Photo shows a fishhook, which was discovered in the Israel Antiquity Authority excavations carried out prior to the construction of the Agamim neighborhood in Ashkelon, Israel, undated. The copper fishhook is believed to be used for hunting sharks. (Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquity Authority/Newsflash)

6,000-Year-Old Fishhook Was Used To Catch Sharks

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:April 1, 2023

Archaeologists in Israel have found a 6,000-year-old copper fishhook so large it may have been used to catch sharks. The piece, which was unearthed during infrastructure work in the coastal…

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Picture shows the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, undated. A replica of the Eiffel Tower was recently placed in Lagoa Santa, in Minas Gerais, Brazil. (Google Maps/Newsflash)

Netizens React To Brazilian City’s Eiffel Tower Copy

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:March 20, 2023

A Brazilian city with fewer than 67,000 inhabitants is building a replica of Paris's iconic Eiffel Tower. The replica - which is currently under construction in Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais…

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Picture shows the dry canals in Venice, Italy, undated. The waterless canals reportedly surprise the visitors. (Newsflash)

Freak Tide Dries Up Venice’s Canals

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:February 28, 2023

A freak low tide in the waterways of Venice has stranded the city's world-famous gondolas and water taxis in a sea of mud. The colourful boats sit abandoned in their…

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Picture shows the combination of pottery toilet and elbow, undated. A flush toilet has been discovered in Yanliang District, Shaanxi Province in China. (Cultural Relics Shaanxi/AsiaWire)

2,400-Year-Old Toilet With Modern-Like Flushing System Unearthed In Ancient Chinese Palace

• Post author:Simona Kitanovska
• Post published:February 26, 2023

Chinese archaeologists were abso-loo-tely stunned when they unearthed a 2,400-year-old flush toilet while excavating an ancient city. Dating back to the Qin dinasty (221BC-206BC), it is the first and the…

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Image shows the city of Split, in Croatia, undated photo. The city's authorities will fine people wearing bikinis with EUR 150 (GBP 132). (Newsflash)

Bikini Ban At Game Of Thrones City

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:February 6, 2023

Revealing bikinis have been banned at a film location made famous by the hit TV series Game of Thrones. City leaders in Split, Croatia - which doubled as the slave…

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Image shows a Subway restaurant in Berlin, Germany, undated photo. German lefties wanted to combat housing shortage by building apartments on top of fast food restaurants in the city. (Google Maps/Newsflash)

Build Flats Above Fast Food Shops, Left Urge

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:January 24, 2023

Thousands of new apartments should be built above fast food restaurants like McDonald's to solve city housing shortages, politicians in Germany have urged. Left-wing members in the capital Berlin say…

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Picture shows Palomo, a 2-year-old Creole mix-breed dog, waiting for his owner outside a hospital, undated. He he located Gregorio, 84, his missing owner, in an unpopulated area, in Moctezuma, Mexico, on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. (@fgjesonora/Newsflash)

Pet Pooch Guides Rescue Workers To Missing OAP Owner

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:December 13, 2022

A pet pooch helped rescue workers find its owner after he had been missing for several days. Gregorio, 84, had left his home in Moctezuma, north-western Mexico, on Sunday, 27th…

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A lion cub walking the streets in Alvarado, Mexico, on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. It was kept as an exotic pet before it escaped from its house before its owners found it. (CEN)

Big Cat That Prowled City Streets Belongs To Stunning Influencer

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:December 6, 2022

This footage shows how a lioness prowled the streets of a suburban neighbourhood after it escaped from its influencer owner's house. Locals in Alvarado - in Veracruz State, Mexico -…

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Picture shows a Common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis), undated. In Stuttgart, Germany, 106 trees have to be cut down because lizards need a place to sunbathe in a substitute habitat created for the protection of the species. (Newsflash)

City Fells Over 100 Trees So Lizards Can Sunbathe

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:December 1, 2022

City officials have felled more than 100 trees so that a colony of lizards can get enough sun, it has emerged. The lizards - common wall lizards, or Podarcis muralis…

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Image shows the city of Kyoto, Japan, undated photo. Kyoto City authorities started an initiative to extract and sell precious metals used in dental treatments from the "remnant ash" after cremation. (Newsflash)

Japanese City To Sell Over GBP 700,000 Worth Of Precious Metals Harvested From Dead Bodies

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:November 18, 2022

The city of Kyoto in Japan is reportedly planning to sell the precious metals found in cremated bodies from things like denture fillings. Most Japanese people are cremated after they…

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