There’s One Letter of the Alphabet That Almost Nobody Actually Has Memorized
If you’re reading this, chances are you know the alphabet. You’ve heard and seen it a million times since childhood, and it’s now ingrained into your brain so deeply that you don’t even have to think about it consciously as you read these sentences. So if someone told you that there’s a letter that you...
Everyone in This Small Spanish Village Became Overnight Millionaires Playing the Lottery
When a whole town goes from poor to rich overnight, the world starts talking. Here’s the story of a small Spanish town called Sodeto – only 240 residents – that became fabulously wealthy in 2011. A small planned farming community, it was started in 1950 after the Spanish Civil War. This town was created by...
Before Typhoon Hagibis Struck Japan, the Sky Turned Vivid Purple
On October 11th, the evening before Typhoon Hagibis hit Japan, an unusual sunset painted the sky a vivid shade of purple. The violet sky may have been simply stunning under different circumstances, but for people in the typhoon’s path, it was an omen of the devastation – including the loss of at least 40 lives...
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Scientists Have Found Traces of Animal Milk Inside Prehistoric Baby Bottles
If you’ve had kids recently, then you’re probably aware of the current push for all mothers to breastfeed. There are, of course, many reasons why mothers either choose not to or cannot for some reason breastfeed, and lucky for all of the beautiful babies out there, we have a slew of synthetic options these days....
DNA Evidence from Viking Gravesite Proves Decorated Warrior Buried There Was a Woman
Vikings were known for trading and waging battles on the seas and across Europe in the medieval time period. They were fearsome warriors, and they likely even sailed to the North American continent hundreds of years before any other Europeans. Now, a new examination of a well-documented gravesite has researchers rethinking the role gender played...