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crazyrodeogirl: cryptidsandoddities: In late December of 2003, security cameras at Hampton Court Palace, a huge tudor castle near London, captured a startling image. Security guards were unsettled to repeatedly find a fire door open when no one was apparently around. Upon checking the security tape, they were shocked by a ghostly figure, closely resembling King Henry VIII (who died in the 1500s). Vikki Wood, a spokesperson for the Palace, said “We’re baffled too—it’s not a joke, we haven’t manufactured it. We genuinely do not know who it is or what it is.” They aren’t a ppc company, or even a company looking to gain from this oddity; they are just as baffled like most people who look at this footage. A security officer, James Faukes, called the incident “unnerving,” and said they’d ruled out their costumed guides. “In fact, they don’t even own a costume like the one worn by the figure on the video. It was incredibly spooky because the face just didn t look human,” Faukes said. I googled and yep this is legit: BBC article CNN article
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In late December of 2003, security cameras at Hampton Court Palace, a huge tudor castle near London, captured a startling image. Security guards were unsettled to repeatedly find a fire door open when no one was apparently around. Upon checking the security tape, they were shocked by a ghostly figure, closely resembling King Henry VIII (who died in the 1500s).

Vikki Wood, a spokesperson for the Palace, said “We’re baffled too—it’s not a joke, we haven’t manufactured it. We genuinely do not know who it is or what it is.” They aren’t a ppc company, or even a company looking to gain from this oddity; they are just as baffled like most people who look at this footage.

A security officer, James Faukes, called the incident “unnerving,” and said they’d ruled out their costumed guides. “In fact, they don’t even own a costume like the one worn by the figure on the video. It was incredibly spooky because the face just didn t look human,” Faukes said.

I googled and yep this is legit: BBC article CNN article

cracked: Good thing we’re genetically programmed to breed. Otherwise, the first time a hair-covered baby spewed puke out its nose, the human race would come to a screeching halt. Terrifying Things Nobody Tells You About Newborns #6. Newborns Are Covered in Body Hair [A]long with those downy newborn locks, don’t be surprised if your baby is born with hair all over her upper back, shoulders, and face, especially if she’s born early. Don’t worry. You haven’t really given birth to Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy. That hair is called lanugo, and it’s normal. Lanugo is the first hair the body makes, and in utero it covers the developing child like fuzz on a peach, if that peach had spent the last five months kicking its mother when she was trying to sleep and jumping up and down on her bladder. Experts think the hair is meant to regulate the baby’s temperature in the womb, like a shoddy fur coat. Fun fact: If the baby is born lanugo-free, that means she shed the hair in the uterus … then ate it. Read More
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cracked:

Good thing we’re genetically programmed to breed. Otherwise, the first time a hair-covered baby spewed puke out its nose, the human race would come to a screeching halt.

Terrifying Things Nobody Tells You About Newborns

#6. Newborns Are Covered in Body Hair

[A]long with those downy newborn locks, don’t be surprised if your baby is born with hair all over her upper back, shoulders, and face, especially if she’s born early.

Don’t worry. You haven’t really given birth to Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy. That hair is called lanugo, and it’s normal. Lanugo is the first hair the body makes, and in utero it covers the developing child like fuzz on a peach, if that peach had spent the last five months kicking its mother when she was trying to sleep and jumping up and down on her bladder. Experts think the hair is meant to regulate the baby’s temperature in the womb, like a shoddy fur coat. Fun fact: If the baby is born lanugo-free, that means she shed the hair in the uterus … then ate it.

Read More

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