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“…a ball game called knattleikr was played, which involved at least four men throwing a ball, chasing and running, and sometimes also involved a bat. Gardeła relates that in the saga of Egill Skallagrimsson, a game was arranged that…
According to the Guardian, Palastinian authorities have agreed to allow the body of Yasser Arafat to be exhumed and tested for poisoning by radioactive isotopes. This follows a nine-month investigation by a journalist from Al Jaz…
Chinese scientists have produced a herd of genetically modified cows that make milk that could substitute for human breast milk.
Chinese researchers have successfully introduced human genetic material into Holstein embryos and t…
Your e-book may be tracking your reading habits. The major players in e-book publishing can easily track how much time you spend on a page, whether you take notes or underline, and how many pages you read at a sitting. They can also trac…
Gijsbert Rider claimed that he and his wife felt “threatened” by two of the residents at a mobile home park near his home in the south of the Netherlands. He proceeded to build a fence around his property. A dispute arose with the local …
When the owner of a new supermarket in the city of Süderlügum, near the German/ Danish border, offered a basket of free groceries worth €270 to the first hundred shoppers willing to shop naked, he rea…
Last week a couple of men were walking a dog in the Swedish woods on their way to a fishing competition when they happened upon an abandoned bunker from the Second World War. When they explored inside they found a bed, several c…
The picture above was taken at Lake Retba in Senegal. The lake gets its vivid pink color from cyanobacteria that are present because of the high salt content-50% higher than in the Dead Sea.
Like the Dead Sea, it is very easy …
The town of Webster, Texas found itself in the unusual position of having an exact tie in their runoff City Council election. The two candidates for the council seat, Diana Newland and Edward Lapeyre, each receive…
