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archaeology

Found: The World's Oldest Sewing Needle

And it wasn't made by Homo sapiens.
Eric Grundhauser August 24, 2016
news

Found: The World's Largest Pearl

It was hidden under a fisherman's bed for a decade.
Eric Grundhauser August 23, 2016
medieval

Found: An Ancient Mexican Codex-Within-a-Codex

Researchers used lightwaves to discover a hidden palimpsest.
Eric Grundhauser August 22, 2016
secret

Found: A 300-Year Old Shoe Meant To Ward Off Evil Spirits

It was a men's size 6, and they put it right back where they found it.
Eric Grundhauser August 19, 2016
animals

Found: Football-Sized Goldfish in an Australian River

Please stop putting pets in the river.
Eric Grundhauser August 18, 2016
subterranean

Found: A Secret Bunker Beneath an Indian Governor's Mansion

The entrance was hidden behind a false wall.
Eric Grundhauser August 17, 2016
news

Found: 'Crazy Snake Worms' in Oregon

An invasive species, it turns out.
Eric Grundhauser August 16, 2016
weapons

Found: A 19th Century Sword Tip at the Alamo's Southern Wall

It would have belonged to a Mexican officer.
Sarah Laskow August 15, 2016
archaeology

The World's Oldest Gold Artifact Was Just Found

Archaeologists say it's from 4,500 to 4,600 B.C.
Erik Shilling August 12, 2016
drugs

Found: Pot (Lots of Pot) in a Porta-Potty

It's not clear how it got there.
Sarah Laskow August 12, 2016
animals

Found: A Bloody Stone Axe From 250,000 Years Ago

A test revealed residue of blood and tissue from horses, cattle, camels and rhinos.
Sarah Laskow August 11, 2016
tunnels

Found: An Underground Meth Lab in a Walmart Parking Lot

The Walmart stayed open while police dove down in.
Sarah Laskow August 10, 2016
space exploration

Found: A Lot of Planets, Minerals, and Strange Creatures in 'No Man's Sky'

The long anticipated game is finally here.
Sarah Laskow August 9, 2016
The Dove today
London, England

The Dove

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.
boats

Found: A Prosthetic Leg Stuck in a Beaver Dam

Its owner was also, well, found.
Sarah Laskow August 8, 2016
zoos

Found: Fugitive Red Panda That Spent 242 Days on the Lam

The last of three escapees is brought to heel.
Sarah Laskow August 5, 2016
caves

Found: Secret, Illicit Tunnels in an Oregon Park

Police are not happy.
Sarah Laskow August 4, 2016
floods

Found: A Giant Clock Washed Away in a Once-in-a-Millennium Flood

Ellicott City, Maryland recently saw a lot of rain.
Sarah Laskow August 3, 2016