500-Pound, Undetonated WWII Bomb Uncovered Under Greece Gas Station
Public domain A 500-pound World War II bomb was discovered in Greece last week, 5 meters underneath a gas station where construction workers were digging to expand fuel storage tanks. It is unexploded...
View ArticleWhy The Dresden Bombing Is Still Relevant
Click here to view slideshow By February 13, 1945, Germany had all but lost the war. Hitler was in hiding, yet British and American troops burned the militarily insignificant civilian town of Dresden...
View ArticleUncovered Viking Funeral Ship Contains Treasure Trove Of Ancient Relics
Ardnamurchan Transitions ProjectClockwise from the top left: broad-bladed axe, shield boss, ringed pin, and hammer and tongs. After first uncovering it in 2011, researchers in Scotland have now...
View ArticleBreitbart Story About Refugees Sexually Assaulting Women On NYE Is Untrue,...
Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesMigrants and refugees wait in the early hours outside the German Central Registration Office for Asylum Seekers. The alleged mass sexual assault that occurred in Frankfurt,...
View ArticleChurch Of England Supports Gay Marriage, Then Calls It An Accident
Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images Gay rights advocates were thrilled Wednesday, after the Church of England voted against a report suggesting the Church maintain its stance on marriage being...
View ArticleAustrian Woman Violates “Anti-Nazi” Law Due To Pro-Hitler Toilet Sign
Sean Gallup/Getty Images Germany and its neighbors understand the very real power behind hateful speech and symbolism. For this reason, many of them enacted Anti-Nazi laws as part of denazification...
View ArticleArchaeologists Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Scottish Weapons Under Soccer Field Site
GUARD ArchaeologyA bronze sword. Archaeologists recently found a treasure trove of ancient 3,000-year-old Bronze Age weapons during a dig in Carnoustie, Scotland. Commissioned by the local council to...
View ArticleWhat Hollywood Always Gets Wrong About The Vikings
CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images Centuries after their heyday in the Middle Ages, the Vikings remain a topic of popular fascination. And rightly so: Bold and tough, they fanned out from their bases in...
View ArticleThe French Military Is Training Eagles To Take Down Drones
The French military is training golden eagles to take down small unmanned drones. After pranksters flew drones over restricted military sites and the presidential palace in 2015, French authorities...
View ArticleMcDonald’s Opens Up Restaurant Over Ancient Roman Road
Italy Superintendency for Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape A unique McDonald’s restaurant opened up in Italy this past Tuesday with an ancient Roman road built underneath it. Calling it the first...
View ArticleFirst-Ever Zero-Emissions Train Releases Only Water
Click here to view slideshow Germany has adopted the first zero-emissions commuter train in the world, and it could very well replace all of the country's 4,000 diesel passenger trains. Called a...
View Article“It’s Better To Be An Atheist” Than A Hypocritical Christian, Pope Francis Says
Franco Origlia/Getty Images Are you a Catholic who doesn’t practice what you preach? Pope Francis thinks you might as well be an atheist. During a Thursday morning mass — which according to Reuters the...
View Article5 HIV Patients No Longer Have The Virus After Taking New Treatment
Wikimedia CommonsScanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding (in green) from cultured lymphocyte. The IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute in Barcelona recently announced that a new treatment has...
View ArticleThousands Of Unknown Nazi “Killing Fields” Uncovered
They thought they would find about 5,000 of them. The year was 1999 and the team was tasked with gathering information on each persecution site established by the Nazis in World War II. Team members...
View ArticleUnited States A Threat Under Trump, EU President Says
The new administration has made some "worrying declarations," according to the EU president. The post United States A Threat Under Trump, EU President Says appeared first on All That Is Interesting.
View Article384-Year-Old Shopping List Discovered Under Floorboards In Historic English Home
This 17th-century list includes items like "greenfish" and a "fireshovel." The post 384-Year-Old Shopping List Discovered Under Floorboards In Historic English Home appeared first on All That Is...
View ArticleIreland Will Become First Country To Stop Funding Fossil Fuels Entirely
The billion dollar Ireland Strategic Investment Fund will no longer invest in fossil fuels. The post Ireland Will Become First Country To Stop Funding Fossil Fuels Entirely appeared first on All That...
View ArticleThe Rise Of Europe’s Far Right
Far right nationalist parties are on the rise throughout the West. Who are these groups and why are they taking over? The post The Rise Of Europe’s Far Right appeared first on All That Is Interesting.
View ArticleHow a Blond, Blue-Eyed Frenchman Fooled Europe Into Thinking He Was Taiwanese
George Psalmanazar was a French Caucasian who faked his way into an easy living by pretending to be from Taiwan. What does his success, even after he was exposed, say about human gullibility? The post...
View ArticleSix-Hour Work Days A Success in Sweden — Kind Of
Spending too much time at the office has been shown to cause depression, sleep problems and a whole host of other health-related issues. Sweden — apparently unsatisfied with its current ranking as 10th...
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