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Jimbuna

11-01-24 12:45 PM

'Vampire' returns from the dead: Scientists in Poland rebuild the face of 400-year-old woman

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The face of a suspected 'vampire', who was buried with restraints to prevent her returning from the dead, has been reconstructed by scientists.

Using DNA, 3D printing and modelling clay, the team of scientists recreated what they think the 400-year-old woman's face looked like.

Zosia, as she was named by locals, was found in 2022 by a team of archaeologists from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland.

She was entombed in an unmarked cemetery in Pien, northern Poland - secured in place with an iron sickle across her neck and padlocked by the foot.

The sickle and padlock, as well as certain types of wood found at the grave site, were believed at the time to hold magical properties protecting against vampires, according to experts.

Analysis of Zosia's remains suggests she was aged 18 to 20 when she died and suffered from a health condition which would have caused fainting, severe headaches, and possible mental health issues.

Experts began the reconstruction by creating a 3D-printed replica of the skull, before gradually building layers of plasticine clay to form a life-like face.

The bone structure was combined with information on gender, age, ethnicity and approximate weight to estimate the depth of facial features.

"It's really ironic, in a way," said archaeologist Oscar Nilsson. "These people burying her, they did everything they could in order to prevent her from coming back from the dead.

"We have done everything we can in order to bring her back to life."

Among the other bodies found at the site in Pien, outside the northern city of Bydgoszcz, was a so-called "vampire" child, buried face down and also padlocked at the foot.

Little is known of Zosia's life, but Mr Nilsson and the Pien team say she may have been from a wealthy, possibly noble, family.
https://news.sky.com/story/vampire-r...woman-13245462

Moonlight

11-03-24 10:24 AM

FLOOD RAGE Moment Spain flood survivors hurl MUD at King Felipe & smash Prime Minister’s car as fury grows over disaster response

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/314774...pain-valencia/

Hahaha haha, King Felipe came out of his ivory tower and had mud thrown at him, WTF did he expect to happen? and the Prime Minister did a runner, typical reaction from politicians when confronted with the reality of life, I'll stick to being a peasant thank you. :O:

Jimbuna

11-03-24 12:51 PM

Large crowd duped into attending non-existent Halloween parade in Dublin

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A large crowd of people were duped into lining the streets of Dublin for a Halloween parade that did not exist.

Spectators turned out in force to watch the apparent procession in the Irish capital on Thursday night – until they were told there had never been any plans for one to be held.

It came after a website posted a parade would be taking place in the city from 7pm. It appears the claims were then spread further on social media, including sites such as TikTok.

Irish police dispersed the crowd after appealing for those in the area to leave.

A Gardai statement on X said: "Please be advised that contrary to information being circulated online, no Halloween parade is scheduled to take place in Dublin City Centre this evening or tonight.

"All those gathered on O'Connell Street in expectation of such a parade are asked to disperse safely."

Commentators online joked that the event was a "ghost parade".

Irish politician Gary Gannon said "hundreds" had turned out - but added it showed there was "an appetite in Dublin for a well-organised annual Halloween parade".

Another X user added: "This is just Halloween, now think of how many people are fed with misinformation online on other issues."
https://news.sky.com/story/large-cro...ublin-13246169

Moonlight

11-04-24 06:04 AM

RSPB mutiny after manager is sacked over claims he treated Syrian refugee colleague 'like a slave'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ike-slave.html

"Volunteers staged a mass walkout after an RSPB manager of a nesting island was sacked over unfounded allegations he mistreated a Syrian refugee colleague".

How does a Dr become a refugee in the UK?, their aren't any refugees in the UK, there's only economic migrants and scrounging bastards.

Another set of currants who have a diversity stick stick shoved up their ass, hey birdbrains, how many countries in Africa, Asia or the Middle East practise Diversity, you don't know?, I'm thinking Diversity makes people thicker than they usually are, the answers "None of them", they knew the answer but they didn't want to answer the question as it doesn't fit their narrative.

Are pet squirrels legal in New York? What to know after social media star Peanut was euthanized by the state

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...uthanized.html

"Longo said he was aware that it was against New York state law to own a wild animal without a license.
He claimed he was in the process of filing paperwork to get Peanut, who he has owned for seven years, certified as an educational animal."

Of course you were you lying pillock, and pigs can fly as well, this silly prat was keeping these wild animals as pets and that's the reason they were euthanized. After 7 years that squirrel would have been too tame to be let loose back into the wild, the bleeding idiot should be blaming himself for their deaths and not the authorities.

Jimbuna

11-04-24 12:40 PM

Thieves steal Andy Warhol print of Queen Elizabeth II in the Netherlands - but bungle heist

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"Amateurish" thieves have made off with a screen print of Queen Elizabeth II by Andy Warhol as part of a botched gallery heist in the Netherlands.

The thieves blew open the gallery doors, stealing two works from the iconic American pop artist, the gallery's owner Mark Peet Visser said.

Another two prints were left badly damaged in the street after the thieves discovered they wouldn't fit in the getaway car, he added.

The heist was captured on security cameras, Mr Visser said, describing the whole thing as "amateurish".

The gallery owner said "the bomb attack was so violent that my entire building was destroyed" and nearby stores were also damaged.

"So they did that part of it well, too well actually," he added.

"And then they ran to the car with the prints and it turns out that they won't fit in the car.

"At that moment the works are ripped out of the frames and you also know that they are damaged beyond repair, because it is impossible to get them out undamaged."

The thieves struck the MPV Gallery in the Dutch town of Oisterwijk early on Friday.

Mr Visser said they were attempting to steal four works from a 1985 Warhol series called Reigning Queens.

The series featured portraits of the then queens of the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark and Swaziland, which is now called Eswatini.

The thieves got away with the portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and Margrethe II of Denmark, Mr Visser said.

But the prints of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Ntombi Tfwala, who is now known as the queen mother of Eswatini, were abandoned.
https://news.sky.com/story/amateuris...y-car-13246118

Jimbuna

11-05-24 01:29 PM

Ruby slippers from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ are for sale nearly 2 decades after they were stolen

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DALLAS (AP) — A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” are on the auction block nearly two decades after a thief stole the iconic shoes, convinced they were adorned with real jewels.

Online bidding has started and will continue through Dec. 7, Heritage Auctions in Dallas announced in a news release Monday.

The auction company received the sequin-and-bead-bedazzled slippers from Michael Shaw, the memorabilia collector who originally owned the footwear at the heart of the beloved 1939 musical. Shaw had loaned the shoes in 2005 to the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

That summer, someone smashed through a display case and stole the slippers. Their whereabouts remained a mystery until the FBI recovered them in 2018.

Now the museum is among those vying for the slippers, which were one of several pairs Garland wore during the filming. Only four remain.

Grand Rapids raised money for the slippers at its annual Judy Garland festival. The funds will supplement the $100,000 set aside this year by Minnesota lawmakers to purchase the slippers.

The man who stole the slippers, Terry Jon Martin, was 76 when he was sentenced in January to time served because of his poor health. He admitting to using a hammer to smash the glass of the museum’s door and display case in what his attorney said was an attempt to pull off “one last score” after an old associate with connections to the mob told him the shoes had to be adorned with real jewels to justify their $1 million insured value.

The auction of movie memorabilia includes other items from “The Wizard of Oz,” such as a hat worn by Margaret Hamilton’s Wicked Witch of the West and the screen door from Dorothy’s Kansas home.
https://apnews.com/article/stolen-ru...32079c3f91f9d5

Jimbuna

11-06-24 01:00 PM

He’s fast, feisty and could play Quidditch. Meet the bat that won a beauty contest

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ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) — A winged creature from Oregon was crowned this year’s winner Thursday in an annual bat beauty contest put on by the Bureau of Land Management.

On Halloween, which was also the last day of International Bat Week, a hoary bat with a feisty personality named “Hoary Potter” defeated “Lestat”, the western small-footed bat from Idaho, in the final round of the contest. It also bested a Townsend’s big-eared bat named “Sir Flaps-A-Lot” from Utah, among others.

The victory marks the third year in a row that a bat from Oregon has taken first place in the contest. Last year, “William ShakespEAR,” a female Townsend’s big-eared bat from southern Oregon took the title. In 2022, a canyon bat named “Barbara” also from southern Oregon was declared the winner.

The federal agency has held the competition since 2019 to raise awareness about the animal’s ecological importance. The bats are part of wild populations living on public lands, and are photographed by agency staff. BLM posted the photos on its Facebook and Instagram accounts, and asked people to vote for the cutest one.
https://apnews.com/article/bat-beaut...fc7c8ad276e650

Jimbuna

11-08-24 11:49 AM

England cricket legend Sir Ian Botham falls into crocodile-infested waters - and is rescued by former rival Merv Hughes

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England cricket legend Sir Ian Botham was rescued by a former Australian rival after he fell off a boat into water "infested" with sharks and crocodiles.

The retired all-rounder was on a fishing trip with former Australian fast-bowler Merv Hughes when he got his flip-flops caught in some roping and plunged head-first into the Moyle River near Darwin, northern Australia.

Sir Ian, nicknamed Beefy, suffered severe bruising to his torso after hitting the boat on his way down – but escaped a worse fate when Hughes and fellow fishermen quickly pulled him out.

The 68-year-old wrote on Instagram on Friday: "My catch of the day was the barra [fish] while I was nearly catch of the day for all the crocs and bull sharks...

"Thanks boys for getting me out."
https://news.sky.com/story/england-c...ughes-13250430

Jimbuna

11-11-24 09:33 AM

Forty monkeys escape from research facility in South Carolina

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Forty monkeys have escaped from a research facility in South Carolina.

Thermal imaging cameras and traps have been deployed to recapture the animals, who broke free from the Alpha Genesis site in Yemassee on Wednesday night.

"Residents are strongly advised to keep doors and windows secured to prevent these animals from entering homes," police warned on Facebook.

Locals in Yemassee, about 50 miles (80km) west of Charleston, have been told not to approach the monkeys and immediately call 911 if they spot them.

Alpha Genesis says it provides "nonhuman primate products and bio-research services" with "more than 100 acres of quarantine, breeding, holding and research space".

It conducts clinical trials, including on brain disease treatments, and says it provides the "highest standards of care for all animals".

The breed that escaped hasn't been revealed, but the firm's site says it has macaque and capuchin monkeys.

It is not the first escape from Alpha Genesis, according to local media, with 19 reportedly breaking free in 2016 before being recaptured six hours later.
https://news.sky.com/story/forty-mon...olina-13249963

Moonlight

11-12-24 11:43 AM

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby QUITS: Archbishop reveals his 'profound sense of shame' as he resigns after damning report found his failure to act meant serial child abuser never faced justice

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html

This pillock should have resigned years ago, he knew what was going on with that serial abuser John Smyth, he had hoped it could have been swept under the carpet like all the others before him but those days have gone, are they all perverts?, I'm not sure, but I'm betting there are lots of other people involved in it who are also perverts.

Jimbuna

11-12-24 01:08 PM

China: Clampdown on bike rides after thousands of students take over highway to buy Kaifeng dumplings

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A clampdown has been enforced to curb a social media trend in China - where thousands of students rent bikes late at night to buy soup dumplings.

Police in Henan province closed bike lanes connecting Zhengzhou and Kaifeng in a bid to reduce the number of students making the 37-mile journey.

Pictures showed that the crowd of students - which was called the Night Riding Army by some taking part - had blocked a highway in central China on Friday night.

Local outlets estimated that up to 200,000 young people had rented bikes - which cost as little as £1.51 for a month - to travel to Kaifeng for its famous guantangbao, a type of soup dumpling.
https://news.sky.com/story/china-cla...lings-13252516

Jimbuna

11-13-24 10:47 AM

Magic Circle on the hunt for first female member who tricked her way into society - to apologise to her

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The Magic Circle is on the hunt for its first female member - who deceived the group by disguising herself as a man to enter its ranks - so it can apologise to her.

Sophie Lloyd hid her true identity from the famous society of magicians for 18 months.

Dressing up as a young man, Ms Lloyd fooled both the examiners and the Circle's council and even went out for a drink with them.

However, she was expelled when the deception was revealed and the group hasn't heard from her since.

At the time Ms Lloyd joined, women weren't allowed to join the Circle. But when the rules changed in October 1991, Ms Lloyd revealed her true identity and was promptly kicked out for deceiving the society.

But now the group is trying to track her down, so it can apologise.

President of the Magic Circle Marvin Berglas told Sky News: "Times have changed.

"Back in the day she caused the ultimate deception of fooling the magicians and the council which is quite something.

"We're trying to welcome Sophie back because it's such a great story."

He added: "Being that she was such a pioneer we would love to find her, get her side of the story and honour her."

Mr Berglas said magic wasn't "an old boy's club" anymore and that around 5% of its members were women.

It's thought Ms Lloyd had been an actress, and her name might have been Sue Lloyd, he added.

It's possible Ms Lloyd received training from magician Jenny Winstanley, who had wanted to be the first woman in the Magic Circle, but was, Mr Berglas said, likely too well known to enter in disguise.
https://news.sky.com/story/magic-cir...o-her-13253259

Moonlight

11-14-24 06:07 AM

'Racist' dogs are banned from the Welsh countryside in Labour drive to make the outdoors more 'inclusive'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ay-Tories.html

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In a report to the Welsh government, Climate Cymru BAME has advised that dog-free zones should be created to make local green spaces more inclusive.

What a load of virtue signalling nonsense, I have a better idea, why don't they make the UK a Migrant free zone, it would save the government billions of £££s and it would put a stop to all this virtue signalling bollocks as well.

I've got some buckets as a backup plan. :haha:

Jimbuna

11-14-24 09:32 AM

Pompeii DNA evidence suggests victims not as they seemed

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Some of the victims buried in Pompeii following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius have been wrongly identified, new evidence suggests.

Researchers used DNA testing on 14 casts of victims found in the ruins of the Roman city destroyed in 79 AD.

Using DNA taken from fragmented skeletal remains, they concluded an adult holding a child and wearing a golden bracelet, long thought to have been a mother, was actually a man unrelated to the child.

It was one of several surprises in what had become known as "the house of the golden bracelet".

Nearby were the bodies of another adult and child thought to be the rest of their nuclear family.

But DNA evidence showed all four were male and not related to one another.

Alissa Mittnik of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany said it shows "the story that was long spun around these individuals" was wrong.

Ms Mittnik said: "We were able to disprove or challenge some of the previous narratives built upon how these individuals were kind of found in relation to each other.

"It opens up different interpretations for who these people might have been."

Another discovery was that at least one of two people locked in an embrace, long assumed to be sisters or a mother and daughter, was a man.

Researchers also found Pompeii citizens came from diverse backgrounds but mainly descended from eastern Mediterranean immigrants, illustrating how much people moved around and the multi-cultural dynamic of the Roman Empire.

Following the disaster, bodies buried in mud and ash eventually decomposed, leaving spaces where they used to be.

Casts were created from the voids in the late 1800s.
https://news.sky.com/story/pompeii-d...eemed-13250119

Jimbuna

11-16-24 01:14 PM

Swedish minister's staff insist on banana-free rooms due to 'weirdest phobia'

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A Swedish minister's phobia of bananas has led officials to insist rooms are free of the fruit ahead of any meeting or visit, according to reports.

The instructions from Gender Equality Minister Paulina Brandberg's staff were seen in leaked emails published by Expressen.

The tabloid quoted one of the leaked messages - sent to the Norwegian Judicial Agency ahead of a VIP lunch - as saying that she "has a strong allergy to bananas, so it would be appreciated that there are no bananas in the areas where she will be staying".

A similar email, reportedly sent to the County Administrative Board, said: "No bananas are allowed on the premises either."

Brandberg told Expressen that it was an issue she was "getting professional help with".

She is reported to have posted on X in 2020, saying she has the "world's weirdest phobia of bananas".

The post has since been deleted.

Bananaphobia can cause serious symptoms like anxiety and nausea and can be triggered by seeing or smelling the fruit.
https://news.sky.com/story/swedish-m...hobia-13254596

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