The unbroken seal on King Tutankhamun’s tomb until 1922
The unbroken seal of Tutankhamun’s tomb before it was opened in 1923, it was unbroken for over 3000 years. […]
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The unbroken seal of Tutankhamun’s tomb before it was opened in 1923, it was unbroken for over 3000 years. […]
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In 2001, a Bear, Tiger, And Lion cub where found abandoned in a drug dealer’s basement. They were soon adopted by a sanctuary and lived together ever since. […]
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An expedition team in Indonesia discovered the elusive, egg-laying animal (Echidna) named after David Attenborough, which had not been seen since 1961. […]
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Treadmills were originally a punishment used to harness human power on a giant wheel used to grind grains, hence the name “treadmill.” The History of Treadmill […]
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Elvita Adams once tried to commit suicide by jumping off the empire state building. She Jumped from the 86th floor but was blown back to 85th floor by a strong gust of wind. […]
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Marion Stokes, a Philadelphia woman began taping whatever was on television in 1979 and didn’t stop until her death in 2012. The 71,000 VHS and Betamax tapes she made are the most complete collection preserving this era of TV. They are being digitized by the Internet Archive. […]
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When it was discovered that a Vietnamese man with headaches and vision problems had chopsticks lodged in his brain, the doctors were almost as surprised as the man himself. […]
Sony’s PlayStation was never meant to be an actual product. Instead, it was intended to be a CD-ROM console that would support Nintendo games. However, when Nintendo backed out of the deal at the last minute, Sony went ahead and launched what soon became one of the most successful gaming consoles of all time. […]
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This Chand Baori stepwell in Rajasthan, India is over 1200 years old. It’s called Chand Baori. The air at the bottom of the well is 5-6 degrees cooler than at the surface, so in addition to being a water source, it was used as a community gathering place where locals could escape the heat. […]
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In 2019, a Brazilian gang leader tried to escape from prison by dressing up as his daughter when she visited him behind bars and walking out of the penitentiary’s main door in her place. […]