A video game set in 13th-century Japan recently inspired global fundraising, Gaming Bible reported. A torii gate, a sacred Japanese structure, was destroyed in September by a tropical storm and its repairs were crowdfunded by gamers. The game involves the Mongol invasion of Japan. […]
Malaysians have used pineapple waste to develop disposable drone parts, Reuters reported. The prototypes are made from the fiber of pineapple leaves and are far cheaper than their commercial counterparts. Recyclable materials give new life to old things. […]
Australian poet’s box of documents given to a library had chocolates from 1900, UPI reported. The Victorian-era sweets were in a box of papers donated to the National Library of Australia, last year. Our love of chocolate dates back 4,000 years. […]
Rock art that is 12,000 years old depicts humans living while massive animals did, CNN reported. Archaeologists found the collection of paintings in the Amazon, in what is now central Colombia. The cause of the animals’ disappearance is still debated. […]
Christmas traditions date back centuries and originate from many countries, History.com reported. While leaving cookies for Santa was a Depression-era update to a Norse tradition, Christmas cards debuted in England in 1843. Victorian Britain revolutionized Christmas. […]
A 5,000-year-old Egyptian artifact turned up in a cigar tin in Scotland, “Science Alert” reported. Missing for 70 years, the piece of cedar wood is one of just three ever recovered from inside the Great Pyramid at Giza. The Great Pyramid is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. […]
Laser scanners helped archaeologists find “mound villages” in the Amazon, “Science Alert” reported. The villages are arranged in circular formation and could date back to 1700 BCE. Amazonian landscape archaeology is a burgeoning field. […]
An Australian town suffered an invasion of 14-foot tumbleweeds, NPR reported. The wind-blown grass disrupted daily life in the suburb as residents repeatedly needed the brush cleared away so they could leave their homes. Aboriginal Australia developed differently from other regions. […]
A fisherman may be a millionaire after finding rocks of hardened whale vomit, the “Daily Mail” reported. The regurgitated substance, ambergris, is used as an odorless agent to maintain the scent of perfume like Chanel No. 5. Hunting marine mammals began 9,000 years ago. […]
Season Four of “The Crown” premiered November 15, “The New York Times” reported. This season of the hit show on Netflix focuses on England in the 1980s, including the rise of both Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher. Vital locations include Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament. […]
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