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The Bavarian town of Nördlingen is embedded with millions of tiny diamonds, thanks to an asteroid of 15 million years ago

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Courtesy: The Vintage News Jan 3, 2018 Goran Blazeski Often referred to as the “king of gems,” diamonds have represented many things throughout the ages, including deep love, perfection, illumination, endurance, fearlessness, purity, and infinity. We suppose that you’ve probably heard “A Diamond Is Forever.” It is certainly one of the best-known slogans of the 20th century, but more importantly, it was … Read more

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known albatross, is still breeding at age 67

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 Courtesy: The Vintage News Jan 10, 2018 Stefan Andrews The Laysan Albatross “Wisdom” the oldest known wild bird in the United States It could be a graceful sight to watch a Laysan Albatross as it glides above the waters of the ocean. These beautiful birds that inhabit areas of the Pacific are famed for being relentless travelers, … Read more

An 11-year-old boy led Hiram Bingham to Machu Picchu in 1911, but the explorer didn’t at first grasp what he’d found

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Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 20, 2018 Nikola Simonovski Machu Picchu is an Inca citadel built in the 15th century. Known worldwide, the citadel was reportedly built as a home for the Emperor Pachacuti, and was abandoned by the Incas a century later when the Spanish conquest began. Located high in the Andes Mountains in Peru, it … Read more

Mystery messages engraved in Scotland’s rocks up to 5,000 years ago might soon be decoded using 3D scans

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Courtesy: The Vintage News Jan 23, 2018 Stefan Andrews About 6,000 rocks that display distinctive “cup and ring” carvings, alongside other ancient engravings, dot the landscape of Britain, with at least one-third of them found in Scotland. Archaeologists have offered several explanations as to what these strange symbols mean. Some have said the ancients inscribed them for … Read more

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