The Pyramids may have been built using poured limestone concrete!

One of the mysteries about the pyramids is how such a primitive civilization in comparison to our modern civilization, was able to move massive slabs of limestone. One historians theory, may just be the most logical answer to this question.

The theory posed by Joseph Davidovits is that the Ancient Egyptians actually poured limestone concrete molds and the massive bricks were cast that way. Joseph believes that using the tools of the ancient Egyptians, water from the Nile, and a lengthy amount of time in the sun, the Egyptian workers were able to follow a simple process in order to create this massive bricks.

Basically, the limestone was broken down and mixed with water from the Nile, and left out until the mixture blended together. The mixture was then carried to the Pyramid and poured into a wooden mold, where it would then harden over the course of a few days.

Researchers tried to see if this was a realistic way to build the pyramid. A crew of 10 people in France, followed these exact steps proposed by Davidovits and it was found that over the course of a few weeks, the crew made a structure of 5 blocks, weighing anywhere between 1.3 - 4.5 ton blocks! Which means, we may have once and for all figured out how the Egyptians built the pyramids.

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There's an object in a distant galaxy emitting radio waves, and we don't know what it is!

Not so long ago, in the galaxy not so far away known as M82, a mysterious object appeared early in the year of 2010. Scientists noticed the object appeared out of the blue, and have absolutely no idea what it is, or where it came from.

The radio waves emitted from the object seemed to grow at an extremely rapid rate over the course of a few days, then all of the sudden, the radio waves stopped expanding. The radio pattern is nothing like anything scientists have ever seen before, and they have little to no idea as to what the object could be.

The object is projecting a steady source of brightness, yet at the same time, the object is moving at four times the speed of light - something scientists have only observed when an object is squirted out by a black hole. Prepare to panic, because the unknown object is actually travelling on a slight angle towards our solar system. Whatever it is, hopefully scientists figure it out and tell the world that it won't kill us.

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Portugal stayed neutral in World War II to honor a treaty it made with England in 1386!

In 1386, the Treaty of Windsor was signed between England and Portugal, as a display of the countries mutual friendship, and can now be found on display in the National Museum of Portugal. Fast forward just under 600 years to WWII, the Prime Minister of Portugal, Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, was faced with a crucial decision: Should he break the treaty signed so long ago, and ally with the Axis Powers?

The decision was surprisingly easy for Salazar - he would honor the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance by refusing to sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, which was the document allying Germany, Japan, and Italy.

On June 29, 1940, Spain and Portugal signed an additional protocol known as a Treaty of Friendship and Non-Aggression. This document declared to the world that these two nations were going to stay out of the war, which didn't please Adolf Hitler.

In fact, a plan known as Operation Isabella was going to be executed in 1942, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The plan involved invading Portugal and Spain and using them as air bases to strike Britain. Thankfully for Portugal, the plan was never executed.

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A saguaro cactus takes 75 years to grow its first arm!

The saguaro cactus, is easily the most famous type of cactus in the world. Everyone has heard about, or seen this desert symbol at some point or another. A little known fact about the cactus is that it takes 75 years until it grows it's first arm, however there are a few other things that people don't know about this cactus.

For example, over the span of it's lifetime, 175-200 years, the Saguaro Cactus can produce as many as 40 million seeds - however only a handful will actually live to adulthood. You can also tell if the needles on the cactus are old or not. The more red the roots of the needle, the younger it is in relation to the cactus!

There was once a cactus that set a few records - it was 300 years old, was over 12m tall, had 45 arms, and weighed around 13 tons!

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A railway company employs a cat as 'Super Station Master!'

Tama, a cat from Kinokawa, Wakayama, was initially just a stray cat like every other stray cat out and about in the streets of Japan. She was fending for survival, and lived near Kishi Station. Tama was fed by passengers that were passing through the train station, and even by the unofficial manager of the station, Toshiko Koyama. When the station was almost shut down in 2004, Koyama adopted Tama out of fear she would have no place to go if the station was demolished.

In 2007, Toshiko Koyama eventually became the official station manage, and in January of 2007, Tama was promoted to station master. Her job is to greet passengers, and she is the only female in a managerial position in the COMPANY. The positions comes with a station master's hat, and as her salary, the railway provides her with free cat food.

After an increase of over 1.1 billion Yen to the local economy because of all the publicity she was getting, Tama was promoted to Super Station Master and given her own office...a transformed ticket booth contianing a litter box.

Tama now has her own assistants, a building named after her, and even trains and tramcars depicting cartoon versions of her. Click the source to see this rags to riches cat story!

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