The 1,341-Year Timeline Etched in Wood: The Mark Twain Tree and a Slice of Deep History
Imagine a single living being that quietly witnessed the birth of Islam, the signing of the Magna Carta, Columbus sailing to the New World, the …
Caesarea Maritime
Caesarea Maritima (“by the Sea”) is an ancient port city located on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, about halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa. The city …
Hybrid of humans and Neanderthals – Boy from Lapedo reveals new secrets
Hybrid of humans and Neanderthals – Boy from Lapedo reveals new secrets In 1998, archaeologists at the Lagar Velho shelter in the Lapedo Valley in …
Tom Horn, William A. Pinkerton, and Frank Canton-Men of Mystery
Tom Horn’s enduring reputation rests on the moment in 1903 when he was hanged in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the murder of fourteen-year-old Willie Nickell. It …
Walter Russell: The Polymath Who Claimed Cosmic Illumination in 1921
Walter Russell: The Polymath Who Claimed Cosmic Illumination in 1921 In May 1921, American polymath Walter Russell entered a 39-day coma-like state of profound illumination, …
Dan Sur: The Rapper with Gold Chains Implanted in His Hair
In 2021, Dominican rapper Dan Sur stunned the internet by claiming to be the first rapper in history to have gold chains surgically implanted into …
The Kindness of Squirrels
What adoption in the wild tells us about the presence—and the limits—of altruism in the animal kingdom. After climbing a tree in the middle of …
Landmine Myths Debunked: No Click, No Delay
Hollywood has a lot to answer for when it comes to landmines. The dramatic “click” when a hero steps on one, followed by a tense …
Itanimulli.com: The Domain That Redirects to NSA.gov – Joke, Not Conspiracy
Yes, typing itanimulli.com (“Illuminati” spelled backwards) into your browser redirects to the official website of the National Security Agency (NSA) at nsa.gov. This has been …
The Xeno Frog: Li Changchun’s Hyper-Realistic Alien-Frog Sculpture
The “Xeno frog”—a nightmarish creature with elongated limbs, glossy black skin, razor-sharp claws, and a xenomorph-inspired head ridge—is not a mutant discovery or escaped lab …