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Source: Atlas Obscura At the approximate geographical center of Budapest, there stands erect a 10-foot-tall limestone sculpture carved into a pointedly oval rendition of the numerical digit zero. This rather suggestive in… Click here to read more The post Zero Kilometer Stone appeared first

Author: Natasha Frost / Source: Atlas Obscura The Dzitsoni hills wiggle down the Kenyan coast, starting west of the country’s oldest city, Mombasa, and stretching some 50 miles north. They’re several miles from the shore, with a limestone foundation invisible beneath a thick crust of humid,

Author: Carolyn Gramling / Source: Science News Archaeopteryx was a flapper, not just a glider. The shape of the ancient bird’s wing bones suggests it was capable of short bursts of active, flapping flight, similar to how modern birds like pheasants and quails fly to escape predators, a new study

Source: Atlas Obscura Down in southern Bali sits an abandoned Boeing 737. It’s not at an airport or an airplane boneyard. Instead, it sits in a field near some kind of limestone quarry, and no one quite knows how it got there. Click here to read more The post Bali’s Abandoned Plane appeared

The ending of the Kentucky-North Carolina game was exhilarating. In a matter of a few seconds Kentucky went from tying to the game with a 3-pointer from Malik Monk only to see North Carolina hit a game-winner on the other end of the court. What just happened?!?!?!#Elite8