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jdubs015 · 02-26-2010, 02:33 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station

strange radio broadcasts of only numbers and letters along with other signals often thought to be transmitting information to spies.

TheNoodleMan · 02-26-2010, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by JMa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_hollywood_shootout

Shootout heavily influenced by the movie Heat.

I remember watching that live. Pretty amazing that the perps were the only people killed.

tvent37 · 02-26-2010, 02:53 AM

Vassilis Paleokostas, the greek robin hood. Escaped twice from prison via helicopter

Wiki article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassilis_Paleokostas

This one gives more details

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/paleokostas.html

LeapFrog · 02-26-2010, 03:14 AM

winner winner, chicken dinner

2009: Sergey Tuganov, a 28-year-old Russian, bet two women that he could continuously have sex with them both for twelve hours. Several minutes after winning the $4,300 bet, he suffered a heart attack and died. It is believed that the heart attack was the result of Tuganov ingesting an entire bottle of Viagra just after accepting the bet.

garcia1000 · 02-26-2010, 03:36 AM

Man, how do you even get in the situation to offer such a bet?

zugzwang83 · 02-26-2010, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by LeapFrog

winner winner, chicken dinner

2009: Sergey Tuganov, a 28-year-old Russian, bet two women that he could continuously have sex with them both for twelve hours. Several minutes after winning the $4,300 bet, he suffered a heart attack and died. It is believed that the heart attack was the result of Tuganov ingesting an entire bottle of Viagra just after accepting the bet.

since you didnt actually link it, for those wondering, this excerpt comes from the "Best way to spend your last 12 hours and several minutes of life" entry, not the "unusual deaths" entry.

gisb0rne · 02-26-2010, 03:51 AM

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E1%B8%B5wxw%C3%BA7mesh

A NATIVE TRIBE THAT SOMEHOW HAS A NUMBER IN THEIR NAME

I laughed pretty hard at this especially since the article doesn't provide any explanation for what the number is phonetically.

Wesker1982 · 02-26-2010, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by sightless

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

Pretty interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods

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Operation Northwoods, or Northwoods, was a false-flag plan that originated within the United States government in 1962. The plan called for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or other operatives to commit genuine acts of terrorism in U.S. cities and elsewhere. These acts of terrorism were to be blamed on Cuba in order to create public support for a war against that nation...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKULTRA

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This official U.S. government program began in the early 1950s, continuing at least through the late 1960s, and it used United States and Canadian citizens as its test subjects.[1][2][3] The published evidence indicates that Project MK-ULTRA involved the surreptitious use of many types of drugs, as well as other methods, to manipulate individual mental states and to alter brain function

TheUntouchable · 02-26-2010, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by sightless

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

very interesting...had to be a yedi or ufos

nickdcfc · 02-26-2010, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by jdubs015

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station

strange radio broadcasts of only numbers and letters along with other signals often thought to be transmitting information to spies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76

The Buzzer

GBP04 · 02-26-2010, 05:46 AM

sick thread. i have so many to contribute when I get on my other computer

bingobars · 02-26-2010, 06:27 AM

Immortal Species

TheUntouchable · 02-26-2010, 06:27 AM

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript

(famous coded European book that has resisted 400 years of decoding attempts)

Just wasted a solid 2-3 hours of my life reading about this. So frustrating. Somebody needs to crack it.

TheUntouchable · 02-26-2010, 06:28 AM

Five star thread btw.

zugzwang83 · 02-26-2010, 07:33 AM

The "water bear": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade

"It can survive temperatures as low as −328 °F (−200.0 °C), temperatures as high as 303 °F, 1000 times more radiation than any animal, can lose 99% of the water in its body, 120 years without water, and can even also survive in a vacuum like that found in space."