Witnesses throughout Northern Norway reported seeing a bright object spinning through the sky this morning, forming a brilliant spiral. According to air traffic reports, the phenomenon lasted for two minutes, too long to be an astronomical event, and it doesn't resemble any previously reported aurora.

So what caused the mysterious spiral? No one is sure, but the prevailing theory is fairly mundane. Several astronomers are speculating that an errant, spiraling rocket is responsible. Since no rockets were fired from the local Andøya Rocket Range this morning, the hypothetical rocket may have come from Russia.

Or, as one poster on Reddit suggests, it could just be the Sliders breaking into our universe:

[VG Nett (Translated) via Reddit]

The study, which was commissioned by a group attempting to prevent unwanted teen pregnancies, believe that teens who don't breakfast with their families may have unhappy family lives. That's one possible reason why they, on average, tend to lose their virginities at the age of 17 and a half. The average age when Japanese people lose their virginity is 19.

According to Kunio Kitamura, head researcher on the study done by the Japan Family Planning Association, said:

Those unhappy with their parents — such as for not preparing breakfast — may tend to find a way to release their frustration by having sex

So remember, if you don't want your 17.5-year-old to have sex, you'd better get up early and make him breakfast.

Kitamura is also willing to admit there might be another reason for the connection between sex and lack of breakfast: Teens who stay out late at love hotels tend to get back home so late that they miss breakfast.

Yet another brilliant study brought to you by pseudo-science.

SOURCE: AFP