Unusual events, facts, and stories from different parts of the globe.
Curious from around the world
Ron Wallace from Rhode Island has grown a 3,156lb (1,431.5kg) pumpkin, the first to top 3,000lb. It broke the record set by Britain's Ian Paton, which stood for just a week.
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The wreck lies about 30m deep off Kekova. It is dated to 2700–2400 BC only from the shape of its amphorae, so the "oldest" title is provisional.
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Calcium carbonate coated rotting wood and left casts of it in the rock. Of the 597 wooden finds, only 13 are objects. The rest is fuel and branches.
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Divers have recovered a bronze signet ring showing the Alexandria lighthouse from the sunken island of Antirhodos. The image matches those on coins…
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19 silver pennies and one halfpenny from the 10th century, found under a garden near the Vatican, show that Rome's Anglo-Saxon quarter was a place of…
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In 2019, builders broke through a wall and found 800 square metres of hidden cellars under Smithfield Market. From spring 2027, the space will open…
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Scientists using neutron and synchrotron imaging have found a network of mineralised blood vessels in a broken rib from Scotty, the heaviest known…
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An amateur astronomer spotted a strange circle around a lake in Quebec on a satellite photo. Scientists went to the site and, after finding "shatter…
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The military pilot landed and took off more than 1,000 times in under 15 hours at Gorna Oryahovitsa airport, smashing an American pilot's old 2001…
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A winning ticket for one million euros, discarded by mistake, was found unharmed after a search of a garbage truck in Bari
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On August 12, Europe will experience the first total solar eclipse in nearly three decades, but only a faint partial phase will be visible from…
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On August 12, Europe and North America will see an impressive celestial phenomenon, combining a total solar eclipse, the Perseids, and a parade of…
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Airbus has set a new record with a 24-hour non-stop flight from Melbourne to Toulouse. Qantas' Project Sunrise is preparing for regular Sydney-London…
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Egyptian authorities announced the discovery of 18 new Greco-Roman tombs near Marina el-Alamein, including a sealed granite sarcophagus and 24 gold…
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The ESA's "Euclid" space telescope has discovered 31 new quasars in the early Universe, including the two most distant ones to date, doubling the…
