by nanadwumor | May 20, 2025 | Smart, interesting |
After the ship struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912, the Titanic’s band continued to play in order to calm passengers during the evacuation — and kept going even as the ship sank below the surface of the North Atlantic. Public Domain A page in the Illustrated...
by nanadwumor | May 20, 2025 | Smart, interesting |
Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves thinks there are multiple hidden chambers inside King Tut’s tomb that could contain the long lost remains of Queen Nefertiti. Inside the tomb where Nicholas Reeves believes there are hidden chambers. Image Source: National...
by nanadwumor | May 20, 2025 | Smart, interesting |
Though Tomb I at Vergina in northern Greece was long thought to hold the remains of King Philip II of Macedon, new analysis shows that it may actually be the burial site of a separate, unknown Macedonian king. Panegyrics of Granovetter (Sarah Murray)/Wikimedia Commons...
by nanadwumor | May 20, 2025 | Smart, interesting |
The Koning Willem de Tweede had just completed a journey from Hong Kong to South Australia, when a storm struck and caused it to wreck off the coast of Long Beach. Australian National Maritime Museum An illustration of the lost Dutch merchant ship Koning Willem de...
by nanadwumor | May 20, 2025 | Smart, interesting |
Oscar Zeta Acosta made a name for himself as an unconventional lawyer, a radical activist, and a drug-blitzed traveler before he mysteriously vanished in Mexico in 1974. The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo/FacebookAttorney, activist, and writer Oscar Zeta Acosta in...
by nanadwumor | May 20, 2025 | interesting, Smart |
Manus AI, a prominent AI agent startup, recently secured $75 million in funding at a valuation of half a billion dollars led by Benchmark. However, the investment is now being reviewed by the U.S. Treasury Department due to concerns over compliance with restrictions...