When the political gets dull and the wars too awful, there's always the inexplicable. Personally, I take great comfort in knowing that the world is far weirder than at first it might appear. There are strange things afoot all the time. And one of the most intriguing round-ups I've read lately is a compendium of sonic inexplicata, from "the hum" to undersea gigantor creatures (or whatever they are–Cthulhu?) to possible signals from space.
Pour a tall sarsaparilla and check it out.