In Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus were twin brothers abandoned as infants near the Tiber River. A sacred she-wolf (lupa) found and nursed them in her cave, saving them from death before a shepherd
The world’s oldest known intact shipwreck : A 2400 year old ancient Greek merchant ship sitting completely preserved over 2000 meters deep in the Black Sea , where the total lack of oxygen stopped it
In Spain, 'gorrillas' are unofficial parking attendants who offer unsolicited help finding spaces in busy areas and expect a tip. Many drivers pay out of fear they'll come back to a scratched car
Just days after taking power, Saddam Hussein announces the names of alleged 'traitors'. Those called were forced to leave the hall, where they were immediately arrested and later executed
The Light From This Image Is So Old That When This Light Was Emitted, The Roman Republic Was Still Around (Roughly 2,400 Years), All Captured By A Little Telescope In My Backyard.
Seven Vega is a massive Subsea7 offshore construction ship built to lay oil and gas pipelines on the seafloor. It can install pipe in water nearly 10,000 feet deep, carries huge pipeline reels, underw
The Dutch road authority placed red crosses on the overhead highway signs to close the left lane for traffic and create a clear path for an emergency ambulance. The ambulance was transporting a child
Over the course of ten years, the game Pokémon GO collected more than 30 billion images of the outside world through its players enabling the creation of the world's most accurate map The owning compa
The 13 of april 1932, witness by 2,000 people, the first ladies weightlifting contest takes place in England. Winer is I. Russell at 5ft7 and 126 pounds lifting 369.5 pounds.
12 days after D-Day, my father—Easy Company's Pat Christenson from Band of Brothers—sent this V-mail home: “I’m still able to write.” Decades later, he drew what he couldn't tell them.
This is Bajrang , a dominant tiger who ruled the Tadoba reserve (India) for over half a decade before finally getting killed by Little Claypot (Chota Matka) last year
A retired construction worker in Flint, MI demonstrated how people in ancient times could’ve used simple machines to move blocks up to 20 tons, contrasting fringe theories that humans had otherworldly
An astronaut demonstrating the Dzhanibekov effect in microgravity, where an asymmetric object spinning around its intermediate axis becomes unstable and periodically flips 180 degrees
Scottish Photojournalist Kieran Dodds came to America and started a collection called Gingers of America for his photography book. Portraits and stories of red-haired Americans, tracing a golden threa
