@whyrweapp.bsky.social⌛ This is Africa's oldest known defensive wall
👉 A roughly 4,000-year-old defensive system has been discovered in Morocco. The area around Oued Beht was already known to have been an important farming community wit...
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@whyrweapp.bsky.social🧪 Wild dogs travel 2,500 miles for love
👉 Three African wild dogs traveled at least 2,500 miles across Zambia in search of a mate and some extra 'benefits'. Their already long journey became even longer because th...
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@whyrweapp.bsky.social⌛ This mace head reveals the status of an ancient warrior
👉 An approximately 3,600-year-old grave belonging to an important warrior has been discovered in Azerbaijan. Archaeologists found a bronze dagger, arrowhead...
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@whyrweapp.bsky.social⌛ Paramaribo's old movie palaces
👉 Thalia theater originally started out as a playhouse, but later became an important place for movies in Paramaribo/Suriname. Bellevue, on the other hand, immediately grew into a l...
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@whyrweapp.bsky.social⌛ The Devil's Arrows turn out to be real globetrotters!
👉 The Devil's Arrows are enormous prehistoric stones in Yorkshire. New research now points to Brimham Rocks as their likely place of origin. And these giganti...
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@whyrweapp.bsky.social🚀 Ice-cold object suddenly awakens as a young comet
👉 Ice-cold object 450P/LONEOS is a so-called small centaur that is currently becoming increasingly active. In that context, the James Webb Space Telescope recent...
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@whyrweapp.bsky.social🧪 This wonder tree has two sides in Thailand
👉 Thailand has used the river tamarind – or white leadtree – for reforestation and livestock feed production. But it has now turned out to be both a major success and a...
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@whyrweapp.bsky.social⌛ Unique discovery: an untouched Chimu tomb
👉 Archaeologists have discovered a virtually intact Chimu tomb containing dozens of people in Chan Chan. The find includes jewelry, weapons, textiles and other valuable o...
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@whyrweapp.bsky.social🧪 This ancient sea sponge fills a gap in our history
👉 A fossil from the far south of China is shedding new light on the earliest history of sea sponges. The more than 550-million-year-old animal probably didn't h...
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@whyrweapp.bsky.social🚀 AI will soon search for ice on the moon
👉 NASA and IBM have jointly developed an open AI model for future lunar research. The system analyzes vast amounts of data from various space missions. Its main goal is to...
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@whyrweapp.bsky.social🧪 The nautical chart that conquered the world
👉 The UN wants another world map (Equal Earth) to be used more often because it represents surface areas more accurately. The previous map (Mercator) deliberately dist...
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@whyrweapp.bsky.social⌛ These are the oldest wooden tools ever!
👉 Two wooden implements about 430,000 years old have been studied in Greece. That makes them the oldest known wooden tools. One was probably a digging stick, while the othe...
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@whyrweapp.bsky.social🧪 After lengthy study, scientists discover why you fall asleep
👉 Scientists have finally discovered why, at some point, you simply can't do anything but… fall asleep. Certain brain cells become more active the lon...
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@whyrweapp.bsky.social🚀 Japan brings pieces of a Martian moon back to Earth
👉 Japan will soon send the MMX probe to the Martian moon Phobos. The mission aims to collect at least 10 grams of material and bring it back to Earth. Scientis...
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@whyrweapp.bsky.social⌛ Centuries-old temple remains emerge in Goa
👉 Numerous remains of a massive temple complex dating from the 14th to 16th centuries were recently found on Divar Island in Goa (India). This Saptakoteshwar temple was...
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@whyrweapp.bsky.social⌛ This snake vase was part of a Roman cult
👉 A vase featuring a two-headed snake was recently discovered at a Roman villa in Catalonia, Spain. And researchers are now linking the object to the ancient, secretive cu...
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