In Japan, a gorilla named Kiyomasa got into a fight with his mate. She kicked him out of their enclosure at the zoo, and he was later spotted sitting alone, seemingly rethinking his life choices
Packed with references, awkward romance and Rivers Cuomo's deliberately unfiltered lyrics, "El Scorcho" showed Weezer moving in a far stranger direction than many fans expected. Performed at Bizarre Festival in 1996, the song came from Pinkerton, an album that would grow from a commercial disappointment into a cult classic.
You were told mathematics began with the Greeks or the Arabs. 🤔
Three carved chalk drums from a Yorkshire grave might prove otherwise. 🥁🇬🇧
In 1889 they were found buried with a five year old child. For 130 years nobody knew what they were for. ⏳
Then in 2018 researchers measured them. The proportions appear to encode a standard unit of length. 📏
Wind a cord ten times around the smallest drum and you get the “long foot”, about 32cm. The same unit researchers believe was used to lay out Stonehenge. 🪨
A fourth drum later turned up over 200 miles south in Sussex. Same measurements. The chalk ones were likely replicas of working tools carved in wood. 🪵
Not in a king’s grave. Not in a treasury. Buried with a small child, so the knowledge would be remembered. 🕯️
British people were measuring the world before England had a name. 🇬🇧
Long before we had a name, this island was measuring the world.
Help us make sure that our history is never forgotten again. 👇🙏
👉 https://t.co/rih7iKwnvf 👈
Be part of us. ☝️🇬🇧
Be Proud Of Us. 🙏🇬🇧
The largest coffee pot in the world has made the journey from Visoko, Bosnia to St. Louis, MO. The pot serves 8,000 cups of coffee & will follow the Bosnian national team throughout their World Cup journey in North America.
Over 40 knives recovered following a vehicle stop
Officers who conducted a traffic stop near the M6 recovered a large quantity of zombie knives and other bladed weapons.
a 19-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman, both from the Birmingham area arrested.
The 19-year-old man has since been eliminated from the investigation, and the 18-year-old woman has been released on conditional bail.
As the World Cup approaches, I decided today to make a sort of pilgrimage visit to the world’s oldest football. Found above Mary Queen of Scots bedroom in Stirling castle, the ball is thought to date to the 1540s.
In fact, the young queen Mary may even have kicked it herself!
Walking home from the train station yesterday and noticed that every single one of those empty shops that run on the outside of the bus station are now suddenly being renovated & all have licensing papers in the window…..very odd…..
More than a decade after it was first released, “What Katie Did” still carried the chemistry and chaos that defined The Libertines at their peak. Originally appearing on The Libertines in 2004, the song returned to Glastonbury in 2015 as part of the band's long awaited reunion, reconnecting them with a generation of fans.
🚨 NEW: The Government will soon force Apple and Google to stop children from being able to send, receive, view or share naked pictures on their phones - including porn
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