The site would have been involved in the craft production of purple dye, an extremely expensive and highly prized commodity, in the Late Minoan period circa 1800 to 1500 BCE. In addition to the large quantities of shells found at the site,... >>>

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He's furry, playful, and has puppy eyes. It's little wonder Wandi was mistaken for a dog when he was found in an Australian backyard -- but DNA testing has confirmed he's a rare 100 percent dingo.The pup was discovered whimpering and... >>>

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Steve Morrow was initially only looking to buy "a couple more" hens for his bed and breakfast but accidentally won an online auction for 1,000 birds.Not so for Steve Morrow, whose desired purchase of one bird accidentally resulted in ownership of... >>>

The pliosaur was so insanely massive it could've snacked on a T. rex.With jaws up to about 8 feet long and 4.5 times more powerful than those of a Tyrannosaurus rex, the pliosaur could grow to be twice the size of a modern killer whale, weigh... >>>

Heather Delaney recently shared a viral Facebook post about how her husband shows her he loves her with little things, like pushing the grocery cart.He always pushes the grocery... >>>

Wonder where your country fits on the international pay scale? Using data compiled by the OECD and the International Labour Organization (ILO), unless otherwise stated, we take a look at average wage levels in 39 different nations around the... >>>

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Nagoro, Japan, is home to less than 30 human residents, but hundreds of creepy, life-sized dolls, called kakashi, populate the town.According to Atlas Obscura, there are at least 350 scarecrows, or kakashi in Japanese, populating the village of... >>>

Australian personality Christian Hull didn't think a laundry folder could make him so happy. Now, his enthusiasm for folding shirts is going viral.His name is Christian Hull, and he's an Australian YouTube personality with more than 90,000... >>>

The benefits of a cutting remark can go beyond getting some laughs. Properly deployed, sarcasm can have real social rewards.Celebrated for her scathing wit and wordplay, the late Parker might agree that sarcasm held tangible benefits. Doled out with >>>

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A barge which has been stuck in the rapids above Niagara Falls for more than 100 years has been moved by a Halloween storm. The boat, which grounded in shallows on the Canadian side in 1918, briefly broke loose as the river above the falls was... >>>

In a fairy-tale transformation engineered by man, the dull, grey carp was bred to a metallic sheen more than a millennium ago.An illustration shows three types of goldfish swimming through aquatic... >>>