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‘German Stonehenge’ Site Used For Ritual Child Sacrifice Yields 130 Dwellings — Revealing It Was Residential

‘German Stonehenge’ Site Used For Ritual Child Sacrifice Yields 130 Dwellings — Revealing It Was Residential

The Bronze Age site was first discovered accidentally in 1991 by a pilot. Since then, excavations have continued to reveal new and macabre details about the site's brutal ritual purpose.
Man Who Had Part Of His Brain Removed To Cure Him Of Seizures Says He No Longer Feels Fear

Man Who Had Part Of His Brain Removed To Cure Him Of Seizures Says He No Longer Feels Fear

Jody Smith walked out of the hospital with a newfound sense of confidence — and has since faced down cliff edges and muggers without so much as breaking a sweat.
Head Nun Caught Stealing Over $800,000 From Catholic Elementary School Where She Worked

Head Nun Caught Stealing Over $800,000 From Catholic Elementary School Where She Worked

While she was principal, Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper embezzled funds intended for her school's tuition, fees, and charitable donations to finance her personal expenses.
This Giant Noah’s Ark Replica Is Stranded In The UK Because British Authorities Don’t Believe It’s Seaworthy

This Giant Noah’s Ark Replica Is Stranded In The UK Because British Authorities Don’t Believe It’s Seaworthy

The floating museum can't actually sail on its own and has to be towed wherever it goes. It has been trapped by an international stalemate over its status as a "non-certified floating vessel."
How An Ordinary English Pointer Became A Decorated World War II Soldier

How An Ordinary English Pointer Became A Decorated World War II Soldier

Born in Shanghai just before the war, Judy the dog was adopted by British sailors and protected them across Indonesia — where she became the only animal imprisoned as a POW.
New Study Shows Māori Sailors Might Have Reached Antarctica 1,200 Years Before Europeans

New Study Shows Māori Sailors Might Have Reached Antarctica 1,200 Years Before Europeans

After studying Polynesian oral histories, unpublished research, and wood carvings, experts now believe that the Māori sailors arrived in Antarctica more than a millennium before anyone else.
New Dinosaur Species Discovered In Australia Was Long As A Basketball Court And Towered Over T.Rex

New Dinosaur Species Discovered In Australia Was Long As A Basketball Court And Towered Over T.Rex

Australotitan cooperensis was "certainly the largest animal that's ever walked the Outback."
Stone Age People Had Hours-Long Raves And Wore Elk-Tooth Ornaments To Make Entrancing Soundscapes

Stone Age People Had Hours-Long Raves And Wore Elk-Tooth Ornaments To Make Entrancing Soundscapes

Thousands of elk teeth were discovered in a prehistoric burial ground. They showed wear patterns that could only have been produced through years of dancing.
Silver Coins Unearthed In Poland May Have Been A 9th-Century Ransom Payment To Viking Invaders

Silver Coins Unearthed In Poland May Have Been A 9th-Century Ransom Payment To Viking Invaders

The 118 silver coins were found buried in a farmer's field in the Polish town of Biskupiec, and are believed to have been connected to the Siege of Paris in 845 A.D.
Archaeologists Have Discovered An Ancient Greek Jar Used To Curse 55 People In Athens

Archaeologists Have Discovered An Ancient Greek Jar Used To Curse 55 People In Athens

The jar contained the dismembered head and feet of a seven-month-old chicken and was pierced with a nine-inch long iron nail before being buried at the commercial heart of ancient Athens.
Scientists Thaw Live Organisms That Have Been Frozen In Siberian Permafrost For 24,000 Years

Scientists Thaw Live Organisms That Have Been Frozen In Siberian Permafrost For 24,000 Years

"They're the world's most resistant animal to just about any form of torture ... They're probably the only animals we know that could do pretty well in outer space."