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16th century woodcut proves Irish were the original hipsters
A 16th-century woodcut has revealed the Irish to be the original hipsters – when it comes to hairstyles, at least.A 1521 woodcut by German polymath Albrecht Dürer depicts five Irish soldiers: two higher-status gallowglass and their three warrior servants or “kerns.” The kerns sport distinct hairstyles that look remarkably similar to the reverse mullets of…
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FOX19’s Jessica Brown sees a ghost in her live shot
FOX19 -FOX19’s Jessica Brown claims she saw a ghost walk behind her during a live shot last week. Check out the spooky video below.. FOX19’s Jessica Brown sees a ghost in her live shot – Cincinnati News, FOX19-WXIX TV.
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Review of The Conan Doyle Notes: The Secret of Jack the Ripper
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Atari’s E.T. The Extraterrestrial cartridges found in landfill
A documentary film production company has found buried in a New Mexico landfill hundreds of the Atari E.T. The Extraterrestrial game cartridges that some call the worst video game ever made.Film director Zak Penn showed one E.T. cartridge retrieved from the dumpsite and says there are hundreds more mixed in the mounds of trash and…
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Norwegian sheep farmer dubs newborn Batlamb
Now the people of Gotham have even more reason to feel safe.The city’s guardian Batman has a ewe terrible pun intended sidekick: Batlamb.This creepy/heroic looking lamb was born in Norway.Sheep farmer Hege Vigre told The Local she thought something was special about her new lamb when it adopted a Superman pose while still in the…
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Homeowner disputes history of ‘Conjuring’ house
The family that currently lives in the Harrisville house depicted in “The Conjuring” says the movie has made their lives a living nightmare.Producers said last summer’s film is based on the true story of the Perron family’s haunted experiences decades ago.Andrea Perron, who has written three books about the torment she says her family went…
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Doctor Who Peter Capaldi new costume – an essentially British affair
The man from Gallifrey is back and The Doctor has firmly won his place as icon for all things inherently British.So as the time travelling alien arrives on our screens for a 12th incarnation, we catch a glimpse of what’s to come as Peter Capaldi poses for his first portrait as Doctor Who. read more:…
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Max Brooks Announces His Latest Comic “Extinction Parade: War”
New York Times Bestselling Author Max Brooks, unleashes the next exciting chapter of his Zombies vs. Vampires comic book series Extinction Parade: War in July. Brooks has been a driving force behind the resurgence in zombie interest over the last decade with his seminal prose works The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z. Fans…
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There’s hidden beauty in abandoned World Of Warcraft cities
America has seen plenty of cities rapidly grow and fade. From the boom towns of the Gold Rush to Detroit’s rise and fall alongside the country’s auto industry, the narrative is the same: People are drawn where they think they can make their fortune. When the money and jobs dry up, some stay out of…
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When is a “support” group not a good thing – when it reinforces a dangerous belief | Doubtful News
A support group for alien abductees is meeting in the U.K. to provide mutual support for each other. Not only do they have a troublesome relationship with a society that might call them “crazy”, but they may be causing more harm to each other even with good intentions. Doubtful News contacted a volunteer who helps…
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Madrid begins search for remains of author of Don Quixote
Almost 400 years after he died penniless and virtually unknown, archaeologists are on a quest to discover the lost bones of Miguel de Cervantes, author of the adventures of knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha.The project to find the final resting place of the man credited as the father of the modern novel will begin…
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Loch Ness monster a serpentine water deity, according to Buddhist leader
The Loch Ness Monster could be confirmed as a “spiritual entity” when a new Buddhist centre opens in the Highlands, it was revealed today.Britain’s first Buddhist Lama, who is heading up the new project, said Nessie is a “naga” – a water deity which brings prosperity in the religion. read more: Loch Ness monster a…
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Utah is nerdiest place in the US, study finds
Utah is the nerdiest place to be in the US – and Washington, D.C. is the least, according to a new study.Real estate search engine Estately analyzed Facebook users’ data to see which percentage of users said on their profiles that they were interested in 12 criteria.These included Star Trek: The Next Generation, Harry Potter,…
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New and unique mineral discovered – it’s strikingly beautiful!
There are over 4,000 known and fully described minerals in the world. Even so, scientists have yet to discover them all, and every year a couple are added to the list. The last to join the ranks is a new and unique mineral discovered by researchers at University of Adelaide in the Polar Bear peninsula…
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Scottish fact of the week: The Loch Morar Monster
NOPE, that’s not a typo. This week’s Scottish fact focuses on Morag, the lesser-known monster inhabiting Loch Morar, in the Lochaber region. read more: Scottish fact of the week: The Loch Morar Monster – The Scotsman.
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The Brag, Shape-shifting Devil Horse
I’ve only just started this column, so I’m not particularly worried about running out of ideas yet, but I did sit down for this one thinking, “I hope I can deliver something suitably strange.”And here we are, a race of mischievous shape-shifting horses who terrorise the north of England: Brags.Imagine the scene: you’re a medieval…
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Mystery of huge underwater ‘crop circles’ solved
Striking rings of green eelgrass — some of them up to 49 feet 15 meters wide — can occasionally be spotted in the clear Baltic water off the coast of Denmark’s island of Mon. The biologists concluded that the rings formed because of the radiating pattern in which the eelgrass grows — and dies when…
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Spanish team finds hidden ‘tomb of Jesus’
Spanish team finds hidden ‘tomb of Jesus’Previous digs nearby have uncovered a temple dedicated to the Egyptian god of the afterlife. Egyptologists have discovered what could be one of the oldest images of Jesus Christ, painted on the walls of a mysterious underground structure deep in an ancient Egyptian tomb. A team of Catalan archaeologists…
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Avengers: Age of Ultron UK Release Date Moved Forward
The release date for ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ has been brought forward in the UK and Ireland.Originally pegged for a 1 May 2015 launch, Marvel has announced via Twitter that Joss Whedon’s super-sequel will now hit cinemas over here on 24 April instead. via Avengers: Age of Ultron UK Release Date Moved Forward – Yahoo…
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Nessie as Biker and the Exorcism of the Loch
Ted Holiday was a Fortean researcher who died in 1979 and who was particularly associated with research into Nessie. His intellectual development or regression from some perspectives saw him change from: a believer in a physical Nessie albeit with the mystery creature starring as a large slug rather than a dinosaur; to believing, instead, in…
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Supermassive black holes dance in a non-active galaxy
An international research team has discovered the first pair of supermassive black holes in orbit around one another in a quiescent galaxy. read more: Supermassive black holes dance in a non-active galaxy | Astronomy.com.
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ANZAC Day special: Premonitions, visions and happy coincidences of war
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Alien Resurrection
The search for the Holy Grail of video games is due to begin this weekend in what is being billed as “the first archaeological expedition in the gaming era”. Organisers are counting on the fact that American deserts are still one of the best place to find aliens as they prepare to excavate a landfill…
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Werewolf Delusion Even Less Common Than Scientists Thought
They grunt, claw, and feel their body is covered with hair and their nails are elongated — some people strongly believe they are in the process of metamorphosis into a wolf. There have been 13 case reports of such people since 1850, one psychiatrist has found.Intrigued by treating a patient who thought he was a…
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‘Frozen’ Intolorance? Just ‘Let It Go’ Zombie Style (Warning: Contains AWESOME!!)
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