Britain: The Principality of Sealand a pirate “micro-state” & band of Dutch & German mercenaries armed with assault rifles and charged the platform with a speedboat, jet skis, & helicopters Battlefields News Self-Propelled
The Kennewick Man, a highly contested set of 8,500-year-old human remains, most closely matches DNA of modern-day Native Americans Archeology News
Johnny Cash accidentally started a wildfire that destroyed over 500 acres and killed 49 endangered condors Glamour News
Decorating Easter eggs became a Christian custom by 13th century, with the hard-boiled shell representing Jesus’ empty tomb News
An ancient landfill: A huge artificial hill in Italy helps archaeologists understand how trading networks worked in Rome Archeology Abandoned Spaces News Strangeness
Big Bird was on the short list for the Space Shuttle but didn’t make the cut–fortunately, as it turned out News
A set of strange mummified remains found in Chile fed alien-among-us theories for decades, but it is a tragic human story News Strangeness
An ancient landfill: A huge artificial hill in Italy yields helps archaeologists understand how trading networks worked in Rome Archeology Abandoned Spaces News Strangeness
Hiroo Onoda: the legendary Japanese holdout in the Philippines who surrendered 29 years after his country capitulated News