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Italian sailors knew of America 150 years before Christopher Columbus, new analysis of ancient documents suggests
New analysis of ancient writings suggests that sailors from the Italian hometown of Christopher Columbus knew of America 150 years before its renowned 'discovery'.
Wreck of British explorer James Cook's Endeavour found: researchers
The wreck of Captain James Cook's famed vessel the Endeavour has been found off the coast of the US state of Rhode Island, Australian researchers said Thursday.
The wreck of Captain James Cook's famed vessel the Endeavour has been found off the coast of the US state of Rhode Island.
Antarctica's Most Famous Shipwreck, the Endurance, Found After 106 Years
The ship was discovered at a depth of 10,000 feet, just four miles from its last known position.
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On April 13, 1985, while the Swedish Neo-Nazi The Nordic Realm Party was having a demonstration in Växjö, Sweden.
The woman who hit skinhead was Danuta Danielsson, a Polish immigrant whose mother had survived Majdanek concentration camp.
How cinephile Kim Jong-il kidnapped a director to improve local films
Recordings show insecure North Korean despot begging actor and director he had kidnapped from the South to help improve ‘useless’ movie industry
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Lady Florence Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter in 1916, traveling to work at offices in London where she was a supervisor.
The Autoped was an early motor scooter or motorized scooter manufactured by the Autoped Company of Long Island City, New York from 1915 to 1922.
The Autoped went out of production in the United States in 1921, but was manufactured by Krupp in Germany from 1919 to 1922.
The creator of the popular cartoon Shrek, William Steig, drew his character from the professional wrestler Maurice Tillet.
The real prototype knew 14 languages, played chess brilliantly, and despite his frightening face and great strength at first glance, he was a very modest and friendly man.
He was born in 1903 in Russia, in the Urals, into a French family, which in 1917 returned to France in connection with the revolution.
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This photo from 1979 shows a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employee opening the world’s heaviest hinged door, which is eight feet thick, nearly twelve feet wide, and weighs 97,000 pounds.
A special bearing in the hinge allows a single person to open or close the concrete-filled door, which was used to shield the Rotating Target Neutron Source-II (RTNS-II) -- the world’s most intense source of continuous fusion neutrons.
In 1959, a coffee maker was an optional extra in Volkswagen cars.
The Hertella Auto Kaffeemachine was the first and only known dashboard-mounted coffee maker. Manufactured in 1959 specifically for the Volkswagen Beetle, it came with porcelain cups which could stick to the machine magnetically.
The sole surviving example of its kind worldwide, this Greenlandic whaling suit, crafted prior to 1834, holds a unique distinction. By crawling into the suit through its central aperture and subsequently sealing it shut, the hunter ensured complete waterproofing using the sealskin material. This remarkable artifact now finds its home at the esteemed National Museum of Denmark.
Unmasked Godzilla taking a break and sipping tea after filming his terrifying scenes, 1954. In the film, Japan’s authorities deal with the sudden appearance of a giant monster, whose attacks trigger fears of a nuclear holocaust during post-war Japan.
From the Archives: The world's oldest artificial toe, made of wood and leather and dating to between 950 and 710 B.C., was discovered in Thebes, Egypt.
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The Barabar Hill Caves (Hindi बराबर, Barābar) are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, dating from the Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE), some with Ashokan inscriptions, located in the Makhdumpur region of Jehanabad district, Bihar, India, 24 km (15 mi) north of Gaya.
The 1,900-year-old Roman aqueduct in Turkey. It was used to bring water from the Mountains.
1,900 year old Aqueduct of Patara in Turkey - Get Noticed
The Aqueduct of Patara is a Roman aqueduct that was built in the 1st century AD. It is located in the ancient city of Patara, in the Turkish province of Antalya. The aqueduct is 22.5 kilometers long and consists of five bridges and a pressurized conduit, an inverted siphon locally known as...
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