The Most Unexplainable Places on Earth

Roanoke Island

The lost colony is Roanoke Island is one of the most popular historical mysteries of all-time. A group of British settlers made Roanoke Island home but were left struggling to survive. John Smith left to go get supplies and returned a few years later to a completely empty colony. The only clue was the word "Croatoan" carved onto a tree. The settlers were never found.

Richat Structure

The Richat Structure is also known as the Eye of the Sahara. It's a 30-mile-wide bulls-eye-looking feature that can be seen from NASA's space stations! Researchers initially thought that it was a meteor impact site but now believe it's just from erosion. 

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The More You Know

  • Only 5% of the ocean has been explored.
  • For 67 consecutive years, Mary was America's most popular female baby name. Linda broke the streak in 1947.
  • The longest place name on the planet is 85 letters long.
  • In 1945, Dwight D. Eisenhower predicted that people would try to dispel the holocaust as a falsehood, and ordered all possible photographs taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.