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The Scorpion King was real: Venomous creature as long as a full-grown German Shepherd once ruled the Earth before DinosaursAncient fossils reveal giant scorpions, Praearcturus gigas, exceeding a meter in length, dominated Britain over 400 million years ago. Thes...- This 415-million-year-old monster scorpion existed before trees, and it's the biggest everScientists have identified Praearcturus gigas, a one-meter-long scorpion from the Early Devonian period, as the largest scorpion ever disco...
- In 1984, peat cutters in England saw a foot in the dark bog, and an Iron Age mystery surfacedIn a serendipitous turn of events, a Cheshire peat bog unveiled Lindow Man, a remarkably preserved Iron Age figure. The bog’s unique enviro...
- Under Notre Dame cathedral, a 'dig of the century' unearths 1,700 years of historyAn archaeological dig beneath Notre Dame cathedral in Paris is unearthing Roman Paris. The excavation is happening as the square is being r...
- Archaeologists discovered a lost prehistoric corridor of 8,000-year-old human and animal footprints along the UK coast, revealing a vanished ecosystemAncient footprints are emerging from the sands of Formby Beach in England. These tracks reveal humans and animals like wolves and deer walk...
- Visiting London? You may need to start paying a tourist taxWith a growing fiscal deficit and limited room to cut public spending or spur growth, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under pressure to rais...
- This 56-member family lives in Rs 4000 crore palace, owns 700 cars; All you should know about world's wealthiest familyDubai's Al Nahyan royal family, spotlighted by GQ as the world's wealthiest dynasty, redefines opulence. From a ₹4,078 crore palace to a pr...
- Cristiano Ronaldo wins penalty, then asks referee to overturn decision. Wins hearts with 'selfless' actThe Portuguese player won a penalty in AFC Champions League game against Persepolis.
- Flying Scotsman undergoes safety checks after Highland Railway station collisionThe Flying Scotsman locomotive has undergone safety checks following a low-speed collision with the Royal Scotsman train at Aviemore railwa...
- Van Gogh paintings snatched then foundVan Gogh's "Blossoming Chestnut Branches" (1890), among four Impressionist masterpieces valued at more than 112 million euros, was stolen f...
- Shattered by Nazi bombs, a fossil's lost copies are just being foundThe duo stumbled across the casts while scouring museum collections for overlooked ichthyosaurs.
- Sir Nicholas Serota discusses distributing Arts Council funding across UKSir Nicholas Serota of the Arts Council England talked about distributing the Council’s money across the country to promote the development...
- First complete skeleton of ichthyosaur aka 'fish lizard' bombed during WWII found in LondonIchthyosaurus was part of a larger group called ichthyosaurs which were distant relatives of lizards and snakes.
- Diego Maradona's 'Hand of God' 1986 jersey to be displayed at special World Cup exhibitionThe infamous shirt sold for $9.3 million to a secret buyer, five months ago.
- Manchester City owner acquires oldest existing FA Cup trophy, one that the team won over 100 yrs agoIt was the first trophy Manchester City won by beating Bolton Wanderers 1-0 in the 1904 final.
- First human fossil Luzia gutted in Brazil museum fire: All about the priceless itemThe skull was buried under more than 40 feet of mineral deposits and debris.
- Largest Ichthyosaurus was pregnant at time of deathLondon, Aug 29 (IANS) Scientists have "re-discovered" the largest specimen of marine reptile Ichthyosaurus on record and found it was pregn...
- UK raises threat level to maximum, army deployed after attackTheresa May said the decision to raise the threat level was taken after security forces were unable to rule out if Salman Abedi, suspect be...
- Unearthed: 33% of Egyptian animal mummies are dummies!They found that almost 33% of the animal mummies lying across 56 museums in UK where they were exhibited actually had no animal remains in ...
- Man, it's mercurial!From the hot-bed of the Industrial Revolution to the launchpad of contemporary urban design, it's a city that has wholeheartedly embraced s...
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