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15 Continents That No Longer Exist

(via mental_floss) Earth only has so much space. Over time, the continents have merged and divided on countless occasions. Accordingly,

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(via Amusing Planet) Devil’s Marbles or Karlu Karlu, as they are known by the local Warumungu Aboriginals, are a collection

(via Amusing Planet) The story of Sir Isaac Newton and the falling apple is one of the most famous anecdotes

(via Popular Mechanics) The weapon has archaeologists rethinking America’s earliest settlers.

(via Amusing Planet) For more than forty years a lighthouse stood on a large anvil-shaped peninsula jutting into the Tasman

(via Atlas Obscura) Children have long been urged to eat carrots in order to improve their vision. But a carrot-filled

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(via Listverse) Although it might be exhilarating to witness life thousands of years ago through a time machine, surely no

(via Atlas Obscura) Just think what Virgil, Ovid, or Horace could have done with Superman. A recently unearthed Roman tomb

(via Mental Floss) Constructed between the 12th and 14th centuries, Notre-Dame de Paris has centuries of French history built into

(via Great Big Story) While many in history lay claim to inventing the first “self-propelled vehicle,” Beijing’s Forbidden City may

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(via Amusing Planet) Gangkhar Puensum is the highest mountain in Bhutan, and at 7,570 meters, it is the 40th highest

(via Smithsonian) Maud, which sunk in Arctic Canada in 1930, was floated across the Atlantic to its new home in