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Documented Mysteries

The Dancing Plague of 1518: What Really Happened?

In 1518, hundreds of people in Strasbourg danced uncontrollably for weeks, some to death. What caused the Dancing Plague, and the leading explanation.2026-07-21 02

The Wow! Signal: A Message From Aliens?

In 1977, a radio telescope caught a 72-second signal from space that has never repeated. What the Wow! Signal was, and the leading explanation for it.2026-07-21 03

The Voynich Manuscript: The Book No One Can Read

The Voynich Manuscript is a 600-year-old book written in a script no one has ever decoded. What we actually know about it, and the leading theories for what it is.2026-07-21 04

The Antikythera Mechanism: The True Story

The Antikythera Mechanism explained: the 2,000-year-old ancient Greek bronze-gear computer that predicted eclipses and planets, found in a 1901 shipwreck.2026-07-19