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Fossils Reveal the Face of an Extinct Nine-Foot-Long ‘Millipede,’ the Largest Arthropod to Ever Live
Scientists in France solved the evolutionary mystery of this prehistoric monster, which resembles both the centipedes and ...
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Astronomers Uncover the Origin of Most of Earth’s Meteorites, Shedding Light on Our Solar System’s Past
Prior to the new research, scientists had traced the source of just 6 percent of the known meteorites that fell on our planet ...
‘Haunted estate’ where the Queen Mother grew up dubbed one of the spookiest places to visit this Halloween
The childhood home of the late Queen Mother, Glamis Castle, has been declared one of the most haunted places to visit in the ...
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Egypt’s 3,400-Year-Old ‘Lost Golden City’ Discovered
DeAgostini/Getty Images Once Egypt's largest city, it dates back to King Akhenaten’s father, Amenhotep III, who ruled during a golden age of the empire. Art Images/Getty Images Considered the ...
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The Getty Oil Takeover Fiasco
Few episodes in the world of finance offer as much high drama as the Getty Oil takeover. It was the largest takeover in history, and it involved major players like American financier T.
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‘Little Venice’ to the Labyrinth: A Lost History of the Versailles Gardens
Photo By DEA / C. SAPPA/De Agostini via Getty Images. The gardens have always been central to the full experience of Versailles. Louis XIV, even wrote a manual, How to show the gardens of ...
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Enclosed and open space
Image caption, The Peacock Room, James McNeill Whistler, 1866-67, DeAgostini/Getty Images The Peacock Room (James McNeill Whistler, 1866-67) is an enclosed space. The dark colours and rich ...
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Tourist Attacked by Hippo Relives Moment It ‘Grabbed’ Him 'in Its Jaws': ‘I'm Not Ready to Die’
Her work has previously appeared on ET Canada, Metro and the Mail Online. Getty A 63-year-old man is thankful to be alive following a hippo attack in Zambia, Africa. On Tuesday, June 25 ...
Hedge apples: Benefits and uses of the Osage orange
The Osage orange tree, native to Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, was once prized for its hardy wood and thorny branches, but ...
City nicknamed ‘Smoke-On-Stench’ voted one of most underrated UK breaks
It’s also worth noting that Stoke-on-Trent was named by the Sunday Times in 2022 as one of the best up and coming areas in ...
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James McNeill Whistler’s ‘The Peacock Room’ Is a Glittering Masterpiece With a Dark History
The Peacock Room, now in the collection of the National Museum of Asian Art, has a surprisingly fractious history. We dive in ...
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Singapore Keen To Re-Emerge As A Major Cricket Destination
Major cricket events have not been played in Singapore for decades (Photo by DEA / M. BORCHI/De ... [+] Agostini via Getty Images) Outgoing International Cricket Council chair Greg Barclay was in ...