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... a silver denarius from the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (r. 161-160 A.D.). The denarius is heavily worn and weighs 2.4 grams, evidence that it was minted during a time of currency debasement when the silver content plummeted with rising inflation.

The giraffe born without spots on July 31 is the only one of her kind on Earth, zoo officials stated Monday.

Efforts to replicate the material have pieced together the puzzle of why it displayed superconducting-like behaviours.

“Tiny Teflon,” whose mother is also in the cult, has announced her plan to indoctrinate more children into it.

A South Dakota museum has closed after almost 40 years over concerns that the chemicals in its taxidermy collection could endanger visitors and staff, the affiliated zoo announced Thursday.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game responded to calls and emails about the dead shark earlier this week. IDFG fisheries biologist Joe DuPont shared photos of what appear to be a dead salmon shark—a saltwater species with a home range well over 1,000 miles from the Gem State.

Earth fissures like this are common where the groundwater has been heavily withdrawn. This is not a “geological” fault as the article translation says. The crack is some 500 m long and 3 m deep.

If it was what Durant Animal Control thinks, small animals could be in danger.

You can always count on conspiracy theorists to make a tragedy worse.

Edit: I don’t like that the original headline was “are so dumb”. Conspiracy believers aren’t dumb, they are failing at trying to make sense of a frightening event based on the bad information they’ve been given by their preferred social circle that feeds a messed-up worldview.

A woman in suburban Detroit says she got a scare when she discovered a live frog in a container of spinach she had just bought at a grocery store.

At Westland Fire Department's Blue Brews & BBQ event on Saturday, a 4-year-old girl was ran over by a dog on a golf cart, fire officials say.

Mifflin Co., PA - Charges have been filed against a 20-year-old Lewistown man after he allegedly crashed into the second story of a Mifflin County home.

The director of Rome’s Colosseum has called for an end to concerts at the nearby Circus Maximus, after a performance by US rapper Travis Scott on Monday sparked fears of an earthquake.

Traffic is backed up in both directions as remarkable photos from the scene show a light aircraft landed on the central reservation

Wildlife charity appeals for artist of mysterious totem pole to come forward as local authority request for planning permission to be submitted.

The hole (a cistern) was reportedly filled with highly toxic gas (hydrogen sulfide).

Victims recount being put into a trance by strangers who convince them to hand over their valuables in return for help ‘to turn their fate around’, police said.

Iraq’s prime minister has ordered an investigation into how the animal escaped from its crate in the cargo hold of an Iraqi aircraft as it was due to depart from Dubai airport.

Previously, similar smoke rings were spotted in Sentosa in 2022 and 2017, according to local media reports.

Regarding the Utah fish fall story from yesterday, it looks very much like birds have regurgitated their last meals. See details on this phenomenon here. https://idoubtit.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/texarkana-fish-rain-mystery-solved/

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It’s a mystery that literally came out of the blue in Davis County—more than a dozen dead fish that somehow found themselves in a man’s backyard and on the roof of his shed.

This situation looks very much like the Texarkana event, which was caused by birds, likely cormorants, disgorging their last meals as they fled the stormy weather.

The artist's two recent shows in Seattle shook the ground so much that they registered on a nearby seismometer.

A mysterious purple plume that rose above the Portland skyline Thursday morning was most likely caused by a larger-than-normal amount of iodine in the waste stream at ecomaine's waste to energy plant, company officials said. The purple plume, tinged with pink, began rising from a stack at the plant on Blueberry Road in Portland around 9:20 a.m.

What puzzled astronomers worldwide was an object located just below the stars resembling a giant question mark