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The country where it’s still 2016
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 2 weeks agoOn September 11, Ethiopians will officially celebrate the beginning of the year 2017. So why is this East African country’s calendar seven years and...
Giza Pyramids Were Originally Coated in White Limestone and Capped in Gold?
Snopes via Yahoo News UK· 2 weeks agoReddit/SnooCupcakes8607 Claim: The Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt were originally coated in white...
Bread Scandals That Shook The Industry
Mashed via Yahoo News· 9 months agoBread has been a food staple throughout history. Many scandals were created when shortages, racism, and contamination interfered with the health of...
Animals self-medicate with plants − behavior people have observed and emulated for millennia
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoA goat with an arrow wound nibbles the medicinal herb dittany. O. Dapper, CC BY When a wild...
Hieroglyphs at the British Museum: how the Rosetta Stone opened up 4,000 years of knowledge to the...
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoAsk any of the staff members helpfully loitering around the entrance to the British Museum’s Great...
New England stone walls lie at the intersection of history, archaeology, ecology and geoscience, and...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoA typical New England stone wall in Hebron, Conn. Robert M. Thorson, CC BY-ND The abandoned...
‘The Regime’ Created a World as Off-Kilter as Its Dictator
Indiewire via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoWatch how production designer Kave Quinn, costume designer Consolata Boyle, and composers Alexandre...
Fact Check: About That Alleged Malcolm X Quote on Palestine's 'Blistering Battle' for 'Fundamental...
Snopes via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoWikimedia Commons Claim: U.S. civil rights leader Malcolm X said the Palestinian struggle is “not...
Travel 'facts' that are actually far from the truth
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFrom misconceptions about countries to mind-bending geography and some heated debates, we take a look at 24 travel 'facts' that are far from the truth.
Queen Elizabeth's Godson (and Real-Life Downton Abbey Owner) Creates New Gin in Time for Holidays
People via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoHighclere Gin Company The real-life Downton Abbey is getting in the party spirit! The owner of...