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The eight continents of the world.
geology

Found: A Possible Eighth Continent

Zealandia!
Sarah Laskow February 17, 2017
The catapult.
drugs

Found: A Drug Catapult at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Have a look at this thing.
Erik Shilling February 16, 2017
film

Found: A Glimpse of Marcel Proust, Caught on Film

This is the first known footage of the famous author.
Sarah Laskow February 16, 2017
animals

Found: An Albino Kangaroo Abandoned in a Dam Evacuation

There was also a small deer and another kangaroo.
Erik Shilling February 15, 2017
Churchill before his retirement.
aliens

Found: An Essay Winston Churchill Wrote About Alien Life

"Are we alone in the universe?" he asked.
Sarah Laskow February 15, 2017
Not the uranium found in Phoenix—this disc was recovered at a U.S. government nuclear facility.
news

Found: Some Old Uranium in This Woman's Garage

It's apparently fine?
Erik Shilling February 14, 2017
Researchers believes these pebbles were purposefully broken.
caves

Found: Tiny Pebbles Ritually 'Killed' by Paleolithic People

They used them to color a dead body then broke them in half.
Sarah Laskow February 14, 2017
Surfers in the 1890s in Hilo Bay.
surfing

For Sale: Photos From Hawaii in the 1890s

Surfing!
Sarah Laskow February 13, 2017
news

Found: A Lost Wedding Dress From 1870

When a dry cleaners went bankrupt, the dress went missing.
Sarah Laskow February 13, 2017
news

Found at the Airport: A Hidden Sword Inside an 80-Year-Old Woman's Cane

She apparently didn't know it was there.
Erik Shilling February 10, 2017
castles

Found: A Crucial Map of Tokyo's Ancient Edo Castle, Which Was Ready for War

It was originally built in 1457.
Erik Shilling February 9, 2017
One blank scrolls was discovered.
archaeology

Archaeologists Discover a 12th Cave Connected to the Dead Sea Scrolls

But no new texts.
Sarah Laskow February 9, 2017
animals

Found: A Very Orange Alligator

A South Carolina community has a new resident.
Sarah Laskow February 9, 2017
An unrecorded photo of Harriet Tubman, circa 1860s
slavery

Found: A Long-Lost Photo of Harriet Tubman

The post-Civil War photo shows her in her 40s.
Sarah Laskow February 8, 2017
New York City is spending millions of dollars securing President Trump's private residence.
presidents

U.S. Presidents Do Have Spending Limits for Securing Private Homes

Thanks, Nixon.
Sarah Laskow February 7, 2017
Those are some nice big scales.
animals

Found: A Gecko That Loses Its Giant Scales if It Is So Much as Touched

Do not grab this gecko.
Sarah Laskow February 7, 2017
Exploring the ship's ribs.
shipwrecks

Found: A 17th-Century Wreck That Looks Like Sweden’s Most Famous Warship

The Blekinge was launched in 1682 and sunk in 1713.
Sarah Laskow February 6, 2017
A different species of bonnethead shark. Kind of cute, right??
animals

Found: One (Relatively) Cute Shark and One Hideous Ghost Shark

The ghost shark is "chunky in the front."
Sarah Laskow February 3, 2017