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40-Million-Year-Old Flies Found Getting It On In Rare Australian Amber Fossil

40-Million-Year-Old Flies Found Getting It On In Rare Australian Amber Fossil

Rarely found in the Southern Hemisphere, amber can preserve ancient organisms exactly as they were millions of years ago.
Remains Of 90-Million-Year-Old Rainforest Discovered In Antarctica

Remains Of 90-Million-Year-Old Rainforest Discovered In Antarctica

Evidence found in an ancient soil sample indicates that during the Cretaceous Period, Antarctica was home to a thriving rainforest on its iceless terrain.
The Suspicious Death Of Pedophile Ring Whistleblower Natacha Jaitt

The Suspicious Death Of Pedophile Ring Whistleblower Natacha Jaitt

Actress Natacha Jaitt accused several celebrities in Argentina of involvement in a child sex ring on live TV in 2018. Mere months later, she was found dead of a suspected "overdose."
Americans Are Stress-Buying Baby Chickens To Cope With COVID-19

Americans Are Stress-Buying Baby Chickens To Cope With COVID-19

Chicken hatcheries are traditionally busiest in the weeks preceding Easter, during stock market downturns, and presidential election years.
Meet Mario Tabraue, The Former Drug Lord Who Sold Cocaine To Fund His Exotic Animal Habit

Meet Mario Tabraue, The Former Drug Lord Who Sold Cocaine To Fund His Exotic Animal Habit

From building a $79 million drug empire to helping dismember a federal informant, big-cat zookeeper Mario Tabraue almost makes his friend Joe Exotic look tame in comparison.
Researchers Identify Matilda McCrear As The Last Survivor Of The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Researchers Identify Matilda McCrear As The Last Survivor Of The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Last year, Sally "Redoshi" Smith was identified as the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade. New research reveals Matilda McCrear lived three years longer — and led an extraordinary life.
‘Ancestor Of All Animals’ Discovered In 555-Million-Year-Old Australian Fossils

‘Ancestor Of All Animals’ Discovered In 555-Million-Year-Old Australian Fossils

"This is what evolutionary biologists predicted. It’s really exciting that what we have found lines up so neatly with their prediction."
‘Indiana Jones Of The Art World’ Recovers Stolen 15th-Century Manuscript Of Persian Poetry By Hafez

‘Indiana Jones Of The Art World’ Recovers Stolen 15th-Century Manuscript Of Persian Poetry By Hafez

"To find copies of the Divan of great quality…is rare enough, but this is also signed by a famous calligrapher with beautiful quality illumination, and dedicated to a key figure in the Persian and Islamic arts of the book."
Mother-Daughter Team Caught Illegally Selling Hundreds Of Bodies Out Of The Family Funeral Home

Mother-Daughter Team Caught Illegally Selling Hundreds Of Bodies Out Of The Family Funeral Home

After secretly selling off a body, they would give the deceased's family the cremated remains of an entirely unrelated person and say that they were from their loved one.
Elephants Are So Scared Of Bees That India Is Playing Buzz Sounds To Keep Them Off Train Tracks

Elephants Are So Scared Of Bees That India Is Playing Buzz Sounds To Keep Them Off Train Tracks

The system is not only inexpensive, but it has also been proven to be highly effective.
Polo-Obsessed Tang Dynasty Noblewoman Buried With Donkeys So She Could Keep Playing In Afterlife

Polo-Obsessed Tang Dynasty Noblewoman Buried With Donkeys So She Could Keep Playing In Afterlife

When the noblewoman's tomb was uncovered in 2012, researchers were stumped as to why she'd been buried with the beasts of burden.