50,000 Year Old Needle Changes What We Know About Early Humanity
Researchers working in a Siberian cave found a 50,000 year old needle that was not made by Homo Sapiens. Located in the Denisova cave,...
Britain’s Oldest Prayer Beads
The Telegraph reports that archaeologists on the island of Lindisfarne have discovered prayers beads made from salmon vertebrae. Believed to date from the 8th to...
The Curse of a Good Book
Who doesn't love a good cursed book? In a post on Mental Floss, April Snellings describes eight that you can steal use in your...
The Last D-Day Ration Pack
The BBC reports that Keep Military Museum in Dorchester, Dorset, believes that it has the last complete D-Day ration pack in its collection. Originally thought...
Who Killed Benny Evangelista?
In a post on Historic Mysteries, Lauren Dillon dives into the mysterious murder of faith healer Benny Evangelista and his family. Known as the...
The Secret Garden
This week's Write the Book prompt was inspired by Meg Wolitzer. Write a scene or poem that takes place in a secret or famous...
Just Like Mummy Made
If you think modern health crazes are nuts, you'll love this. For centuries, Europeans ground up and ingested mummy remains as medicinal remedies. Created...
Prompt: Behind the Music (USSR Version)
Spies smuggling information in and out of enemy territory have to think creatively when finding hiding places. In an article for Wired, Lily Hay...
Was This Plant the B.C. Viagra?
Have you heard of Silphium? Probably not, but the plant was so popular with Greeks and Romans that it was harvested to extinction. That's...
Reasons to be Cheerful
In 1903, Salt Lake City's coffin makers went on strike to assert their right to make merry. "A thousand workmen have laid aside their...
