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Blood-Red Skies Created By Manmade Fires Make Indonesia Look Like Mars

Blood-Red Skies Created By Manmade Fires Make Indonesia Look Like Mars

According to government officials and agencies, the peculiar red sky over Indonesia's Jambi province was a result of the country's severe forest fires.
Ancient Artifacts Uncovered In Idaho Fuel Debate Over The Arrival Of North America’s First Human Settlers

Ancient Artifacts Uncovered In Idaho Fuel Debate Over The Arrival Of North America’s First Human Settlers

New findings in western Idaho provide evidence that North America's ancestors arrived much earlier than was previously believed. But not everyone is convinced.
How A Poor Scottish Botanist Ruined China’s Economy By Stealing A Bunch Of Tea

How A Poor Scottish Botanist Ruined China’s Economy By Stealing A Bunch Of Tea

Botanist Robert Fortune was commissioned by the East India Trading Company to infiltrate China's tea industry and topple the country's monopoly on the beverage.
Scientists Reveal What Our Denisovan Ancestors Looked Like 75,000 Years Ago

Scientists Reveal What Our Denisovan Ancestors Looked Like 75,000 Years Ago

When scientists first discovered these remains of a teenage girl in 2010, they knew that the history of early humans was about to be rewritten. Now we know what the face of a Denisovan actually looked like.
$6 Million Solid Gold Toilet Stolen From Winston Churchill’s Family Home

$6 Million Solid Gold Toilet Stolen From Winston Churchill’s Family Home

"Who’s so stupid to steal a toilet?" the toilet's creator pondered before remembering that his piece was made out of solid gold.
Mind-Bending Jellyfish Species Captured Shape-Shifting At 2,500 Feet Below The Pacific

Mind-Bending Jellyfish Species Captured Shape-Shifting At 2,500 Feet Below The Pacific

The jellyfish expanded to ten times its original size in the course of the show it gave researchers.
Drought Uncovers ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ Hidden Underwater For Decades

Drought Uncovers ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ Hidden Underwater For Decades

"I had seen parts of it peeking out from the water before, but this is the first time I've seen it in full."
Russian Priests Hoping To Cure City Of Sin Douse Area With Holy Water From An Airplane

Russian Priests Hoping To Cure City Of Sin Douse Area With Holy Water From An Airplane

"What is the joke? That we're trying to help people get rid of diseases? We promote stopping alcohol consumption, drugs and fornication—is this laughable? ... Let them laugh and we will do our job."
Sorosis: The NYC Women-Only Club That Started A National Movement

Sorosis: The NYC Women-Only Club That Started A National Movement

After being rejected by their male literary peers, women writers of New York City joined forces to create their own club called Sorosis — where men weren't allowed.
Man Who Used ‘Witchcraft’ Charged With Murdering Family Of Five In Fiji

Man Who Used ‘Witchcraft’ Charged With Murdering Family Of Five In Fiji

According to an eyewitness who first found the bodies, four of the family members appeared to have been laid out in a pattern-like position on a rug on a Fiji cliff.
Meet King Jayabaya, The Nostradamus Of 12th-Century Indonesia

Meet King Jayabaya, The Nostradamus Of 12th-Century Indonesia

Unlike the French astrologer's predictions, Jayabaya's prophecies are still culturally and politically potent in modern-day Indonesia.