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The Most Bizarre Crime Stories Of 2019, From Naked Devils To Decapitations

Burglars, murderers, and bears, oh my! Explore the most insane crime news stories of the year before 2020 brings in a new batch.

By Katie Serena • Dec 29, 2019

The Most Bizarre Crime Stories Of 2019, From Naked Devils To Decapitations

Burglars, murderers, and bears, oh my! Explore the most insane crime news stories of the year before 2020 brings in a new batch.

By Katie Serena • December 29, 2019

The Strangest News To Come Out Of 2019, From A Meth-Fueled Death Party To A ‘Genderless Alien’

Check out these 11 strange news stories from the past year, like an accidental nine-hour LSD trip or a Spiderman-loving kid bringing heroin to school.

By Katie Serena • Dec 27, 2019

The Strangest News To Come Out Of 2019, From A Meth-Fueled Death Party To A ‘Genderless Alien’

Check out these 11 strange news stories from the past year, like an accidental nine-hour LSD trip or a Spiderman-loving kid bringing heroin to school.

By Katie Serena • December 27, 2019

13 Archaeological Discoveries Of 2019 That Filled Us With Wonder

From Cleopatra's perfume to tunnel networks used by the Knights Templar, 2019 left us with some truly astonishing archaeological discoveries.

By Marco Margaritoff • Dec 25, 2019

13 Archaeological Discoveries Of 2019 That Filled Us With Wonder

From Cleopatra's perfume to tunnel networks used by the Knights Templar, 2019 left us with some truly astonishing archaeological discoveries.

By Marco Margaritoff • December 25, 2019

Read It And Weep: 2019’s Funniest News Stories That Put Us In Tears

From a drunken joyride in Amish country to Russia's first-ever slapping contest, take a look back at 2019's funniest news stories.

By Natasha Ishak • Dec 21, 2019

Read It And Weep: 2019’s Funniest News Stories That Put Us In Tears

From a drunken joyride in Amish country to Russia's first-ever slapping contest, take a look back at 2019's funniest news stories.

By Natasha Ishak • December 21, 2019

This Week In History News, Dec. 15 – 21

"World's oldest story" found in Indonesia, remains of ancient shield found alongside rider and chariot, suspected mass grace from historic massacre discovered.

By All That's Interesting • Dec 20, 2019

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This Week In History News, Dec. 15 – 21

"World's oldest story" found in Indonesia, remains of ancient shield found alongside rider and chariot, suspected mass grace from historic massacre discovered.

By All That's Interesting • December 20, 2019

Scientist Creates Tiny ‘Gingerbread House’ 10 Times Smaller Than The Width Of A Human Hair

"Compared to the size of a typical gingerbread house that you might buy in a grocery store kit, mine is 20,000 times smaller."

By Natasha Ishak • Dec 20, 2019

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Scientist Creates Tiny ‘Gingerbread House’ 10 Times Smaller Than The Width Of A Human Hair

"Compared to the size of a typical gingerbread house that you might buy in a grocery store kit, mine is 20,000 times smaller."

By Natasha Ishak • December 20, 2019

11 Of The Happiest News Stories That Came Out In 2019

From an Auschwitz survivor celebrating her 104th birthday with 400 of her descendants to a circus swapping real animals for holographic ones, here are some uplifting stories from this year.

By Natasha Ishak • Dec 19, 2019

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11 Of The Happiest News Stories That Came Out In 2019

From an Auschwitz survivor celebrating her 104th birthday with 400 of her descendants to a circus swapping real animals for holographic ones, here are some uplifting stories from this year.

By Natasha Ishak • December 19, 2019

Scientists Recover Full Human Genome From A 5,700-Year-Old Piece Of Chewing Gum

Researchers determined what the chewer looked like, their gender, their diet, and their lifestyle — all from this piece of multi-millennia-old gum.

By Marco Margaritoff • Dec 19, 2019

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Scientists Recover Full Human Genome From A 5,700-Year-Old Piece Of Chewing Gum

Researchers determined what the chewer looked like, their gender, their diet, and their lifestyle — all from this piece of multi-millennia-old gum.

By Marco Margaritoff • December 19, 2019

Researchers May Have Just Located A Mass Grave From The 1921 Tulsa Race Riots

Nearly 100 years after the Tulsa race riots that burned down 'Black Wall Street,' the city is coming closer to reckoning with its bloody past.

By Natasha Ishak • Dec 18, 2019

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Researchers May Have Just Located A Mass Grave From The 1921 Tulsa Race Riots

Nearly 100 years after the Tulsa race riots that burned down 'Black Wall Street,' the city is coming closer to reckoning with its bloody past.

By Natasha Ishak • December 18, 2019

From Black Holes To A Pregnant Newborn, These Were 2019’s Biggest Science News Stories

From start to finish, 2019 has been an exciting year full of science news stories that'll continue to fascinate us well into 2020.

By Katie Serena • Dec 17, 2019

From Black Holes To A Pregnant Newborn, These Were 2019’s Biggest Science News Stories

From start to finish, 2019 has been an exciting year full of science news stories that'll continue to fascinate us well into 2020.

By Katie Serena • December 17, 2019

This 3,500-Year-Old Disposable Cup Shows Ancient Humans Weren’t Too Green, Either

"We are doing what human beings have always done but we are doing it on an unprecedented scale with materials that are going to take hundreds, if not thousands of years, to biodegrade."

By Marco Margaritoff • Dec 17, 2019

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This 3,500-Year-Old Disposable Cup Shows Ancient Humans Weren’t Too Green, Either

"We are doing what human beings have always done but we are doing it on an unprecedented scale with materials that are going to take hundreds, if not thousands of years, to biodegrade."

By Marco Margaritoff • December 17, 2019