The Most Unexplainable Places on Earth

Pine Gap

Pine Gap is basically Area 51 of Australia. It's a satellite surveillance base operated by the US and Australian governments smack in the middle of the outback. Naturally, there have been UFO and alien sightings in the area. 

Papakolea Beach

Papakolea Beach is a beach in Hawaii where the grains of sand have tons of different hues. THis is on the Big Island of Hawaii. It's also known as Green Sand Beach because, from far away, the sand has a green hue. It isn't until you can take a closer look and realize that the sand is different colors.

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The More You Know

  • Parts of the Great Wall of China were made with sticky rice.
  • The 442nd Infantry Regiment, a largely Japanese American unit that served during WWII, did so while their families were held in internment camps. Their motto was "Go for Broke" and they were the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.
  • A chameleon's tongue is twice as long as its body.
  • The woolly mammoth survived until Egyptian times.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.