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10 Weird Things Found at the Bottom of the Great Lakes

October 4, 2021October 4, 2021 0 Comments

(via Listverse) The Great Lakes, inhabiting over 152,800 square kilometers (95,000 square miles) and filled with 27.3 quadrillion liters (6

(via Atlas Obscura) A remarkable ancient technology and tradition that united communities in the Andes is fading into history.

(via Smithsonian) Found in a Moroccan cave, the prehistoric jewelry dates to between 142,000 and 150,000 years ago

(via Listverse) Statues immortalize important moments in history, represent a central belief or celebrate a major accomplishment. Statues have been

(via Smithsonian) New technical analysis dates Yale’s Vinland Map to the 1920s or later, not the 1440s as previously suggested

(via Mental Floss) If there’s anyone to thank for your early childhood television obsessions—specifically of the puppet variety—it’s Jim Henson.

(via Atlas Obscura) From squeaky beans to arsenic scares, conservation is full of surprises.

(via Mental Floss) Carl Sagan was perhaps America’s most beloved scientific visionary since Albert Einstein. A gifted astronomy researcher and

(via Atlas Obscura) They were the ancestors of the modern diner.

(via Atlas Obscura) St. Hildegard was a mystic, healer, and passionate proponent of spelt and nutmeg.

(via Mental Floss) Activist Byllye Avery once said that “purple puts us in touch with the part of ourselves that

(via Listverse)The magic of movies can help us escape reality and get lost in the story portrayed on screen. But