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03/06/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Couple finds massive mammoth tooth beside a broken pot in the garden of their new cottage in the UK

A retired couple in the British county of Devon, located in southwestern England, have accidentally discovered an enormous mammoth tooth right next to a broken plant pot in their garden. The tooth, which was identified as a molar, weighed 12 lbs and was 15 inches long. It was found by Stephen and Stella Huyshe-Shires in November of 2018 when […]

02/29/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

A welcome surprise: Miners digging for gemstones unearth fossilized remains of an ancient sea monster instead

In June of 2019, miners employed by Enchanted Designs Limited were busy at work in Alberta, Canada looking for ammolite, a rainbow-colored gemstone used in luxury jewelry, when they instead found something arguably much more valuable. They found the fossilized remains of an ancient sea monster that lived about 70 million years ago during the age of […]

02/22/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Jaws on the beachfront: North Carolina man finds palm-sized MEGALODON tooth buried on the shore

A typical beach stroll usually ends with someone finding a few pretty seashells, coral fragments and colorful beach glass. One man, however, found something prehistoric after going on what was supposed to be an ordinary beach stroll with his family. According to Harvey Wall, he and his family were looking for seashells when he spotted […]

02/01/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Japanese translator explains the science behind an ancient text that teaches Samurai how to develop “supernatural powers”

A 17th century Japanese text known as “Twelve Rules of the Sword” has finally been translated. The text supposedly teaches samurai “supernatural powers.” However, its translator proposes a more rational explanation. “Twelve Rules of the Sword” was written in the 17th century, and is a compilation of knowledge passed down by the samurai known as Ito Ittosai, who […]

12/18/2019 / By Ethan Huff

The top 10 most mind-bending MYSTERIES of 2019

What’s the best thing to do when you encounter a mystery you can’t explain? Why, report on it, of course! Here are 10 of the strangest news stories that passed our desks this past year that we thought you should know about: The terraforming of planet Earth, and the planned annihilation of humankind: Dave Hodges […]

11/10/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Scientists successfully brew beer and mead using 5,000-year-old “resurrected” yeasts discovered in the Holy Land

Want to know what ancient Middle Eastern beer tastes like? Try asking this team of researchers from Israel: In a study published in mBio, microbiologists and archeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority and four local universities used yeast strains that lay dormant for thousands of years to brew potable “ancient beers.” For the multi-layered study, researchers isolated yeast from tiny […]

10/16/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Archaeologists discover COCAINE and other psychotropics in the 1,000-year-old belongings of a South American shaman

Early shamans who lived a thousand years ago used cocaine and other mind-altering substances for their rituals, according to a recent study. In their report, researchers have uncovered evidence that suggests that Native American mystics took the drug, as well as several plant-based psychotropics, to alter their consciousness. This comes after a recent investigation of the dry rock shelters […]

09/21/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Mysterious “sonar anomaly” turns out to be 500-year-old shipwreck with massive copper payload

Marine salvagers got a welcome surprise when their sonar picked up an anomaly on the shallow seafloor of the North Sea recently. What they initially mistook for a shipping container turned out to be a sunken Dutch wooden sailing ship from the 16th century. Even better, the 500-year-old shipwreck held tons of copper. Experts believed […]

08/24/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Unlocking the secrets of Ancient Egypt: Archaeologists uncover dozens of mummified animals in the Tomb of Tutu

The mummified remains of cats, dogs, falcons, and mice haunted a recently discovered tomb in Egypt. Experts believed that the animals were not the coterie of favored animals that got buried with their late owners. Instead, the animals were sacrificed and preserved as consecrated offerings to the dead. Inscriptions found in the burial site identified […]

06/22/2019 / By Ethan Huff

Oil eating microbes are destroying sunken Nazi sub thanks to the Deepwater Horizon spill

Remember when British Petroleum (BP), Halliburton, and ConocoPhillips indiscriminately dumped tens of thousands of gallons of Corexit into the Gulf of Mexico to supposedly remedy the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster? Well according to experts, this nasty chemical concoction is still floating around in that giant “bathtub,” and is actually now eating away at a […]

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