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Mysterious Ancient UFO Pictures

I'd like to show you some of the most outstanding "ancient UFO" pictures - images of UFOs that have been painted hundreds (or even thousands) of years ago...

Indian DNA Links to 6 'Founding Mothers'

Nearly all of today's Native Americans in North, Central and South America can trace part of their ancestry to six women whose descendants immigrated around 20,000 years ago, a DNA study suggests.

Termite hunters find 200-year-old mummy - Yahoo! News

Exterminators looking for termites in a monastery in Brazil's biggest city of Sao Paulo found a mummy and a skeleton believed to be at least 200 years old

What Life Was Like in 1500

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn’t just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:

10 Simple Diet Tips for your Soul

The following simple tips will help you keep on track. They worked for me in the toughest of times.

German historian likens Cruise speech to Goebbels

Footage of actor 'recalls notorious speech' Critics say Scientology is anti-constitutional

Soviet icon surprises polar scientists

In the middle of no-where – literally the point on Antarctica furthest from the sea – an imposing bust of revolutionary Bolshevik Vladimir Lenin peers out onto the polar emptiness.

Ancient "Lost City" Discovered in Peru, Official Claims

Ruins recently discovered in southern Peru could be the ancient "lost city" of Paititi, according to claims that are drawing serious but cautious response from experts.

Did Insects Kill the Dinosaurs?

"The largest of the land animals, the dinosaurs, would have been locked in a life-or-death struggle with [insects] for survival."

Edison Fries an Elephant to Prove His Point

Topsy the elephant was electrocuted at Luna Park Zoo on Coney Island in 1903. Captured on film by Thomas Edison, the event was one of a string of animal electrocutions Edison staged to discredit a new form of electricity: alternating current.

The Johnson Treatment

How to get in your face LBJ style

Seven Offbeat Approaches to Mapping the World (Past,...

Representations of the planet have changed with the times as have the people who made them. These are just a few strange, innovative and/or humorous examples past, present and future.

The Man Who Saved the World by Doing Nothing

...his instincts were proven right – the malfunctioning system had given him a false alarm, and the U.S. had not deployed any missiles. Thanks to Petrov's cool head, nuclear war had been narrowly averted, and millions of lives were saved.

Platypus swam with the dinosaurs

Fossil jaws from an ancient platypus found in Victoria have revealed the Australian mammal group is tens of millions of years older than previously thought.