Did they or didn't they? A physicist has devised a formula that puts math to work in testing the validity of a conspiracy theory. Every shadowy conspiracy needs one key thing to work - secrecy. And most popular conspiracy theories, including rumors of a massive NASA cover-up of a faked moon landing, would involve far too many people to stay secret for long. Based on data from several real-world conspiracies, including the National Security Agency program uncovered by whistleblower Edward Snowden, one physicist created a model to determine how long a conspiracy is likely to last before its cover is blown, either by a whistleblower or an unintentional leak. In 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon, or did they? Did it even happen? Conspiracy theories abound but a physicist has just debunked them all. Dr. David Robert Grimes is a physicist, cancer biologist and journalist. Grimes recently devised an equation that tests the validity of a conspiracy theory. His formula considers the number of potential cospirations in relation of the passage time and the chances of a leak. In one study, Grimes focused on the moon landing conspiracy theory. He found that 411,000 people would have had to keep quiet. In other words, all of NASA’s employees in 1965 and even then the secret would be out within 3.68 years. Grimes had similar results when he tested a climate change conspiracy. Ths studies show that there are fewer conspirators behind long-lasting conspiracies. Based on his data, for a hoax to last 5 years, only 2,521 people can know about it. However, one question remains…who is Dr David Robert Grimes working for? Sorry conspiracy theorists, but numbers don’t lie! Share this unless you have a hidden agenda!

In 1940 thousands of Allied troops were surrounded, with water on one side & Nazis everywhere else. They needed a miracle, and they got one.

It is amazing how evolution has given the human body some odd parting gifts. The human body has been a work in progress for about the last six million years, so it’s understandable if over that time we have outgrown some of our components. Did you know that your appendix used to help digest plants. Since our diet isn’t that plant-heavy anymore, it only causes problems like appendicitis. Given, the early humans moved their ears for peripheral hearing, some of us can still wiggle our ears just for fun. It is curious that one bit of the corner of your eye was once bigger and served to protect and moisturize the eyeball. Now, this same feature only keeps dirt out off your eyes. It doesn’t come as a surprise that our ancestors had an extra muscle to help them hang from trees. Touch your pinky to your thumb and if you don’t see it, you are among the 10% of humans who lost it. Even our ancestors never made use of male nipples. They most likely form in the embryonic stage when we are essentially sexless. Knowing that your tiny tailbone is a relic of the mammalian tail is somewhat astonishing. Humans are believed to have lost their tails when they started walking upright. Our ancestors needed strong molars to chew through raw meat. When we learned to cook, our jaws shrunk and left no room for what we call wisdom teeth. Body hair kept our ancestors from freezing. Now, we no longer need body hair to do all of our temperature regulation. Also, goosebumps fluffed up our hair to keep us warm. Now that we wear sweaters and coats, there’s no need for goosebumps anymore. The human brain has been getting smaller in size over time. We are not getting dumber, our brain just works faster while taking up less space. How many of these facts did you already know?

We are all used to the traditional green Christmas trees. Some of us use fake plastic green trees, while others shop for real natural trees from the woods. And there is the third group of people that want to create unconventional trees using recycling materials. In this case, however, we're talking about real "monster" trees that happen to have a mind of their own. Next time you go hiking through the forest keep an eye out for strangely-shaped trees. These trees are unique because they are bent in very unnatural angles. Some trees are just weirdly-shaped, but there's something special about these bent trees. Mysterious bent trees are actually Native American trail markers. Native Americans would bend trees in order to create trail markers that formed an early routing system, which served multiple purposes, from indicating that water and food were nearby, to warning travelers of the rough country ahead, these landmarks were important features in navigating the early Americas. Trail trees are hardwood trees throughout North America that Native Americans intentionally shaped with distinctive characteristics that convey that the tree was shaped by human activity rather than deformed by nature or disease. One unique characteristic of the trail marker tree is a horizontal bend several feet off the ground, which makes it visible at greater distances, even in snow. They may be quiet, but trees communicate with each other constantly. They communicate through scents, sounds, signals and many other unconventional ways. While animals - humans included - use quite a different means of communicating, we can still learn how to communicate with the flora. A forest is basically an underground network of roots, all interconnected. Think of them like the brain in a human body. Trees communicate through their roots, exchanging nutrients like water and sugar. That way, they work together like a close-knit community, in order to survive. If there is an old tree in the network that is dying, they help it out, or if a new tree is growing, they dedicate nutrients to help it grow. Sound familiar? Trees don’t just “talk” underground, they do it above ground as well. The information they exchange comes in the form of seeds, fungi, and chemicals. Birds and bats help them in this endeavor, along with the wind, to carry along important information. Bigger and older trees are naturally called “mother trees” and they play a crucial role in supporting other trees and distributing resources. When a tree is cut down, the entire forests suffer due to the loss of resources. Trees also warn each other about the onslaught of pests, releasing chemicals in the air to fight off those attacks. Imagine if humans could be so well connected and speak that language? There are many mysteries lurking in the forest, always take your camera and be prepared to record anything you might encounter during your next hike, and beware. These trees growing strong from the ground up tend to either swallow their barrier of growing and simply grow over it or find their way swirling around the object which you can see in this video and eventually swallow that as well. These trees are hungry for anything. Take a look at this video is bound to amaze you as far as how nature always finds a way!