Today In Strangeness!!!!
On this day in 1493, while sailing near the Dominican Republic, Christopher Columbus described seeing three “mermaids” who were “not half as beautiful as they are painted.” In reality, he was actually observing manatees! In 1643, Giovanni Riccioli first reported the elusive phenomenon known as the Ashen Light of Venus, a faint luminescence on the night side of our sister planet.
Posted on Monday January 9th
