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The 1.5 billion-year-old pool of water.
geology

Found: The World’s Oldest Pool of Water Is 2 Billion Years Old

It's almost 2 miles down in a Canadian mine.
Sarah Laskow December 16, 2016
Making really big waves.
news

Found: The Highest Wave Ever Detected by a Buoy

It was taller than a six-story building.
Sarah Laskow December 14, 2016
A piece of pottery dating to the late 6th century B.C.
abandoned

Found: A Lost City in Greece

No one realized how extensive these ruins were.
Sarah Laskow December 13, 2016
news

Found: A Map of the Entire Internet, As of 1973

It fit on one sheet of paper.
Sarah Laskow December 12, 2016
animals

What Is This Mysterious Object That Washed Up on a New Zealand Beach?

Probably just very impressive driftwood!
Sarah Laskow December 12, 2016
animals

Found: A Spray-Painted Electric Blue Tortoise

He was scrubbed clean and left with only a "slight blue hue."
Sarah Laskow December 9, 2016
The feathers are still attached to the tail, a unique find.
dinosaurs

Found: A One-of-a-Kind Dinosaur Tail Preserved in Amber, With Its Feathers

It is “an astonishing fossil," says the paleontologist who found it.
Sarah Laskow December 8, 2016
islands

Two People Found a Brand New Island And Claimed It As Their Own

But "Rosmic Island" may already have a name.
Sarah Laskow December 8, 2016
tombs

Found: A Roman Tombstone Buried in the New York City Suburbs

Dated 54 A.D., it belonged to a tax collector.
Sarah Laskow December 7, 2016
Gold coins turns up in Salvation Army buckets across the country.
holidays

Found: Two Gold Coins From 1947, Dropped in a Salvation Army Bucket

Each one is worth $1,400.
Sarah Laskow December 6, 2016
Copper wire on fire.
magic

Found: A River Humans Started Polluting 7,000 Years Ago

Playing with metal and fire led to unusual concentrations of copper on a streambank.
Sarah Laskow December 5, 2016
animals

Found: A Turtle That’s Basically a Dinosaur, Stuck in a Drain Pipe

An alligator snapping turtle got himself into a predicament.
Sarah Laskow December 2, 2016
animals

Found: Ancient Elephant Fossils Hidden Beneath L.A.'s New Subway

The city is full of fossils.
Sarah Laskow December 1, 2016
Cat skeletons found buried in the graveyard.
animals

Found: A 2,000-Year-Old Cemetery Full of Pet Cats

At least 86 were buried here.
Sarah Laskow November 30, 2016
Gold!
news

Found: A Bucket of Gold on the Streets of Manhattan

Never leave gold unattended.
Sarah Laskow November 30, 2016
The walls hid these giant wheels.
secret passages

Found: Secret Sliding Doors Hidden in a Church’s Walls

A renovation revealed the pulley system meant to move them.
Sarah Laskow November 29, 2016
Conservators were able to save parts of the map.
maps

Found: An Intricate 17th-Century Map, Stuffed Into a Chimney

It was in terrible shape.
Sarah Laskow November 28, 2016
churches

Found: Very Old Peacock Graffiti Left Behind by Religious Pilgrims

Peacocks represented eternal life to early Christians.
Sarah Laskow November 23, 2016