Tim
Vincent Gaddis was the author of several books about ghosts, poltergeists, intelligent fireballs, UFOs and so on. He's the one, you won't be surprised to learn, who first coined the term "The Deadly Bermuda Triangle", in a 1964 issue of Argosy, a magazine devoted to fiction. One of the people who did most to develop and popularise the legend was Charles Berlitz, who wrote a bestseller (and no doubt made a fortune) on the subject in 1974.
From Wikipedia:
"The marine insurer Lloyd's of London has determined the Triangle to be no more dangerous than any other area of ocean, and does not charge unusual rates for passage through the region. United States Coast Guard records confirm their conclusion"
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Re: black holes on Earth
"Fortunately, real black holes only exist in the depths of space, too far from the Earth to be of much concern. But an American physicist has put forward the idea that an experiment here on Earth regularly creates objects that bear a striking resemblance to real black holes, albeit tiny ones"
From:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/science/story/0,12996,1440631,00.html
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Re: white holes
"White holes cannot exist, since they violate the second law of thermodynamics"
Andrew J. S. Hamilton, University of Colorado
