Poland’s 300-year-old ‘Vampire Cemetery’ mystery: The strange reason 100 people were buried with sickles, locks and unusual rituals | World News

For years, a quiet burial ground in northern Poland has been offering an unusual glimpse into the anxieties of people who lived centuries ago. The cemetery, near the village of Pień, is not remarkable because of its size alone, although archaeologists have now documented more than 100 burials there. What has drawn wider attention is […]

In 1906, one wrong turn sent the SS Valencia into the Pacific’s “Graveyard of the Pacific”, where more than 100 people died | World News

In January 1906, the SS Valencia was nearing the end of what should have been a routine passenger voyage along the Pacific coast. The ship was carrying travellers from San Francisco to Seattle, following a route used regularly by coastal steamers. But as the vessel approached the waters near Vancouver Island, conditions began to change. […]

Quote of the day by JD Vance: ‘Poor people don’t wear pajamas. We fall asleep in our underwear or blue jeans’

JD Vance wrote about his childhood struggles in his 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy, which became a national bestseller. US Vice President JD Vance‘s life is a rags-to-riches story as he struggled with poverty and instability as he grew up. He chronicled his life in his best-selling book Hillbilly Elegy, published in 2016, just before Donald […]

What is coincidence? Quote of the day by Carl Jung: ‘We often dream about people from whom we receive a letter by the next post’

Quote of the day by Carl Jung on coincidence and synchronicity, and why one can see the future in dreams. Carl Jung introduced the concept of synchronicity, which means that not everything is a coincidence. The concept says that when several things happen by chance, which we think are just by coincidence, are not actually […]

Mysterious ‘space balls’ twice the size of basketballs wash ashore on Australian beach, scientists say the discovery is more common than many people think

Strange Spheres Washed Ashore on an Australian Beach. Authorities Say They’re Probably ‘Space Balls’ What began as an ordinary day in a small Australian beach town turned into an unusual investigation after six large metallic spheres washed ashore. The discovery forced residents to evacuate and raised fears that the objects could be dangerous.The shiny objects […]

‘I was testing people’: Trump says he was ‘very disappointed’ with Nato over Iran war

Trump claimed some Nato members refused to support key US military objectives. US President Donald Trump publicly questioned the reliability of Nato during the Iran conflict, saying the military confrontation became a test of whether America’s allies would stand by Washington in a crisis. Admitting that he was “very disappointed” with the alliance, Trump claimed […]

Taiwan turned shopping receipts into lottery tickets in 1951; 75 years later, people still keep every bill hoping to win millions | World News

For most people, a shopping receipt is something that quickly disappears into a wallet, pocket or bin. In Taiwan, however, that small strip of paper has a very different role. A routine purchase at a supermarket, café or clothing store can also become an entry into a nationwide lottery, where receipts carry the possibility of […]

Cliff swallows abandoned the California town they once filled every spring, then people came together to rebuild their homes and welcomed them back with an annual festival |

For centuries, the arrival of thousands of cliff swallows transformed the skies above a small California town into one of America’s most celebrated wildlife spectacles. Every spring, the agile birds returned almost like clockwork after migrating from South America, filling the air with their distinctive chatter as they rebuilt their mud nests around the historic […]

Scientists identify 74 genetic regions linked to anxiety in study of nearly 700,000 people, uncovering 39 never-before-seen DNA clues that could reshape future treatments

A genetic analysis of nearly 700,000 people identified 74 distinct locations in the human genome tied to anxiety, 39 of which had never been linked to the condition before A genetic analysis of nearly 700,000 people has identified 74 regions of the human genome linked to anxiety symptoms, including 39 that had never before been […]