


These mountains are home to huge swarms of a certain species of firefly, one of the only type of firefly capable of synchronising their flashes from their light producing organs, called lanterns.

Straddling the border of North Carolina and Tennessee sits the Great Smoky Mountains. Whilst we’re not saying a knock to the head should form a part of our studies, what a strange concept to have to live with! It means he can draw extraordinary mathematical drawings. Such after effects of a brain injury, where people develop amazing abilities (usually artistic or musical) is known as savant syndrome, which is extremely rare.Įverything to Jason is pixilated and he can see geometry in everything from a circle on a piece of paper to rain drops and within rainbows. Jason now “sees shapes and angles everywhere in real life”. His doctors think that although traumatic, the attack “unlocked” the part of the brain that’s responsible for seeing mathematical structure and geometry. Not only that, he’s able to understand extremely complicated physics, too. But he was also left with something else – a mathematically genius brain and the ability to see the world through a complex mathematical lens. Jason was attacked and left with severe concussion, PTSD and anxiety. Well, that’s exactly what happened to one man, Jason Padgett, in 2002 in Washington, albeit after an upsetting and vicious attack. Of all the subjects at school that you wish you could’ve been better at, magically overnight, we’re willing to bet that it was maths. So get your detective hat on and open your mind, you’re in for a magical mystery tour! Here’s our top 30 unsolved mysteries of the universe – from missing people and disappearing planes to mysterious craters, orbs and lights that appear from nowhere. With our inquisitive human nature, we can’t help but get invested in these stories, and suffer frustration when there’s no plausible answer.
ELIZA LAM DANCING TV
How much do you love a mystery? A TV detective story, or an old school murder mystery perhaps? Or maybe you love getting lost in a good whodunnit book and you can’t help but turn the pages long into the night.īut what about actual real life mysteries? The strange goings on around the world, that make the headlines before disappearing without an answer.
