In 1973, an excavator pulled out a pile of soggy wood chips and discovered the world’s oldest birthday invitation |

Tablet 291, the world’s oldest known birthday invitation, written around 100 AD by Claudia Severa to her friend Sulpicia Lepidina. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons Imagine yourself as an archaeologist digging through thick, black mud at a Roman fort in northern England, and you find what looks exactly like a handful of wet wood shavings. Most…

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In 1909, an explorer found strange markings in the rock and unearthed the Burgess Shale, a 500-million-year-old secret |

In 1909, Charles Doolittle Walcott (first from left) discovered the Burgess Shale formation in British Columbia, revealing exceptionally preserved soft-bodied ancient life. Image Credits: via Wikimedia Commons Imagine the last day of your mountain trip, the sun setting, the packs packed, your thoughts turning to your journey home. It was at such a time that…

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Evening news wrap: TMC rebellion spills over to party accounts, Shiv Sena UBT’s strength test falters; and more | India News

TMC rebellion spills over to party accounts, Shiv Sena UBT’s strength test falters TMC leader asks bank to freeze party accounts amid rebellion, cites ‘serious dispute’ Only 3 of 9 MPs attend Uddhav Thackeray‘s parliamentary meeting despite whip India eyes $2.5 billion loans from World Bank and ADB as subsidy costs rise BCCI secretary breaks…

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