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Christina Ayele Djossa

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A Juvenile Sulawesi Warty Pig, Sus celebensis in Buton Island, Sulawesi Indonesia. These pigs live in the forest but frequently come into local people's farms and steal crops.

nature

Sulawesi Warty Pigs May Have Been Our Earliest Muses

More than 45,000 years ago, these porky foragers inspired the earliest known non-abstract art.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
Jorge José Emiliano dos Santos, photographed in 1992.

sports

How One of Brazil's First Openly Gay Soccer Referees Changed the Game

The man known as Margarida refused to let prejudice affect his flashy officiating style.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
Some signs look quite realistic.

art

Celebrating Ghana’s Amazing Handpainted Barbershop Signs

These vibrant artworks advertised the freshest styles and sleekest cuts.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
It's unclear how they died but we know it was brutal.

archaeology

Found in the Trash: The Roman Graves of Two Unfortunate, Legless Men

Something very bad happened here.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
The city of Bassania is no longer a legend.

roman

Found: An Untouched 2,000-Year-Old City in Albania

The hilly ruins remained lost for centuries.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
Red velvet cake adds to the repertoire of red desserts made for Juneteenth festivities.

food

The Story Behind Red-Hued Juneteenth Food and Drink

Red fare at June 19 celebrations has significance that predates American slavery.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
The bundle of World War II cash is valued at over $2 million dollars.

money

Found: A Wad of World War II Bills Worth Over $2 Million

The cash, discovered under an English retail store, is a priceless find.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
These 540-million-year-old critter prints are the oldest found tracks on earth.

archaeology

Found: The World's Oldest Footprints, Made by Ancient Bugs

They are tiny but mightily impactful.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
Dental plaque in these teeth provide evidence that Mediterranean ancestors ate fish and plants.

food

Found: Tooth Gunk That Shows Mesolithic Mediterraneans Ate Fish and Plants

Questionable dental hygiene in a man from the 8th millennium B.C. unveils early omnivore tendencies.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
Sneaky foxes like to rob Nagaokakyo residents' shoe racks.

found

Found: Foxes Stealing Shoes in Japan

And they would have gotten away with 40 pairs, if it weren't for the police.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
Egypt and Antartica are lightning-free zone areas, but not so much North America.

maps

The Least Likely Places to Be Struck by Lightning, Mapped

Where to go if you don't enjoy sudden electric bolts from the sky.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
Prognosticating devices, perhaps?

neolithic

The Many Possible Uses For Scotland's Knobbly Orbs

We asked for your thoughts on the function of these mysterious relics, and boy did you deliver.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
Solid proof the muntjac is still around.

endangered animals

Found: A Rare Tiny Deer in Vietnam

It's called a muntjac, and the last time it appeared was nearly two decades ago.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
The 100-year-old artillery shell beside more conventional trash.

found

Found in the Trash: A Rare World War I Artillery Shell

Nothing like an explosive discovery on garbage day.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
The famous Towie stone still evokes much speculation and debate.

mystery

Does Anyone Know What These Knobbly Orbs Are For?

No one can figure out these Neolithic artifacts. We want your best guesses.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
A mysterious "globster" spurs intrigue and horror for residents of Oriental Mindoro.

animals

Found: A Mysterious 'Globster' Washed Ashore in the Philippines

The unidentified marine carcass has made the beach rather unpleasant.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
This computer-generated black hole simulates how no light can escape its wrath.

space

Found: A Rapidly Expanding Supermassive Black Hole

It’s all-consuming.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
There is a life-size model of this egg in the Birds of the World Natural History exhibition.

museums

The Biggest Bird Eggs Ever

Evidence of the extinct.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
The 432-million-year-old fossilized stem is one of the oldest and largest ever found.

prehistoric

A Czech Museum's 432-Million-Year-Old Plant Sprouts Surprising Information

A new look at the fossil shows plants of the era may have been greener and more vascular than we thought.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
Real or not, Saint Clement's bone is a glorious find.

found

Found in the Garbage: A Supposed Bone of a First-Century Pope

Behold this holy trash.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
The now exposed horse skeleton is ready for documentation.

animals

Found: An Ancient Horse Skeleton in a Utah Backyard

The 15,000-year-old find dates back to the Late Pleistocene age.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
Bone daggers from the Sepik region of New Guinea.

weapons

New Guineans Made Intricately Carved Daggers From Human Bones

These deadly relics were symbols of power and prestige.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
This 212-year-old biscuit could fetch upwards of $4,000.

food

A 212-Year-Old Ship Biscuit Is Selling for Only $3,580

This sailor's snack is well past its expiration date.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
Dr. Joy Reidenberg stands next to a sperm whale in 2011.

science

The Heart-Racing Drama of Dissecting a Beached Whale

While on the job, the anatomist Dr. Joy Reidenberg has been escorted by police and scrutinized by nude sunbathers.

By Christina Ayele Djossa
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