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Inside The Forgotten Story Of Mandy Smith, The 18-Year-Old Bride Of Rolling Stones Bassist Bill Wyman

Bill Wyman and Mandy Smith were married between 1989 and 1991, and they first met when Smith was just 13 years old and Wyman was 47.

By Rivy Lyon • May 29, 2025

Inside The Forgotten Story Of Mandy Smith, The 18-Year-Old Bride Of Rolling Stones Bassist Bill Wyman

Bill Wyman and Mandy Smith were married between 1989 and 1991, and they first met when Smith was just 13 years old and Wyman was 47.

By Rivy Lyon • May 29, 2025

Scientists Identify The Oldest Known Evidence Of Humans Using Whale Bones To Make Tools

The bone tools are between 14,000 and 20,000 years old and were collected from whales stranded along the Bay of Biscay.

By Kaleena Fraga • May 29, 2025

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Scientists Identify The Oldest Known Evidence Of Humans Using Whale Bones To Make Tools

The bone tools are between 14,000 and 20,000 years old and were collected from whales stranded along the Bay of Biscay.

By Kaleena Fraga • May 29, 2025

University Students Just Found An 1,800-Year-Old Roman Military Camp Surrounded By A Moat In The Netherlands

Spanning 22 acres, this sprawling site located in the forest hamlet of Hoog Buurlo is one of just four of its kind ever found in the Netherlands.

By Austin Harvey • May 29, 2025

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University Students Just Found An 1,800-Year-Old Roman Military Camp Surrounded By A Moat In The Netherlands

Spanning 22 acres, this sprawling site located in the forest hamlet of Hoog Buurlo is one of just four of its kind ever found in the Netherlands.

By Austin Harvey • May 29, 2025

Explorers Discover 113-Year-Old Russian Shipwreck Believed To Have Cargo Worth Over $100 Billion

An international team of experts located the Russian warship Dmitrii Donskoi that reportedly went down with 5,500 boxes of gold still aboard.

By Kara Goldfarb • May 29, 2025

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Explorers Discover 113-Year-Old Russian Shipwreck Believed To Have Cargo Worth Over $100 Billion

An international team of experts located the Russian warship Dmitrii Donskoi that reportedly went down with 5,500 boxes of gold still aboard.

By Kara Goldfarb • May 29, 2025

33 Photos That Show How Led Zeppelin Changed The History Of Rock Music

Led Zeppelin formed in 1968, and within just three years, they were the biggest rock band in the world — but their meteoric rise to fame was marked by scandal and tragedy.

By Austin Harvey • May 28, 2025

33 Photos That Show How Led Zeppelin Changed The History Of Rock Music

Led Zeppelin formed in 1968, and within just three years, they were the biggest rock band in the world — but their meteoric rise to fame was marked by scandal and tragedy.

By Austin Harvey • May 28, 2025

Dorothy Counts, The 15-Year-Old Girl Who Integrated A Charlotte High School In 1957

Dorothy Counts became the first Black student at Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 4, 1957, but she had to withdraw after just a week due to the vicious racism she faced.

By Kaleena Fraga • May 28, 2025

Dorothy Counts, The 15-Year-Old Girl Who Integrated A Charlotte High School In 1957

Dorothy Counts became the first Black student at Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 4, 1957, but she had to withdraw after just a week due to the vicious racism she faced.

By Kaleena Fraga • May 28, 2025

Archaeologists In South Korea Find A 1,400-Year-Old Crown Decorated With Jewel Beetle Wings

The crown was initially discovered during excavations in 2020, but now a closer look has revealed just how spectacular it really is.

By Austin Harvey • May 28, 2025

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Archaeologists In South Korea Find A 1,400-Year-Old Crown Decorated With Jewel Beetle Wings

The crown was initially discovered during excavations in 2020, but now a closer look has revealed just how spectacular it really is.

By Austin Harvey • May 28, 2025

Two Spelunkers Exploring A Remote Mexican Cave Just Stumbled Upon A Cache Of Relics Dating Back At Least 500 Years

Believed to have been used in fertility rituals by the Tlacotepehua people sometime during the Postclassic Period that spanned 950 to 1520 C.E., these artifacts included perforated snail shells, stone disks, and a collection of bracelets that had been wrapped around the cave's stalagmites centuries ago, just "like a ring on a finger."

By Kaleena Fraga • May 28, 2025

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Two Spelunkers Exploring A Remote Mexican Cave Just Stumbled Upon A Cache Of Relics Dating Back At Least 500 Years

Believed to have been used in fertility rituals by the Tlacotepehua people sometime during the Postclassic Period that spanned 950 to 1520 C.E., these artifacts included perforated snail shells, stone disks, and a collection of bracelets that had been wrapped around the cave's stalagmites centuries ago, just "like a ring on a finger."

By Kaleena Fraga • May 28, 2025

40,000-Year-Old Foal Of Now-Extinct Horse Species Found Perfectly Preserved

This discovery is the first of its kind, with a perfectly preserved 3-month horse of a now-extinct species in the Siberian permafrost.

By Caroline Redmond • May 28, 2025

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40,000-Year-Old Foal Of Now-Extinct Horse Species Found Perfectly Preserved

This discovery is the first of its kind, with a perfectly preserved 3-month horse of a now-extinct species in the Siberian permafrost.

By Caroline Redmond • May 28, 2025

Remains Of One Of Napoleon’s Favorite Generals Discovered Under A Russian Dance Floor After 200 Years

"It's a historic moment not only for me, but for our two countries. Napoleon was one of the last people to see him alive."

By Marco Margaritoff • May 28, 2025

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Remains Of One Of Napoleon’s Favorite Generals Discovered Under A Russian Dance Floor After 200 Years

"It's a historic moment not only for me, but for our two countries. Napoleon was one of the last people to see him alive."

By Marco Margaritoff • May 28, 2025