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The amulet was found near a future housing development site where Neolithic and Iron Age artifacts have previously been discovered. Kulturmiljö HallandThe hammer likely dates back to sometime between the ninth and 11th centuries. A team of archaeologists working in Ysby, Sweden recently discovered what they are calling a “one of its kind” amulet depicting the hammer wielded by the Norse mythological god Thor. As Arkeonews reports, the amulet marks the first instance of a Viking-era artifact being uncovered at the site — and the first Thor’s hammer to be found in Sweden’s Halland province....

Bros doing yoga? You betcha. Watch as some polo-wearing bros find enlightenment in this hilarious series of broga poses. Linebacker II, a pose that’s familiar to most sports bros. Only artist Hannah Rothstein could capture the hilarity of the manly mindfulness movement she calls Broga. Playfully combining two groups of people—bros and yogis—who frequently take themselves a bit too seriously, she” captured what’s sure to be next big workout craze....

On June 21, 2013, Cherish Perrywinkle was lured out of a Walmart by Donald Smith, who then raped and murdered her so brutally that the crime scene photos at his trial brought the jury to tears. Public DomainCherish Perrywinkle was murdered by a convicted pedophile who was released from prison just weeks before. On June 21, 2013, eight-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle of Jacksonville, Florida, was abducted from her neighborhood Walmart while shopping with her mother — and a stranger who offered to buy them clothes....

Community activist Antione Dobine was talking with neighbors on the city’s South Side when he heard the victim’s cries — and led police to the chilling discovery. d.ice119/FacebookAntione Dobine, left, and police officers at the scene. Antione Dobine was canvassing Chicago’s South Side on Saturday by talking to concerned locals about the many abandoned buildings in the area. According to The Daily Mail, the 53-year-old community organizer suddenly heard screams from one of the dilapidated homes and found an abducted woman wailing inside....

“The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses…” Wikimedia Commons It’s not often that a mere piece of paper will be worth a few million dollars. But when it’s a letter written by Albert Einstein about how God is a “product of human weaknesses,” a multimillion-dollar price tag is exactly what you get. A document written by the iconic, Nobel Prize-winning physicist that’s known as the “God letter” just sold at Christie’s auction house in New York for a whopping $2....

Orlando Capote owns the last house standing on a block that was previously occupied by modest single-family dwellings. His father bought it in 1989 as his dream house. CBSMiamiOrlando Capote has rejected offers as high as $900,000 for his 1,300-square-foot home, which is now in the shadow of a $600-million development. For Floridians who enjoy luxury amenities, the Plaza Coral Gables is a promising development. With an upscale hotel, shops, and restaurants, the $600-million project is the largest in the area....

Thousands of vibrantly decorated floating baskets light up the country’s water ways to create a stunning sight. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 47Family floats their krathong from the Ping river’s bank at Wat Chaimongkol during Loy Krathong Festival. The festival is celebrated annually on the evening of the full moon of the 12th month in the Thai lunar calendar....

Hans Schmidt illegally married, impregnated, and then brutally murdered and dismembered his mistress. For that crime, he was eventually executed via electrocution, and to this day is the only Catholic priest ever executed in the United States. Turns out, the murder he was caught for was only the tip of the iceberg. A portrait of Hans Schmidt, the only Catholic priest to ever be executed in the United States, circa 1910....

More than 300 men with sculpted beards and lengthy mustaches attended the 2014 World Beard and Moustache Championships. Overall winner at the 2014 World Beard and Moustache Championships. Source: Daily Mail More than 300 men with sculpted beards and lengthy mustaches attended the 2014 World Beard and Moustache Championships, which took place in Portland, Oregon this past Saturday. Representing nine countries, the men competed in 18 beard and mustache categories, ranging from freestyle to best full groomed beard....

He was the only Muslim king of modern Europe, and he survived over fifty assassination attempts as the last monarch of Albania. Hulton Archive/Stringer/Getty ImagesKing Zog I of Albania, center, poses with crown prince Vogal Esad, Colonel Saredgzi, General Aranita, General Ghilardi and Colonel Basha. Circa 1930. King Zog I of Albania rarely made public appearances. He only trusted his mother to make his food for fear of poisoning. The paranoid king only surrounded himself with his most loyal guards, who were also members of his tribe or his family....

Experience photos and stories from inside Georgia’s Andersonville Prison, one of the most brutal prisoner of war camps in modern history. Andersonville Prison was never meant to hold as many prisoners as it did. During the first years of the Civil War, Confederate soldiers had been toting their Union POWs around with them or dropping them in makeshift camps around the Confederacy. By the last year of the war, however, they’d realized they needed a more secure solution....

For two months in 1958, 19-year-old Charles Starkweather and his 14-year-old girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate embarked on a killing spree across Nebraska and Wyoming that left 11 dead. Nebraska State PenitentiaryCharles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate were among the youngest people to be tried for first-degree murder in American history. He was probably the most notorious spree killer of the 1950s — and he was just a teenager. In the winter of 1958, 19-year-old Charles Starkweather killed his way across Nebraska and Wyoming, taking 11 lives with him in brutal fashion....

A new study detected the presence of rust on both poles of the Moon’s surface — a phenomenon that should be unlikely given the Moon’s lack of atmosphere. PixabayScientists say the Moon is rusting — and it could be caused by Earth’s electromagnetic field. The Moon is losing its white glow and becoming increasingly red — all because it’s getting rusty, scientists say. What’s more surprising is that Earth’s atmosphere might be what’s causing it....

Ishi emerged from the forests of California in 1911, nearly 40 years after the world thought his people had disappeared from the earth. On Aug. 29, 1911, Ishi, the last of the Yahi, walked out of the California wilderness and into American culture. He emerged onto a scene that had mostly forgotten the Native Americans who once roamed the land. Thin from starvation and soot-smudged from the fires that had ravaged the nearby forest, he was a shocking sight to the inhabitants of Oroville....

These seldom-seen photos reveal what “normal” life in Nazi Germany looked like for most citizens as the Third Reich rose to power. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: How Hitler And The Nazi Party Convinced Germany To Vote For Fascism Meet The Edelweiss Pirates: The Little-Known Teenaged Resistance Fighters Of Nazi Germany Albert Einstein’s Letters Expressing Fears About Nazi Germany To Be Auctioned...

Why should you consider maggot therapy? Well, it might make you sick in the stomach, but it will heal your infected wound. Your gross wound is a maggot’s favorite meal. But, did you know that a maggots’ appetite for diseased flesh has medical benefits? Called maggot therapy, it could be the thing that saves your life. In this bizarre medical treatment, hungry disinfected maggots remove dead and infected tissue. After being placed on the infected area, the maggots go to town eating and cleaning, as they only have a taste for rotting flesh....

Mars facts you should know before planning your first – and last – trip. NASACuriosity rover’s view of “Mount Sharp” Given the similar proximity of Earth and Mars to the Sun (93 million miles and 142 million miles respectively), it’s only natural that skyward-looking adventurists and dreamers consider Mars the next and perhaps inevitable frontier of human exploration. But don’t volunteer for a trip to the Red Planet on one of Elon Musk’s death rockets just yet....

Flintlock bullets were found buried alongside the victims, suggesting they were shot to end their suffering — or as punishment for breaking the rules during the epidemic. University of West TimisoaraThe grave contained the remains of seven individuals, one of which was a child carrying two Christian artifacts. Archaeologists in Timisoara, Romania have unearthed a mass grave dating back to between 1737 and 1740, containing the remains of six adults and one child....

Conflict inside operating rooms isn’t reserved for TV dramas. Pixabay Whether or not a crucial procedure performed in a medical operating room (OR) succeeds often comes down to two main factors. One factor is technical, meaning the knowledge and skills of the clinicians. The other is interpersonal, meaning how well the clinicians communicate and work with each other. Of course, in simplifying what goes on inside an OR into those two elements, many nuances are lost....

These apocryphal biblical texts, mostly written in ancient Greek or Latin, have now been translated into English for the first time and compiled into a single book. Wikimedia CommonsAncient non-canonical Christian texts excluded from the Bible have been translated in English for the first time. The texts in the Bible as we know it today were first ‘canonized’ by the Church at the end of the fourth century. But before then, hundreds of other religious texts circulated across Christiandom....