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Legendary Nazi Gold Train Might Exist After All

Polish culture minister is “99 percent sure” the train has been found

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Denali, Ongtupqa, and Other Native American Names for Landmarks

Mount McKinley was recently renamed Denali, but it’s not the only one with a Native American name

Egyptian blue on a fragment from Thebes, Egypt from around 1350 B.C. showing Nebamun hunting in the marshes

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How Glistening Egyptian Blue Pigment Was Forgotten then Lost

It may be the oldest artificial pigment

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These Century-Old Stone “Tsunami Stones” Dot Japan’s Coastline

“Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below this point.”

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Denmark’s Earliest Kings Were Also Pirates

Viking piracy laid the groundwork for the Danish monarchy

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Neanderthals Had Houses With Hot Water

Not bad for a caveman

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Here’s Every Nuclear Detonation Ever

Watch all 2,153 nuclear detonations since 1945 in this bleak visualization

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Confused Construction Workers Tore Down an Ancient Tomb and Replaced it With a Picnic Table

Is the tomb’s picnic table-like appearance to blame?

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During Prohibition, Vintners Sold “Wine Bricks” Rather Than Wine

Dissolve, ferment, enjoy

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A Woman Just Found a Message in a Bottle From a Century-old Experiment

A German tourist spotted the bottle, which had been intended to measure deep ocean currents

The execution of pirates in Hamburg, 1573

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Execution Ballads Once Spread the News of Punishment to the Public

The grisly tunes deliberately pull on emotions to discourage crime

The temple of Baalshamin in Palmyra, Syria in its former glory.

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ISIS Recently Blew Up an Ancient Temple in Palmyra

The temple of Baalshamin was over 2,000 years old

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Two Men Say They’ve Found a Mythical Train of Nazi Gold

Treasure hunters have searched for it since the end of World War II, but it may have never existed in the first place

Images of the rock art after the team’s analysis show a collection of animal- and human-like figures and no dragon or pterodactyl

New Research

Utah’s Winged Monster Rock Painting Isn’t A Monster at All

The picture shows a collection of figures, none of which have wings

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Russia Wants Rachmaninoff’s Remains Back

Should a composer who abandoned his home forever be returned there 72 years after his death?

Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner Joe Pothering points to human bones in embankment along Route 61 in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania August 14, 2015. Forensic archaeologists on Friday began excavating a highway embankment in eastern Pennsylvania, looking for more bones believed to be from impoverished victims of the worldwide Spanish flu pandemic in 1918.

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Human Bones Found Near Pennsylvania Highway Could Be From the 1918 Flu

Roadside construction reveals mass gravesite

A satirical 16th-century print showing a chastity belt

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Medieval Chastity Belts Are a Myth

People probably chuckled just as much then about the idea as they do today

In the 19th century this pie might have contained birds

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Americans Used to Eat Robin Pie and Calf’s Foot Jelly

A food historian points out some forgotten favorites

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Tourists Will Soon Be Able to Sleep Over at Versailles

Let them eat cake (at a five-star hotel)

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Scientists Just Identified a Pinkie That’s Almost 2 Million Years Old

And it could be a major evolutionary breakthrough

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