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St Michael's Church & the Nine Men of Madeley in Madeley, United Kingdom
On a Tuesday in September of 1864, in the Shropshire town of Madeley, nine miners – six of them just boys – did what they always did after spending all day in the pit. They jumped on a chain to “ride...
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The Thimble Museum in Creglingen, Germany
The Thimble Museum, also called Fingerhutmuseum in Germany where it is located, holds a large collection of a small tools designed to protect delicate fingers from sewing needles. This unique...
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A Dagger Found in King Tut's Wrappings Was Forged from a Meteorite
King Tut's dagger was forged from meteorite https://t.co/hVkDtIRs95pic.twitter.com/hhUJPTFhO2— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) June 1, 2016Ninety-one years ago, Howard Carter, the British archaeologist who...
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The Dissidents Cemetery in Valparaíso, Chile
On a picturesque hilltop in the colorful port town of Valparaiso, Chile, lies one of South America's most historic and beautiful cemeteries. Yet few of its early burials are native South Americans....
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There’s an Art Deco Airport Lying Ruined in Brooklyn
Howard Hughes arrives at Floyd Bennett Field. (Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images)On the far reaches of Brooklyn’s Atlantic coastline is a forgotten piece of aviation history.Long before JFK and LaGuardia,...
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Teen Calls Out Museum for Wrong Radio in Al Capone's Cell
That radio in the back is... wrong. (Photo: Thesab/GNU)In a discovery rivaling what Geraldo Rivera found in Al Capone’s secret vault, an eagle-eyed teenager recently found that the re-creation of...
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Letter-Writing Manuals Were the Self-Help Books of the 18th Century
Detail from Young Girl Writing a Love Letter by Pietro Antonio Rotari (1755). (Image: Public Domain)Let's say a friend started dating someone who was clearly bad news. How might you tactfully convey...
View ArticleFound: Rare, 100-Year-Old Hobo Graffiti, Etched into an L.A. Bridge
A century ago, wanderers left their mark in Los Angeles with hobo graffiti, a vanishing art https://t.co/EZHmdsmXTspic.twitter.com/bJoLqNLSDn— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) May 30, 2016Susan Phillips,...
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Afghanistan's Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
The Blue Mosque has been described as an oasis for peace, and it really does seem like it, considering the thousands of white doves surrounding the mosque. The doves flock on the trees, the roof, and...
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These Pollen Coronas Are the Upside of Pollen
A pine pollen corona in Kuusamo, Finland. (Photo: Mika-Pekka Markkanen/CC BY-SA 4.0)The whole world may look forward to spring, but pretty much no one is excited for the attendant pollen explosion....
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How to Travel Safely With a Crocodile
Two live Siamese crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis) at the new AMNH Crocs exhibit. (Photo: © AMNH/C. Chesek)It was in the middle of the night, cruising along the highway somewhere in the Carolinas, that...
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Camp Atterbury Prisoner of War Chapel in Franklin, Indiana
Camp Atterbury, today an active National Guard base in southern Indiana, was built as an army training facility shortly after Pearl Harbor, and soon became the unlikely destination for about 15,000...
View ArticleMassive Trove of Fossils Discovered by Road Crew in South Africa
EXCLUSIVE: Huge treasure trove of fossils unearthed by roadworks https://t.co/Zf4SkHEDOApic.twitter.com/89wvszsPYj— News24 (@News24) June 1, 2016Crews of workers exploding rock off a highway outside...
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Robert Louis Stevenson Museum in Apia, Samoa
Born in Edinburgh, Robert Louis Stevenson was stricken at a young age with chronic respiratory illness that, along with his vagabonding inclination, led him in his adult life to begin a series of...
View ArticleWatch These Racers Book It on 5-Foot-Tall Penny-Farthing Bikes
In the late 1800s, racing cyclists looped around tracks on top of two-wheeled penny-farthings—the first machine to ever be called a bicycle. The video above, captured in 1928, biker C.J. Bowtle peddles...
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The Blue Gate of Fes in Fes, Morocco
If you've been to Fes, Morocco, you'll immediately recognize the Grande Porte Bab Boujeloud, also known as "The Blue Gate of Fes." If you exit through the Bab Boujloud, however, you'll note that its...
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Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, India
The Meenakshi Amman Temple is the heart of the ancient city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. A religious and mythological symbol dating back 2,500 years, the temple's 14 towers are each covered in...
View ArticleThe Louvre is Closing as Flood Waters Threaten Paris
Torrential rains flood rural roads in France; Seine overflows its banks in Paris. https://t.co/h6JJH5zpSfpic.twitter.com/AZKUKpXI7f— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) June 1, 2016The Seine, which flows through the...
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Read the NSA's Exceedingly Weird Guide to the Internet
The NSA's headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. (Photo: Public Domain)A version of this story originally appeared on Muckrock.com.The NSA has a well-earned reputation for being one of the tougher...
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