Did Novel Coronavirus accidentally escape from a Wuhan lab? This was a question in lots of people’s mind. You are well aware about Wuhan seafood market. On January 1st, it was shut down. Many of the early clusters of confirmed cases had been in the market, so officials feared that COVID-19 was linked to trade and wild animals. It sold everything, from snakes to birds to foxes and rabbits. But the viruses most similar to the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 are from bats that live in caves a thousand miles away, but just because they're similar doesn't mean they're the same.

Origin of SARS-COV-2

I just am baffled about this story. As of late April, experts don't have all the information. we need to say where the virus started. If the Chinese know evidence, of course they're not telling us or anybody else. With the absence of crucial evidence comes many theories. One is that it came from nature, which scientists say seems most likely. Another theory is that it was a bioweapon, which scientists say there's zero evidence for. I guess without putting too fine of a point on it, it would fall in the real move conspiracy theory.

Wuhan Lab- Remarkable Coincidence or Conspiracy?

We're going to focus on one theory that both US intelligence and lawmakers are examining, that the virus accidentally escaped from a lab. At least two labs in Wuhan research bat coronaviruses, the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Wuhan branch of the Chinese Centres for Disease Control & Prevention. They have become the focal point of suspicion, not only because of the work that they do but because of their location. Both are close to the market. The Wuhan Institute of Virology is about eight miles away, and the Wuhan branch of the Chinese Centres for Disease Control & Prevention is just 300 yards. Safety concerns at both labs have come up in recent years.

For instance, in this article, we see one of the scientists from the Wuhan Centres for Disease Controls & Prevention doing research on coronaviruses in bats while not wearing protective gear, but regardless, if researchers are in the field or in the lab, most bat coronaviruses scientists have identified aren't dangerous to humans. They're not considered major potential pathogens because they just don't grow very well in other species besides bats. That's why most labs who study bat coronaviruses do not require the highest level of safety protocols. The safety situation at the other lab is a bit different. The Wuhan Institute of Virology houses multiple labs, including one that has the highest level of biological safety protocols, biosafety level four. It is designed to contain some of the world's most dangerous viruses. BL-4 is the ones you will see in articles with people in a suit and an air hose attached behind them, and they're completely enclosed and protected. When China first brought the lab online, it was with the explicit goal of studying coronaviruses. China wanted to set up its own laboratory after the SARS outbreak to study SARS-relevant pathogens so that they could do that on their own territory without having to rely on the international system.

Shi Zhengli, she's one of the world's experts on bat coronaviruses and is based at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The work we do with the Wuhan Institute of Virology is to look for viruses in bats that we think could be the next pandemic. That work and the higher safety protocols have led to suspicion that Shi was working with more dangerous bat coronaviruses, ones that could infect humans. Recent reports have come out that there were concerns being raised by US scientists and diplomats about the level of safety, training, and general protocols there and concern that this was the kind of thing that could lead to leakage.

Two years ago, American officials voiced a variety of concerns about these labs, including the ominous warning that there was a serious shortage of appropriately trained technicians and investigators. -Without fail, every single BSL-4 lab in the US gets some type of safety violation, some type of, you know, thing that they could do better, and that's the purpose of doing those inspections, is to make sure that biosafety is as tight and secure as it can possibly be. But even in the most safe labs, things go wrong.

That same 2018 State Department cable that described the possible safety issues also warned about the dangerous nature of Shi's research. They wrote, "Researches also showed various SARS-like coronaviruses can interact with ACE2, the human receptor identified for SARS-coronavirus. This find strongly suggests that SARS-like coronaviruses from bats can be transmitted to humans to cause SARS-like diseases." Shi's team reported this in a 2017 paper, but that paper doesn't show these coronavirus samples were effective at infecting humans. And the virus used in that research was not the virus that causes COVID-19. It's the underlying experiment that has raised flags.

Researchers at one point had a live virus that could infect a human cell. Just weeks into the outbreak, researchers from Shi's lab found the virus had a 96% similarity with a bat coronavirus they had previously researched. So they both come from, you know, this same distant relative, same, like, great-great-great virus-grandfather. And though these two viruses have diverged, that 4% change, it's the part that makes all of the difference to us. The part of the virus that binds to the receptor on human cells for the SARS-CoV-2, it's very different than the bat coronavirus, the part that allows the animal virus to infect humans. Otherwise, it's interesting, but it's not going to cause any outbreaks in people. That means this virus and other currently known bat coronaviruses could've picked up the features from just the right intermediary animal, allowing it to be able to jump to humans. And really, what we won’t be able to find out unless we can identify whether there is an intermediate species.

We have to actually see the ancestor of SARS-Co-V-2 to know exactly what type of adaptations it underwent in order to be able to infect humans, the smoking pangolin or the smoking whatever else. Of course, the potential of great-great-great virus-grandfather isn't the only bat coronavirus in Shi's lab. Even Shi was initially concerned that her lab could've caused the outbreak. But since then, she says she's ruled out the possibility. Shi, her team, and the Chinese government have adamantly denied that it could've come from this lab. There's no way this virus came from us. China's been incredibly open and I believe it's because it's a scientific collaboration. And in China, they're really proud of their science. They do good work, especially in virology. The evidence that a lab accident led to the release of the virus that causes COVID-19 is circumstantial, but speculation has heightened because of the actions of Chinese officials.

First, before the Chinese government had even alerted the World Health Organization to the growing epidemic, scientists were told to destroy early samples of the virus, according to the Times. After the Chinese government reported the virus to the WHO, officials quickly pointed to the seafood market as the source of the virus and shut it down. -The Chinese government acknowledged it began in Wuhan and put out this story of the wet market. It was a kind of unusual, specific pinning on the part of the Chinese government, like not their general way of operating. But many of the first-known COVID-19 cases were not traceable to the Huanan Seafood Market. The initial patient did not have any link to the market. 

The Chinese government reported that they had found samples of the coronavirus in the western end of the market that is known to house wildlife, but to confirm that, scientists would need specimens from the animals in the market. As of today, as to my knowledge, and I look for this every single day for many days, China has not divulged any information about what animals they tested from the market when the closed it, and, of course, what the results of any of those tests were. The only way to find an answer to this mystery is with a sample that matches both the virus and matches the first patients, which scientists haven't been able to find. Even if there was a perfect match to the virus in one of these labs, without early patient samples, there's no way to be sure.

Conclusion

The balance of scientific evidence strongly suggests the conclusion that the new coronavirus emerged from nature, be it in the Wuhan market or somewhere else. Too many perfect coincidences would've had to take place for it to have escaped from a lab, but the Chinese government has not been willing or able to provide information that would clarify lingering questions about any possible role played by the Wuhan labs. Seems like such a remarkable coincidence that you have an outbreak of a coronavirus in theory from a bat in the same city where there is this high-level BSL-4 laboratory where not only are there foreign concerns about its safety, but there are, like, Chinese articles about the safety protocols not being sufficient. And obviously, there's no smoking gun. It's all circumstantial, but it's pretty remarkable. And it's the kind of thing where it raises questions. That is why intelligence agencies are still exploring the possibility, no matter how remote it may be, and even then, it's unclear when or if we will ever know the origin story of this new virus that is causing so much death and economic turmoil around the globe.

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Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is not a game changer in COVID-19. I'm going to give you an update on hydroxychloroquine and why there's some new evidence coming to light that is suggesting that hydroxychloroquine may not have been the game changer many were hoping for so we all know just a few weeks ago the FDA approved an emergency authorization for the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients now hydroxychloroquine was recommended by President Trump and health experts having not only strong reservations about the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine against COVID-19 but also the potential cardiac side effects associated with it unlike the FDA the European regulators refused to clear a hydroxychloroquine against COVID-19 infections.

Without more data chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine effectiveness against COVID-19 infections is unsubstantiated and was derived heavily from the research of controversial French researcher Didier Raoult now in his study he concluded that hydroxychloroquine along with azithromycin was effective in treating COVID-19 infections however there were significant problems with his study first the study was not randomized which means researcher bias would affect the results. second the study started with 26 patients but only the data from 20 patients were given of the six patients who had not included in the final data three were admitted to the ICU. one died and two patients left the hospital so by not including these six patients for the results also skewed Dr. Raoult also published a second observational study looking at 80 patients but again any study with few patients and no controls cannot determine if a drug works or not so people have been asking why do we need a clinical trial in research in the middle of a pandemic.

No Thalidomide Tragedy again?

We need treatment options now. I mean why not just get the drug and see what happens we've been using hydroxychloroquine for decades to treat lupus and malaria so what's the worst that can happen here. well history is taught us whenever we make clinical decisions and treatment options without evidence and research disastrous effects occur in the 1950s a German pharmaceutical company introduced a drug called thalidomide to treat pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting the company had no reliable evidence to back up its claims that the drug was safe many babies born to women who took thalidomide developed severe malformations and many died because of these conditions the term flipper baby was a term given to babies whose mothers had taken thalidomide during pregnancy despite being introduced in Europe the drug was never introduced into the United States market because of the diligence of an FDA Revere named Dr. Frances Kelsey Congress went on to pass a drug act in 1962 that revamped and toughened the U.S. drug approval process the strict FDA guidelines we have today are guided by the thalidomide tragedy and also in the back of the mind of physicians scientists and researchers.

So in this article I'm gonna go over some new research and evidence that suggests that hydroxychloroquine may not be the game changer many were hoping and touting it to be in fact the cardiac toxicity associated with hydroxychloroquine that was downplayed by many might be more real than we initially thought now. there are a lot of social media theories and anecdotal reports from other physicians and so-called experts and they might be right in their assessments and their treatments but remember until randomized controlled double blinded studies are done anecdotes are not facts no matter how badly we want to believe in them.

China Study on HCQ

So make sure that you subscribe to this domain so you get those updated COVID-19 articles that I post and that you join in our discussion and the community we have created so in a small study recently reported from China hydroxychloroquine was found COVID-19 patients get rid of the virus in fact hydroxychloroquine was not only found to be ineffective it was also more likely to cause side effects in the study 75 patients were assigned hydroxychloroquine with standard of care treatment and another 75 patients only received standard of care treatment the hydroxychloroquine group received a loading dose of 1200 milligrams daily for three days followed by a maintenance dose of 800 milligrams daily for the next two to three weeks even with a high dose of hydroxychloroquine the researchers concluded their study by saying they found no difference in the rate of viral load reduction or symptom alleviation between the group treated with hydroxychloroquine and the one that had not been and if it is true that hydroxychloroquine is ineffective then is it worth risking the cardiac toxicity more specifically ventricular arrhythmias with a QT prolongation from hydroxychloroquine.

See many people have been saying that we've been using hydroxychloroquine for decades to treat malaria lupus and inflammatory arthritis and the cardiac risks are low and the same should apply for COVID-19 infections but the doses we use to treat those diseases are much lower than the protocols clinicians and hospitals are using to treat COVID-19 infections the recommended dose to treat acute malaria with hydroxychloroquine is 800 milligrams then 400 milligrams at 6, 24 and 48 hours and with chloroquine the dose is 600 milligrams then 300 milligrams at 6, 24 and 48 hours the prophylaxis dose of hydroxychloroquine is 400 milligrams and 4 chloroquine is 300 milligrams once per week for two weeks before exposure and continued for four weeks after departure from an endemic area for lupus the maximum recommended dose of hydroxychloroquine is 400 milligrams once a day and for rheumatoid arthritis it is 600 milligrams once per day but we don't have a recommended daily dose for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine and protocols and when to start treatment for COVID-19 infections in Korea a task force is recommending 400 milligrams of hydroxychloroquine every day but in China they're giving up to 1600 milligrams of hydroxychloroquine every day.

QT Prolongation due to HCQ in various studies

At Mount Sinai Hospital in New York their COVID-19 protocol is 400 milligrams PO twice a day for two doses then 12 hours later starting 400 milligrams PO once a day times four doses for a total of five days of therapy other hospitals in the US are treating COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine 400 milligrams twice a day for the first day and then 200 milligrams twice a day for four days so the lack of reliable studies and lack of standard protocols has created confusion in even more questions so our higher dose is more effective but cause more side effects than lower doses and now the side effects more theoretical and rare than what we see in real life so some answers could be found in a recent study from NYU School of Medicine where researchers suggested the QT prolongation with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin may not be as low as some have suggested so the study looked at 84 adult patients with COVID-19 who were treated with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin combination and they found that in patients treated with hydroxychloroquine and azithryomycin QT prolonged significantly in 11 percent of patients.

QT prolonged greater than 500 milliseconds a known marker for risk of malignant arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death what was interesting was they said our data suggests that baseline QT prolongation is not a reliable predictor of severe QT prolongation in these patients and suggested that QT should be followed repeatedly in patients with COVID-19 infection treated with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin particularly in patients with renal failure a common complication in patients with COVID-19 and in another study from Brazil researchers observed QTc prolongation greater than 500 milliseconds was seen in seventeen point nine percent of patients which is not too dissimilar from what has been reported in patients with COVID-19 using hydroxychloroquine at 11 percent myopathy has also been associated with chloroquine use in our study one patient developed rhabdomyolysis which is attributed to chloroquine and the drug was withdrawn in to patients myocarditis was suspected based on the CK-MB elevation since the first day of hospitalization suggesting myocarditis related to COVID-19 itself in such cases drugs prolonging QTc could lead to severe arrhythmias and in terms of dosages the Chinese study.

I talked about earlier showed no impact of hydroxychloroquine with a dose of 400 milligrams of hydroxychloroquine daily for five days on increasing virus negative conversion rate and alleviation of clinical symptoms in 30 patients with COVID-19 so the preliminary findings from the Brazilian study suggested that higher doses of chloroquine which researchers defined as greater than 1200 milligrams per day was associated with a higher risk for QT prolongation now eleven patients died in both dosage groups and researchers actually had to stop the study after six days citing cardiac rhythm problems in a high dosage group so some of these studies might be suggest that at low doses chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine is ineffective but that at higher doses you have a higher risk for QT prolongation and cardiac toxicity and could these side-effects be potentially potentiated by combining azithromycin a drug known to also cause QT prolongation and do we risk people dying of cardiac toxicity before realizing that hydroxychloroquine is ineffective so hospitals in Sweden have decided this was not a risk worth taking the Swedish guidance stated that considering the very low evidence of any significant effect on COVID-19 and since serious side-effects cannot be ruled out the use of chloroquine outside of clinical trials is not recommended.

In fact, the infectious disease Society of America is also no advising hydroxychloroquine and hydroxychloroquine with azithromycin combination only for COVID-19 clinical trials for now so we can speculate and discuss all day long about different treatment options and medications but this is why more research and studies need to be done so that we can make more conclusive decisions.

I'm not saying hydroxychloroquine is ineffective. I'm merely stating that there's nothing conclusive yet from the evidence to say that it is now there many physicians and hospitals who are using hydroxychloroquine and azithryomycin as part of their COVID-19 protocols despite having mixed evidence about its effectiveness and in my opinion this was driven mainly to quell the fear and uncertainty of the general public but the encouraging thing is there are now over 100 clinical trials being conducted to study hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 and many of the medications have also shown promise including tocilizumab and remdesivir so my point is hydroxychloroquine and any other medication should still be investigated in the context of a clinical trial.

I know we're in the middle of a pandemic and people at spirit for a treatment option so that they can get on with their lives but treatment should be based on sound medical and scientific evidence and data this what do we have to lose attitude risks us having another thalidomide tragedy so if you have any questions or comments about what I went over in this article send me a message down below in the comment section.

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How Qatar becomes Richest Country in the Planet? Located in the Persian Gulf, Qatar is a country with an area of little more than 10,000 square kilometres. Just to give you some idea of just how small that it, it is nearly 40 times smaller than California. So, when this country got its independence from the UK in 1971, Qatar was faraway, hostile and very poor place. As a matter of fact, it was one of the poorest territories of the United Kingdom. And that made a lot of sense.

The Qatar Peninsula is a place where temperature scans reach 50º Celsius in summer, it is almost completely covered by desert and it was certainly one of the most uninhabitable places on Earth. But it didn’t stay that way forever and today Qatar is the richest country on the planet. That´s right, the citizens of this tiny country enjoy a per capita income of more than $125,000, which is almost three times the income in France and five times that found in Chile.

This is a country which was almost uninhabited, a country that could hardly survive on its fishing industry, and today it looks something like Scrooge McDuck’s safe. The government of Qatar has investments and properties all around the world. It is the birthplace of Al Jazeera, the most important Arabic media company and then there is Doha, the capital, which is a sea of skyscrapers, malls and luxurious cars. “A mix of Monaco and Vegas, but without the alcohol and gambling. There is no room for simplicity; everything is sumptuous, hug hand sparkling in Doha”. Qatar has gone from being a dark shelter for Wahhabis’ preachers and has become what might people might consider the most open country in the middle east. (Other than Dubai, of course, but as you might know Dubai is an emirate and not actually a country).

In modern day Doha, we can find international universities or the so-called “Church City”: a complex of protestant, orthodox and Catholic churches like the Church of Our Lady of Rosary. “The $20m Catholic church, which seats 2,700, is located in the southern outskirts of the city on land donated by Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifaal-Thani, Qatar's emir”.

LNG- LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS

Now the question of course has to be: How did Qatar achieve this remarkable transformation? Well, let’s take a look at that. THE LNG BLESSING: LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS In other articles we have discussed some of the keys why some countries are so rich.

But in Qatar´s case it is much simpler and it can be summarized by two things: Oil and, more importantly, Natural gas. Massive amount of natural gas. Yep, that is pretty much it. Disappointed? Well, hold on a second because it is actually quite an interesting story. The first oil fields were found in the 1940s, and by the 1960s exploitation was already consolidated. And things in the poor country of Qatar changed but not a huge amount. The thing is that it wasn’t until the beginning of the 1970s that Shell found the biggest treasure of this country: “The North Field”, the largest gas field in the world. But at that time natural gas was not really that profitable. You see, at that time, gas could only be transported through gas pipes and Qatar was far too far away from anywhere where the gas could be used. Even Shell soon forgot about it. But, well, things they were about to change.

Hamad Bin Khalifa Ideas & Strategy

In 1996, the old emir, Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani(who abdicated in 2013) staged a coup d'etat while his father was in Switzerland. This emir reached power with a very clear idea: the future of Qatar was gas, they had to exploit their huge fields. And so he did. The new emir decided to invest in an undeveloped and rare technology: Liquefaction, which is the ability to carry natural gas in a liquid form so it could be transported in large ships as if it were oil. In order to do this, the gas needs to cool down and be kept at a temperature of -161º Celsius (-258 F). Which is just a touch inconvenient So Qatar decided to invest enormous quantities of resources to boost the development of this technology so it could be used on a massive scale?

Because of that investment Qatar is now the world’s largest exporter of LNG. With this technology, Qatar is able to export its enormous gas supplies to the rest of the world. In fact, last year, three quarters of Qatar's gas went to Asian countries like China, India, South Korea and Japan. And there is more: the industrial complex Qatar has developed is so big, so large-scale, that the country has managed to have the cheapest costs of extraction and liquefaction in the world. To illustrate this, a methane tanker of LNG is four times cheaper in Qatar than it is in the United States! And this, dear viewer, is the big secret of this small and wealthy country.

Now, this is only a part of the equation. Not only does a country need to exploit the resources, but they also need to use the money it generates well, or they are going to end up like Angola or Venezuela. So besides this innovative process, Qatar has some other keys to their success. QATAR’S POWER Since Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani reached power in 1995, things have changed significantly. In his 18 years leading the country, Qatar´s population has multiplied by 5, while at the same time becoming richest country on Earth.

Qatar Investment Authority

So, the old emir has plenty of reasons to feel proud of him but, let’s move on. Qatar started to generate a lot of economic resources and, well, what do you think they are doing with this money? Well, despite what it may look like, they have mainly invested it (both nationally and internationally). Qatar has created the “Qatar Investment Authority”, a huge fund to invest money all around the world. It is known as “Qatar’s Power” because they can have in their hands, more than $330 billion!! And hey, the population of Qatar is less than3 million, but of these 3 million people, only 300,000 are Qatari citizens, so, well, you can do the math. This fund has made significant real estate investments all over the world. In London, a big part of the city belongs to Qatar, including hotels, offices, apartments and in the United States, Qatar was, in 2016,the fourth largest office investor in the country.

In Manhattan alone, this fund has invested $5 billion in the last two years. And it is not just real estate, this fund also has major shares in many multinationals: Qatar is, for instance, one of the largest shareholder of companies like Volkswagen, Iberdrola, Barclays Bank, Tiffany & co, Shellor even the giant Rosneft, the oil company of the Russian government. In the article we are about to show you can see how foreign investment has increased as the production of gas and oil has grown and it’s not just international investment - they are also investing lots of resources inside the country: Tens of billions has been spent on highways, ports, airports, research centres, financial centres and so on. And, well, what’s the goal of all of this? Well, that’s to be able to, in the future, replace with the income they get from oil and gas, with the income from these investments.

But the moment when the gas business runs out is still too far away to really be a problem. "There are no analysts who can say when demand for gas will wane. For oil, there are people who see peak demand in 2030, others in 2042 but for gas, demand is constantly growing." This idea they have in investing, instead of spending the money, from natural resources might be one of the most important differences between Qatar and other countries who are also rich in natural resources. Most of them find it too easy to spend the money today, and not think too much about the future. TOWARDS EFFECTIVE INDEPENDENCE When Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani reached power, he also had another thing in mind: Qatar had to gain international influence.

You see, for years, Qatar was controlled, de facto, by Saudi Arabia and the new emir just couldn’t forget about Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. If Qatar wanted to survive they needed to claim their identity and gain international influence. Otherwise, any conflict with Riyadh could compromise the independence of the country. Besides, natural gas could pay the bills now so in 2003, when Saudi Arabia “requested” that the US take American troops out of their country, Qatar didn’t hesitate to offer itself as a destination for those troops. They didn’t even blink when it came to spending about a billion dollars to build the military bases. “The sprawling base 20 miles southwest of the Qatari capital of Doha is home to some 11,000 US military personnel”. Indeed, it could be said that Qatar has taken out a very comprehensive insurance policy.

Al Jazeera-Arabic Media Agency

And then we have the founding of Al Jazeera. This has the objective of obtaining global influence, and they succeeded! They also developed a foreign policy driving towards international influence. THE BLOCKADE All this political strategy made both the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia very angry. In June of 2017, they announced a blockade, accusing Qatar of supporting fundamentalist groups and terrorists. Pot calling the kettle black Saudi Arabia? Hmmm? Now, it is true Qatar has some dark secrets, it is an absolute monarchy after all. But the country is a good ally for the West, especially the US, and it is one of the most open countries in the region.

The truth is the boycott had a different target: to cut down Qatar’s strategy of international influence and to essentially put them in their place. However, the blockade has been a total failure. First, Riyadh’s position is not that strong. Very few countries have supported it, not even Kuwait or Oman. Also, Qatar has developed better relationships with Turkey and even Iran. Qatar has simply proved they are strong enough to weather the storm. “Qatar defies Saudi Arabia by restoring diplomatic ties with Iran”. And finally, something does need to be made clear: There are plenty of grey areas in Qatar: labour conditions that are more consistent with the ones of a poor country, the situation of women and the lack of democracy.

Furthermore, the system needs to prove it can work without the government, because, unlike Dubai, the lead has been taken by public initiative, not private. And this is one of the reasons why Dubai is still above Qatar in pretty much all aspects. But, hey, it wouldn’t be fair to acknowledge what they are doing right, like their saving capacity, their productive investment, and their openness. And now is your turn, who do you think will win this battle of the countries in the Persian Gulf? Saudi Arabia or will it be Qatar? Leave your answer in the comments below. Also don’t forget to subscribe to our blog for more interesting articles.

Gravity is not a new topic for all of us so even though the law of gravitation has not changed at all, there are actually some places on earth that seem to contradict it. It’s almost as if gravity doesn’t exist in these places. So here are the top 10 places on Earth where Gravity doesn’t seem to exist.

10. Mystery spot in Santa Cruz, California

This anti-gravity area was discovered in 1939by a group of surveyors and it was later open to the public in 1940. At this mystery spot, the laws of gravity don’t appear to apply here because you can see balls rolling uphill and people leaning over past their toes without tumbling over. Some people have a lot of conspiracy theories about this place but I think it might just be a tourist trap.

9. Magnetic Hill, Canada

Visitors will drive to the bottom of this world-famous hill and release their foot off of the break then their car will start to roll uphill, defying the laws of gravity. This attraction is known as a natural phenomenon driven by a magnetic force, but it still seems pretty cool.

8. Saint Ignace Mystery Spot, Michigan, USA

Back in the 1950s, 3 surveyors came from California to explore the Upper Peninsula when they stumbled across an area of land where their surveying equipment didn’t seem to work properly. As they continued to research this land, they noticed a constant feeling of being light-headed. Apparently in this 300 foot diameter, you will experience objects behaving irregularly and you will feel really strange physical sensations.

7. Magnetic Hill, Australia

This magnetic hill is located on black road on rural South Australia and as you drive along this road, you will discover that gravity is very strange in this location. And that’s because when you drive down the hill and put your car in neutral, it will begin to drive itself uphill. Anywhere else and your car would continue to roll down the hill.

6. Waterfall, Faroe Islands  

Can you guys imagine a waterfall flowing upwards? No? Well here is an example of that in the Faroe islands that is located in the Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland. Although it might seem like gravity doesn’t exist in this area, it’s actually the powerful winds that are responsible for creating this illusion.

5. Hudson Bay, Canada

For more than 40 years, experts were baffled when they discovered an anti-gravity zone surrounding the Hudson Bay in Canada.

4. Electric Brae, Scotland

Here we have a location where people feel as though they are being drawn uphill by a mysterious force when in reality; it is just an optical illusion. Although the road appears to be running uphill, the configuration of the land on both sides of the road make it look as if the slope is going in the other direction. So that is why a car on the road in neutral will appear to move slowly “uphill.”

3. Hoover Dam, Nevada, USA

If you are planning on visiting it, try to do this little experiment. Try to pour water from a bottle over the Dam. You will see that it won’t go down but instead, the water will flow up. This happens because of the very powerful upward current that the Dam creates. The water is actually carried upward by the wind but it is still pretty cool to see.

2. Mysterious road, Jeju, South Korea

This is a famous anti-gravity road in South Korea where many tourists go to visit. A lot of people believe that there is a mysterious force that prevents gravity from working properly in this location. But in reality, this is just another spot where an Optical Illusion is fooling people. The mysterious road has a downward slope of3 degrees but it appears uphill because of the higher surroundings.

1. Magnetic Hill, Leh-Ladakh, India

Here we have another magnetic hill of some kind because this location is also known to pull cars uphill. But some people even say that even passing airplanes have to increase their altitude in order to avoid being pulled in by this strange force.

Scientists were unable to explain why gravity was so much weaker in this area, until now. In their investigations, the discovered that the Laurentide Ice Sheet, which used to cover a lot of Canada and the northern United States, was so large that it dented the Earth 10,000 years ago which cause gravity to become weakened in this area. Scientists believe that it will be 5,000 years before the Earth can recover and get back to a normal level of gravity in this area.

So I hope you like this article and I am preparing more articles like this for you. I want to learn more about you guys so let me know in the comments where you are from? If you find other places like this, just let me know.