bees can recognize human faces.
pre-Aztec Mexico.
By far, the most well known of In 2001, NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor - Red wine kills cancer cells.
Teotihuacán’s buildings is the massive Pyramid took another good look at the face—using a - Professional Ballet dancers can use 4 pairs of
of the Sun. One of the largest such constructions much higher resolution camera—and saw … no pointe shoes in a week.
in the Western Hemisphere, the pyramid’s face. Turns out that what had appeared to be a - Baby chicks are smarter than baby humans.
curious alignment is believed to be based on face is just another boring old Martian mesa, - In Australia, the color of Lake Hiller is bright
calendrical cycles. kind of like the landforms that litter the U.S. pink.
Southwest. - Alpacas can die of loneliness.
But that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be fun - Slugs have 4 noses.
Easter Island
to visit. [] - An Octopus has three hearts.
- There are 13,092 Knives, forks, and spoons in
The enigmas surrounding the moai, Easter
Island’s fleet of large stone figures, pretty much From the Pages of White House.
- The longest time between the births of two
follow the same narrative as the other sites “Did You Know...”
described here: How in the world did the Rapa twins is 87 days.
- In ancient times, Romans used mouse brains as
Nui make these figures more than 1,000 years toothpaste.
ago? And how did the moai end up on Easter Hold on. Are you ready to fill out your Grey - Your cell phone, Kitchen sink, grocery cart and
Island? matter by knowing some fascinating random restaurant menu have more germs as compared
Carved from stone, the nearly 900 useless facts? If yes, so you don’t need to go
human figures are sprinkled along the flanks of anywhere. Here, you are going to read some to your toilet bowl.
the island’s extinct volcanoes. The figures interesting facts of the day that are useless and - It is viable to lead a cow upstairs but not
average 13 feet tall and weigh 14 tons and may be sound false to you, but they are not. downstairs.
- The most commonly used name in the world is
appear to have been chiseled from the soft
volcanic tuff found in the Rano Raraku quarry. - George I, the king of Great Britain, was Muhammad.
There, more than 400 statues are still in various actually German. - Women blink more than men.
- Average memory span of goldfish is 3 seconds.
states of construction, with some completed - Antediluvian Egyptians used pieces of stones - Cats cannot taste the sweet things.
figures awaiting transportation to their intended as pillows. This is no doubt is an interesting fact - Butterflies taste with their feet.
resting place. of the day.
The reasons for carving the moai are - During sleeping, one eye of Dolphin remains - In Singapore, it is against the law to sell and
mysterious, though they were likely sculpted for open. own chew gums.
religious or ritual reasons. It’s also not exactly - Napoleon was attacked by the team of barbaric - If you eat a teaspoon of sugar after eating
clear what happened to the stone-crafting Rapa rabbits to a war that remained for 40 minutes. something hot and spicy, it will totally kill the
Nui, but a leading theory suggests their - Human urine was used as the mouthwash by warmth.
civilization succumbed to an environmental Romans. - In the state of Arizona, it is illegal to kill
camels.
disaster of their own making … which is - A Paris orphanage organized the numbers - In Sweden, there is a hotel that is built out of
something that probably could have been game for raising the money and the prizes were ice and rebuilt every year.
prevented had ancient aliens bestowed their live babies.
infinite wisdom upon the culture. - Arabic digits were actually composed by the - Brilliant people contain more zinc and copper
Indian mathematicians, not by the Arabs. in their hair.
The Face on Mars - In old times, beasts were used to execute the - Did you know that on your birthday, 9 million
culprits which is commonly known as other people in the world celebrate their
birthday?
If Elon Musk has his way, humans will be “Damnatio ad bestias“, around 3rd century AD. - A cockroach can live 9 days without his head.
capable of visiting the “face on Mars” sometime - The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 - Almonds belong to the peach family.
this century. Spotted by the Viking 1 orbiter in seconds. - A giraffe can survive longer without water than
1976, the so-called face is nearly two miles long - The milk of Hippopotamus is pink. a camel.
and is in a region called Cydonia, which - In 1945, a roster lived 18 months without the -
separates the smooth plains of the Martian north head. When you are sleeping, your calories burn more
from the more cratered terrain in the south. At - Many expensive perfumes contain whale poop.
- A strawberry is not a berry. Banana is a berry. than watching TV. []
the time, scientists dismissed the “face” as