By: Stephen Luntz/IFL Science Almost a century ago, Edgar Banks – the inspiration for Indiana Jones – dug up a clay tablet in southern Iraq, but it took until now for its meaning to be understood. With this explanation has come insight into Babylonian mathematics, which operated on a different, and in some ways preferable, system than our own. In 1945,…
Newly Discovered Oldest Human Fossils Push Our Origin Back By 100,000 Years
By: Josh Davis/IFL Science The earliest fossils belonging to our own species, Homo sapiens, have been uncovered in the arid mountains of Morocco. Discovered in a cave full of stone tools and other animal bones, the human remains push the origin of humans back by a stunning 100,000 years. The findings are reported in two studies…
Socrates Was One Of The Smartest People Who Ever Lived. Here Are 24 Out Of His Most Important Quotes That Everyone Needs To Read
By: Simple Capacity Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Plato’s dialogues are among the most comprehensive accounts…
There Are Dimes In Circulation Worth $1.9 Million. Do You Know How To Spot Them?
By: Ileana Paules-Bronet/Little Things Have you ever gotten change back after buying something and realized you had something special in your hand? Maybe you got a $2 bill or a penny that’s almost 100 years old. Usually, this moment is exciting. But it doesn’t actually mean anything in your life is about to change. So you got a cool…
Mom Hires Shy Young Nanny For $5 An Hour, Only To Discover She’s Princess Diana
By: Barbara Diamond/Little Things Here’s a little history gem of which you may not be aware. Back in 1980, Mary Robertson was an American businesswoman living in London. The hardworking mom was looking for a nanny to help care for her toddler son, Patrick. Mary called up a local agency. The only part-time nanny available was…
Russian Scientists Build And Study Pyramids. What They Found Could Change The ENTIRE World (Video)
By: Simple Capacity Did you know that Sudan has numerous pyramids… even more than Egypt? But there are even more Pyramids in South America than all of the remaining pyramids of the world combined. For some reason, ancient man created thousands of Pyramids around the globe, and researchers today may have found an evidence what their…
This Man Flies A Drone Over Auschwitz. What The Camera Caught Is Spine-Chilling! (Video)
By: Simple Capacity What you are about to watch in the footage below is haunting. I have always been hesitant to make a trip to visit any of the concentration camps, where millions of people were exterminated during World War II, as I feared being overwhelmed by fear and sadness. While watching this video in which…