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Stone Age axe dating back 1.3 million years unearthed in Morocco
Researchers find North Africa’s oldest Stone Age hand-axe manufacturing site, dating back 1.3 million years. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/28/archaeologists-in-morocco-announce-major-stone-age-find Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared…
Tunnel Discovered With Aztec Carvings Will Be Reburied After Museum Loses Funding
In October 2019, Mexican archaeologists found intriguing reliefs carved around a sluice gate of a 2.5-mile-long, 400-year-old tunnel under the outskirts of Mexico City. But…
The Punk Legacy of Frontier Records
Releasing legendary albums by Circle Jerks, Adolescents, and more in its early days, Lisa Fancher’s label isn’t just still operational—it’s still proudly independent. Read full…
Mr. T’s 1982 appearance on ‘Late Nite with David Letterman’ is pure gold
Promotiong Rocky 3, Mr. T made an appearance on Late Nite with David Letterman. Mildly threatening and 100% awesome, Mr. T was the hero the…
Interesting fact: Joey Ramone was born with a parasitic twin growing out of his back
According to the book Punk Rock Blitzkrieg by Ramones drummer Marky Ramone, when Joey Ramone was born in 1951, an underdeveloped “parasitic twin” was attached…
In the frugal last meal of a man 2,400 years ago, scientists see signs of human sacrifice
A study of the gut of a well-preserved body from a bog in Denmark has offered new details that researchers say hint at dark rituals….
Thomas Jefferson would be horrified by GOP vaccine backlash
The nonpartisan promotion of vaccination is nearly as old as the country itself. At least, it was. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/amid-covid-s-delta-variant-rise-vaccine-pushback-contradicts-founders-ncna1274477 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story…
Watch this 1960s pitch reel for Sesame Street
This pitch reel, probably produced in 1968, was created by the Childrens’ Television Workshop to get funding and distribution for a show idea called Sesame…
A Brief History of Philly Psych
Ever since the ’60s, the City of Brotherly Love has embraced the sounds of psych. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily. Source: https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/philadelphia-psych-rock-list Indie…
In 1518 a large group of people suddenly started dancing and couldn’t stop until they dropped or died
During the Dancing plague of 1518, between 50 to 400 people in Strasbourg, Alsace (modern-day France) manically danced from July to September until they apparently…
Study shines a light on what happened on Easter Island
A new study has been published by scientists from Binghampton University and State University of New York focusing on Easter Island. According to the new…
Washington vs. Washington: How one state became the center of the tech privacy fight
If there’s one place that embodies the tensions between state and federal government action on privacy, it’s Washington state. Members of Congress from Washington and…
LGBTQ history finds a home in N.Y.C’s oldest museum
New York’s oldest museum will soon expand to incorporate a museum dedicated to LGBTQ history. Representa Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-community-voices/american-lgbtq-museum-coming-nycs-oldest-museum-part-expansion-rcna1391 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and…
Scientists say climate change impacted the body and brain size of humans
Researchers led by the University of Cambridge and Tübingen published a new study that looks at the changing climate and how it impacted the body…
When science breaks bad: A rogue gallery of history’s worst scientists
Enlarge Walter Freeman was ambidextrous, so he could do two lobotomies at the same time. These involved jabbing two icepicks from the junk drawer in…
Charlottesville removes Confederate statues
Charlottesville, whose statues of Confederate generals and slavers Robert Lee and Stonewall Jackson attracted a white nationalist rally in 2017, is finally removing them this…
What Was the Earliest Music?
People talk about the break between rock ‘n roll and punk, or punk and post-punk, but they almost never talk about micro-fluctuations in musical taste…
How to Not Fear Death, According to Socrates
Socrates didn’t fear death. Even though he met a gruesome demise (he was executed by the state for the alleged crime of corrupting Athenian youth),…
Air Force Academy distributes George Takei’s ‘They Called Us Enemy’ to cadets
The U.S. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/air-force-academy-distributes-george-takeis-called-us-enemy-cadets-rcna1294 Indie Brew found this story and shared it with you. The Article Was Written/Published By: Cynthia Silva
Dinosaurs were declining before the asteroid impact, according to a new study
Everyone knows that a massive asteroid impact with the Earth was ultimately responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs. A new study was recently published…
It’s still uncertain who fired the shot that killed Manfred von Richthofen
In 1918, German flying ace Manfred von Richthofen chased an inexperienced Canadian pilot out of a dogfight and up the Somme valley. It would be…
4,400-year-old shaman’s ‘snake staff’ discovered in Finland
A 4,400-year-old life-size wooden snake unearthed in Finland may have been a staff used in “magical” rituals by a Stone Age shaman. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/4400-year-old-shamans-snake-staff-discovered-finland-rcna1291 Droolin’…
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