Paranormal Phenomena

Hauntings in Russia

Ghosts are generally associated with family castles, predominantly in Great Britain. However, our reporters found out that there are many ghosts in Russia. Capitals have the majority of them, however, there are also many ghosts in Russian province, local legends and people say.

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Microbes survive 553 days in space

Bacteria placed outside the International Space Station was found to be still alive after 553 days in space.The discovery could help pave the way for life support systems based on using bacteria to recycle everything, it also suggests primitive life could have survived a journey through space on as asteroidor comet.

The bugs were put on the exterior of the space station to see how they would cope in the hostile conditions that exist above the Earth"s atmosphere. And when scientists inspected the microbes a year and a half later, they found many were still alive.

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Woman diagnosed with bananaphobia

A 21-year-old children"s worker is so scared of bananas that she has been diagnosed as suffering from bananaphobia.The fear is so great that she gives the fruit aisle a wide berth while in the supermarket and sometimes has to leave the room if there happen to be any bananas present. The 21-year-old children�s worker suffers from bananaphobia, an overwhelming fear of the yellow fruit.

�It began when I was seven and my brother put a banana in my bed as a joke,� said Ms Dando, from Hastings, East Sussex.

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Did the CIA spread LSD ?

Recently discovered CIA documents have suggested possible LSD testing on a French town in 1951.Residents of the town had suffered from sudden and severe hallucinations that had originally been attributed to contaminated bread however new research in to the incident has revealed that it is possible that LSD wasdeliberately put in the bread as part of a field test.

Nearly 60 years ago, a French town was hit by a sudden outbreak of hallucinations, which left five people dead and many seriously ill. For years it was blamed on bread contaminated with a psychedelic fungus - but that theory is now being challenged.

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Ralph A. Multer and the Roswell UFO

Ralph A. Multer recalls his experiences transporting wreckage from the infamous Roswell UFO crash in 1947.Multer and two other drivers had been asked to pick up two loads from a railway yard, the trucks were escorted by officials and allegedly contained parts of the UFO wreckage recovered in the crash. Multer said he and twoother drivers were asked to pick up loads at a railroad yard.

Three flatbed trucks, covered with canvas, carried the loads. The load on Multer�s truck was the largest. The convoy of trucks was escorted by officials of some type. Multer had some level of security clearance at the company.

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Strange saucer on Google Earth

Google Earth has taken many strange photographs over the years, one of them is this peculiar saucer shaped object.While some are keen to point out that the unusual saucer is similar to the descriptions of UFOs in many case reports others favour more down-to-Earth explanations. Google Earth has compiled a photo gallery ofmysterious images taken by satellite above our planet.

The bird"s-eye photos include an "unidentified flying object" that appears to hover over a field, crop circles, concentric shapes etched into the earth, strange patterns, and advertising that can only be seen from the air.

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Doctors remove worlds largest malignant tumour

Doctors in Argentina have removed the world"s largest tumour weighing almost 4 stone from a patient.The massive growth was removed from a woman"s womb during an operation that lasted four hours, it was the equivalent of the weight of a four-year-old boy and had been there for over 18 months. Doctors have removed a tumourweighing nearly four stone from a woman in Argentina.

It had been growing inside her body for 18 months. The huge three stone 8. 7lbs growth was taken out of the 54-year-old"s womb during a four-hour operation at a hospital near the capital Buenos Aires.

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Vast solar system found 127 light years away

The largest known solar system beyound our own has been discovered around a sun-like star 127 light years away.Five planets have been confirmed in the system with evidence pointing towards the presence of two more. Dr Christophe Lovis summarised the find saying ""This remarkable discovery also highlights the fact that we are now entering a newera in exoplanet research: the study of complex planetary systems and not just of individual planets." The planetary system is believed to be the largest ever detected beyond the sun.

Astronomers have confirmed the presence of five planets and have tantalising evidence of two more.
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Scientists develop dry water

Scientists have developed "dry water", each particle consisting of a water droplet with a sandy silica coating.The sugar-like substance has the uncanny ability to absorb gases making it highly useful in a number of applications including the absorbing of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide to help combat globalwarming.

The substance resembles powdered sugar and is expected to make a big commercial splash. Each particle of dry water contains a water droplet surrounded by a sandy silica coating. In fact, 95% of dry water is "wet" water.

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Cows given waterbeds to improve milk

One dairy farmer in Glastonbury has given his cows waterbeds to help encourage them to produce better milk.The cows can spend up to 18 hours a day lounging on the water beds and listening to classical music, the farm has been producing Farmhouse Cheddar for over 50 years. Cows at Brue Valley Farms, inGlastonbury, Somerset, are also treated to classical music in the milking shed.

The cattle can spend up to 18 hours a day lounging on their specially-designed rubber beds, which are cleaned and filled with 50 litres of fresh water every day.

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