In the 1920s, some women took “miracle pills” to make them thin. It turns out the pills were tapeworm eggs.

According to psychic Monte at WorldPsychic.org, “invisible lightning” will be discovered by 2010.

According to historian Francis Irving, in biblical times what we now consider east may have been north. Genesis 14:15 says Chovah was to the left of Damascus, but Chovah is north of Damascus.

Paleontologists Mark Goodwin and Jack Horner believe that several species of dinosaurs never existed. Instead, what have been considered unique species were in fact juvenile versions of other species.

According to psychic Craig Hamilton-Parker, Osama bin Laden will die in 2010.

This article appears in 2009.

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