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I really can’t imagine what life would have been like in middle school and high school if my friends and I had a phone in our pockets all the time with cameras and social media. Ugh, it makes me shudder just thinking about it! But, all things change and obviously, the Internet has done incredible...

There’s a great, cozy little show called Detectorists that centers around a couple of old friends and their frequently fruitless hobby scanning the countryside with metal detectors, ostensibly in search of some great unknown treasure. The show, of course, isn’t really about metal detectors, it’s about friendship and fulfillment and life and love and all...

If you’ve spent any amount of time at the beach you’ve probably seen a few folks scanning the sand with metal detectors, casually looking for nothing in particular. It’s a fun little hobby if you’ve got the funds and the patience for it. And while you’ll *probably* never find some grand treasure that will make...

I’m not excusing the terrible things that the U.S. government has done throughout the years, but I think that one aspect of being a superpower is that you do everything to maintain that power and act in your own best interest. And that includes terrible things that don’t age well…and probably some current things that...

It’s amazing to think that even 2,000 years after the city of Pompeii was destroyed, there is still something left to discover. But earlier this year, archaeologists literally uncovered a remarkable new find. As originally announced on PompeiiSites.org, researchers discovered a fancy chariot, unlike any they had ever seen before. Best of all, it was...

I know a big unsolved mystery I’d like to know the truth behind… I’d love to know who the Zodiac K**ler was. The man who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and early 1970s was never caught and his identity is still a mystery to this day… Folks on AskReddit talked...

UFOs. The Zodiac K**ler. Bigfoot. The number of high-profile unsolved mysteries out there is pretty staggering. And then you throw in the ones that most people aren’t familiar with and you realize you could probably spend the rest of your life just researching all kinds of unsolved mysteries for the rest of your life and...

I’m obsessed with unsolved mysteries! And, just to be clear, I’m talking about the old TV show hosted by Robert Stack AND actual unsolved mysteries. From like, real life. And there are so many to dig into! What mystery would you like to see solved? Here’s what folks on AskReddit had to say. 1. True...