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Ancient Chinese warrior’s tomb found with cannabis inside, investigation names man who betrayed Anne Frank, Russian “scepters” turn out to be beer-drinking straws. Pot Filled With Cannabis Found Inside The 1,300-Year-Old Tomb Of A Chinese Warrior The History BlogThe tomb had sat undisturbed for 1,300 years and its uniquely dry conditions preserved everything inside, from the coffin to the wall murals — to the pot filled with cannabis. Some 1,300 years ago, a great Chinese warrior named Guo Xing was laid to rest inside an ornate tomb in what’s now the city of Taiyuan....

Roman coin hoard found in Germany, lost sun temple unearthed in Egypt, ancient statue heads discovered in Turkey. Mysterious Hoard Of Rare Roman Coins Found Scattered In A River Bed In Germany Andreas Brücklmair/Kunstsammlungen & MuseenThis haul of 5,500 silver coins is believed to have been buried in what is now Augsburg, Germany sometime in the third century A.D. Excavators preparing to build a housing complex in southern Germany have stumbled upon an unprecedented cache of some 5,500 Roman coins dating back approximately 2,000 years....

The boys were hospitalized for six days across three different care centers. Wikimedia CommonsBlack widows are 15 times more venomous than rattlesnakes. Three young Bolivian brothers made a black widow bite them in the hopes of gaining Spider-Man’s super powers last week. Unfortunately for the eight, 10- and 12-year-old siblings, the only real-world result was a visit to several hospitals. According to Penn Live, the disconcerting event was made public by Ministry of Health official Virgilio Pietro at a May 16 briefing on the regional coronavirus situation....

The busted-up busts were of “minor figures” but were nailed to their displays inside the Galleria Chiaramonte of the Museo Chariamonti, part of the Vatican Museums. Lothar M. Peter/ullstein bild via Getty ImagesThe Chiaramonti Museum at the Vatican in Rome. On Oct. 5, 2022, an American tourist visiting the Vatican was apparently so enraged that he wasn’t allowed to see the Pope, he threw a tantrum and destroyed two 2,000-year-old Roman sculptures on his way out....

Police say Rorie Susan Woods could have faced manslaughter charges if anyone had died during the unusual attack. Hampden County Sheriff’s DepartmentRorie Susan Woods faces a number of charges for her attack-by-bees. Police in Longmeadow, Massachusetts were met with a wrathful woman when they tried to serve an eviction on Oct. 12. But Rorie Susan Woods didn’t attack the police with words or weapons — rather, she used swarms of bees she had brought to the scene in crates....

A New Mexico man was apprehended after a smart home device in the house heard the dispute and called the police. An instance of domestic abuse in New Mexico was prevented by an unlikely hero: a Google Home smart device. As reported by ABC News, New Mexico man Eduardo Barros was house-sitting at a home in Tijeras with his girlfriend and her daughter this past Sunday. Barros then got into a fight with his girlfriend, and things grew violent....

Meerkats are pretty darn cute. With their tall, slender bodies and expressive faces, these critters are often caught perched on their two hind feet, scanning the savanna for predators. That being said, baby meerkats are even cuter. Photographer Will Burrard-Lucas recently traveled to the Makgadikgadi Pans region of Botswana to snap pictures of the beloved creatures. While there, Burrard-Lucas had the pleasure of capturing various images of a meerkat community that included some three-week-old baby meerkats....

Wonderfully weird photos of presidents who may not have realized there were cameras around. Ronald Reagan wags his hands and makes faces at reporters attending a dinner for the White House News Photographers Association after asking whether the gesture would be kept “off the record” and saying he’d waited years for the opportunity. May 19, 1983.Bettmann/Getty Images Lyndon Johnson is interrupted by his pet dog Yuki jumping up on the desk while he prepares to sign a meat inspection bill....

You may think you have some irrational fears, but wait until you read about these weird phobias — which are more common than you probably thought. Mortuusequusphobia: The fear of ketchup. While extremely rare, there are at least a few cases of people who are very uneasy around the famous red condiment. One sufferer said, “I’m more scared of Heinz 57 than I am of death.“Pexels Koumpounophobia: The fear of buttons....

“What happened in this case is truly awful. It was the stuff of nightmares.” CNNNino Mbatha (wearing camouflage) in court. A year after he walked into a police station with a bag of human remains and declared that he was “tired of eating human flesh,” a South African cannibal has been sentenced to life in prison. Police apparently had some trouble believing Nino Mbatha’s declaration at first, as he reportedly looked unstable when he walked into the station in Estcourt last August....

Archeologists say that the amphitheater in Richborough, Kent, could hold up to 5,000 spectators who cheered on charging gladiators and roaring wild animals in epic fights. Jim Holden/English HeritageArcheologists have been aware of the amphitheater since 1849, but the holding cell for gladiators is a new discovery. Today, the Roman-era amphitheater in Richborough, Kent, blends into the landscape. But it was once the site of violent gladiatorial combat, and archeologists with English Heritage have just come across a holding cell, called a “carcer,” where gladiators waited to fight....

California’s third-largest city – the 34th-largest in the country – is a near-ghost town. Where did California City come from, why is it so empty, and what lies in store for this odd collection of paved roads in the desert? Craig Dietrich/Flickr Far out in the high desert of Kern County, California, southwest of Death Valley and just north of Edwards Air Force Base, lies an odd collection of empty streets and unbuilt house lots that make up California City....

We thought the phrase was born in just 1962. We were wrong. The phrase “kick ass” may seem like a modern invention, but a new letter shows its usage nearly 100 years before we previously believed the phrase was invented. Slate reports that last week Jonathan Lighter, author of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang, discovered the phrase “kick ass” in a letter from a soldier fighting in the Civil War about a century earlier than when linguists believed the phrase first emerged in the English language....

Scenes from the brutal conflict that killed almost three percent of the American population in four short years. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Colorized Civil War Photos That Bring America’s Deadliest Conflict To Life ‘A Harvest Of Death’: 33 Haunting Photos Of The Battle Of Gettysburg Kids In Combat: 26 Photos Of The Civil War’s Child Soldiers...

New York-based artist Dustin Yellin captures the human form in glass slides, creating beautiful window sandwiches in the process. Artist Dustin Yellin calls them “window sandwiches,” but these incredible collages are much cooler than lunch meat could ever be. In partnership with the New York City Ballet, Yellin has created glass-encased collages that depict the body of a dancer “frozen” in motion. More than a dozen window sandwiches were recently unveiled at the atrium of the David H....

Moon Express, Inc.Moon Express’ MX-1 Lander Today, California-based company Moon Express became the first private enterprise in history to be granted government approval to launch a mission beyond Earth’s orbit. Just next year, in fact, the company aims to land a robotic spacecraft on the moon — for reasons that surely point the way toward the next era of spaceflight. To be sure, Moon Express is anxious to get its craft on the moon next year because that will almost certainly bring them victory in the Google Lunar XPrize, a competition Google launched in 2007 that will give $30 million to the first private firm to land a craft on the moon....

Clement Vallandigham was in the middle of demonstrating how another man might have accidentally killed himself — then he accidentally killed himself. Library of CongressClement Vallandigham Clement Vallandigham always believed in predestination. “I may, however, be mistaken,” he said even on his deathbed, “but I am a firm believer in that good old Presbyterian doctrine of predestination.” Of course, the reason that he was on his deathbed was that he’d just accidentally shot himself while in the process of demonstrating how another man may have accidentally shot himself....

Mel Ignatow murdered his girlfriend in the most brutal way possible and managed to get away with it. Years later, karma would take its revenge. YouTubeMel Ignatow and Brenda Schaefer. “I don’t think our mother believed it, but we knew she was dead right away,” said the brother of Brenda Schaefer. Schaefer’s brother was right. Mel Ignatow, Schaefer’s boyfriend, had murdered her on September 23, 1988 in Louisville, Kentucky. This was a hard fact with an admission from Ignatow himself....

A patient enters a hospital emergency room after having a seizure. The doctor sees her and orders the regular tests, expecting to find that the patient had epilepsy, had perhaps taken some drugs, or had been injured somehow. But they come up with nothing. As the patient comes around, more symptoms show up that doctors can’t explain. The patient is so weak she cannot walk; she experiences sudden deafness or even blindness, and she finds it difficult to form words when trying to speak....

Jadav Payeng would not sit idly by while his island home flooded and washed away. He started to plant trees. He has since created a 1,000-acre forest home to snakes, monkeys, and elephants alike. Photo by Jitu Kalita/picture alliance via Getty ImagesOver the past 30 years, “Forest Man” Jadav Payeng has planted an entire forest on his own on an island on the Brahmaputra river. When Jadav Payeng saw his homeland turned into a natural wasteland, he took action and single-handedly created a lush forest....