40 Secretive Bits of Knowledge That Mother Earth Tried to Keep From Us

Don’t worry, Ma. We can handle it!
40 Secretive Bits of Knowledge That Mother Earth Tried to Keep From Us

If you haven’t uncovered your family’s Earth-shattering secret yet, count yourself lucky that we’re here to brace you for it. We’re not going to sugarcoat it, no matter how braced you are, it’ll be a shocker. After we found out that our mom… Actually, we shouldn’t share that info just yet. After we uncovered our “big family secret,” we felt like we could handle anything. 

We started asking everyone to give it to us straight, and our other mother (Mother Earth herself) unloaded some pretty wild secrets on us. So here’s some info we can share right now. Come back some other time for our actual mom’s secret.

Rock Art

CRACKED ANCIENT ROCK ART The head of the SETI organization's Interstellar Message Composition suggested that ancient rock art could be a sign of aliens, and that scientists might have trouble recognizing signs of alien life because they could look like something natural.

Micronesia

CRACKED STRANGE ISLANDS IN MICRONESIA People have looked into the possibility that aliens had something to do with the strange group of islands in Micronesia called Nan Madol, because of their strong magnetic energy.

Ancient Structures

CRACKED AN ANCIENT STRUCTURE The mayor of Șanliurfa, Turkey, suggested that the 12,000-year-old Göbeklitepe archaeological site might have been built by aliens. Не pointed to the purse motifs on the statues, as well as T-shaped pillars that weigh up to 20 tons, as evidence.

Odd Radio Signal

CRACKED 2 1 4 GT 1 1 1 1 2411 12 mz 3 1 61 3 1 2 7 1 Wow! 2 31 11 1 1 3 1 1 ULCOMO PPW 1 1 4 113 2 TH 344111 1 1/2 1/2 1 1 1 1 1 1 برب 1 2 1 1 11 1 AN ODD RADIO SIGNAL In 1977, a radio telescope in Ohio picked up an incredibly strong signal that has never been caught again. Called the Wow! Signal, it's one of the most mysterious things ever observed in astronomy, and some suspect it was sent by aliens.

Hidden Treasure

AN AUSTRIAN MAN DIGGING IN THE DIRT FOUND A LITERAL TREASURE. CRACKED.COM The man was trying to expand his backyard pond when he dug up more than 200 pieces of 650-year-old jewelry. Не tossed the mud-crusted baubles into a box in his basement, and it wasn't until he saw jewels shining through the dried dirt that he realized they might be worth something.

Slavic Chieftains

A BADGER DIGGING ITS DEN FOUND A BUNCH OF MEDIEVAL SLAVIC CHIEFTAINS. CRACKED.COM Two residents of Stolpe, Germany were on a walk when they spotted a bone the badger had unearthed. Archaeologists were called to excavate, and they found eight 12th-century graves, including the bronze accessories of a Slavic warrior.

Petroglyphs

A COUPLE LOOKING FOR A HAWAIIAN SUNSET FOUND ANCIENT PETROGLYPHS ON THE BEACH. CRACKED.COM Lonnie Watson and Mark Louviere were in Honolulu when they stumbled across the 400-year-old sandstone carvings on the shore. Experts believe the glyphs, which number at least 17 and stretch across 60 feet of beach, were left by the early inhabitants of the Waianae coast.

Mammoth Bones

A MICHIGAN FARMER TRYING TO INSTALL A WATER PIPE FOUND WOOLY MAMMOTH BONES. CRACKED.COM James Bristle was mid-construction when his digger hit something hard. Turned out to be a near-complete mammoth skeleton from 11,700-15,000 years ago. Scientists think the creature was possibly killed and definitely butchered by early humans.

Ancient Egyptian Temple

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DIGGING A SEWER FOUND AN ANCIENT TEMPLE. CRACKED.COM The workers were drilling a sewage drain in an Egyptian city when they unearthed a 2,200-year-old temple from the era of King Ptolemy IV. Archeologists found walls decorated with carvings of the Egyptian fertility god Hapi, which seems like a pretty on-the-nose name.

Stone Balls

Creepy Discoveries That People Stumbled Into - Okay, they might not sound so sinister. But these Costa Rican balls weigh up to 16 tons, and there are
Source: BBC

Ancient Urns

Ukrainian soldiers uncovered 4th century urns while they were digging defense trenches. CRACKED.COM Soldiers with the Ukrainian 126th Territorial Defense found the tall, bot- tle-necked jars along with some ceramic shards. The amphorae have been dated to the fourth or fifth centu- ries C.E.

Shark Spies

Psychic spy sharks CRACKED.co .COM The Pentagon once attempted to turn sharks into remote control aquatic murder spies via neural implant.

Source: BBC

2,000-Year-Old Battery

Creepy Discoveries That People Stumbled Into - People thought this artifact was just a pot. It turned out to be a working battery, more than a millenn
Source: BBC

The Great Pyramid

AN EGYPTIAN MAN DIGGING IN HIS YARD FOUND A SECRET PASSAGE TO THE GREAT PYRAMID. CRAG The man came across a corridor made of stone blocks while doing

Dinosaur Nest

A CHINESE BOY LOOKING FOR A NUTCRACKER FOUND A DINOSAUR NEST. CRAGN Ten-year-old Zhang Yangzhe was wandering around near the Dong River trying to find

Hidden City

A TURKISH MAN REMODELING HIS HOME FOUND AN UNDERGROUND CITY. CRA A man In the Cappadocia region knocked down a wall in his basement, only to discover

Rare Finds

A GALILEE GARDENER PULLING WEEDS FOUND A MEDIEVAL RING. CRACKED COM YUOOM Dekel Ben-Shitrit dug the ring out of the dirt and posted it on Facebook, wh

Fossils

AN ARGENTINIAN MAN OUT WALKING ON HIS FARM FOUND A 10,000-YEAR-OLD9 SHELL. GRAOI OCA Jose Antonio Nievas was out walking by a stream when he spotted a

Hidden Greek Tomb

A GREEK FARMER PARKED HIS VEHICLE UNDER A TREE, AND IT ALMOST SANK INTO A HIDDEN TOMB. CRAUN He was able to back it out before it sank into the ground

Unknown Human Remains

A family in Modesto, California was trying to bury their pet in their backyard when they accidentally uncovered the remains of a human. The identity o

Gifts

Charlie Rowley, from Wilstshire, England, couldn't believe his luck when he found a sealed box of what looked like expensive designer perfume, and gav

Another Gruesome Discovery

A peat cutter in Lindow Moss took an object which he thought was a piece of wood off the elevator of the peat- shredding machine and threw it at his w

Nazi Documents

During a renovation, a Hungarian couple accidentally uncovered 6300 Nazi documents behind a wall in their apartment. usbia Adatszolgaltatasi M E. read

Gruesome Discoveries

While cleaning the basement of a recently vacated apartment, two cleaners found an old trunk. When they broke it open, they were shocked to find... su

Communist Spy Ring

Cliff Stoll spotted a 75$ discrepancy in the books at Lawrence Berkeley Labs. Markus Hess Cliff Stoll OWCE R TT O a I Q a When he found it, he uncover

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