Origins Explained is the place to be to find all the answers to your questions, from mysterious events and unsolved mysteries to everything there is to know about the world and its amazing animals! 1. Pompeii, Italy There are many scary stories in history, but the story of Pompeii is one that we just can’t get over. This is the city that was built in the fertile valley near a volcano, Mt. Vesuvius. When it erupted, it caught people by surprise and buried the city in soot and ash and left it covered and perfectly preserved for hundreds of years. Now much of it has been uncovered and it is a sad historical marvel and many people were frozen in time forever. 2. Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Sticking with Africa, let's head to Zimbabwe, which holds one of the biggest mysteries of the continent. It's called ... Great Zimbabwe. Yeah, does not really sound mysterious, does it? But don't let that fool you, there's more to this than you might think. 3. Thonis, Egypt If you're bi...
A Man Ate 100 Zinc Vitamin C Gummies Every day. This Is What Happened To His Spinal Cord. GC is a 55 year old man, presenting to the emergency room with a broken hip. His daughter Kaycee tells the admitting nurse that GC had been moving kind of funny over the last few months. She heard a loud thud in the stairwell, as her dad cried out “Help!! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” Earlier in his life, GC didn’t pay attention to his health. When he was younger, he had some problems. His classmates made fun of him because he was bigger than everyone else, and so he withdrew in to his food. He developed in to an adult who couldn’t control himself, as his family found him hoarding excess food, and secretly eating every last bit. In his 30s, GC had health problems. He had diabetes and gout. His big toe would hurt all the time. As the years passed, GC started losing feeling in his hands and feet because of his diabetes. One day he stepped on something sharp. It cut his foot, and he didn’t realize...