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Beachcomber, 13, finds ‘holy grail’ Lego octopus washed ashore from 1997 spill
A 13-year-old boy who has collected almost 800 pieces of Lego that spilled into the sea from a shipping container in the 1990s has finally found a “holy grail” plastic octopus after two years of searching.Liutauras Cemolonskas told the PA news agency he was “happy” to have found the rare octopus, which was one of nearly five million pieces of Lego that fell into the sea in 1997 when a cargo ship encountered a storm.Among the Lego pieces that fell into the sea were 352,000 pairs of flippers, 97,500 scuba tanks, and 92,400 swords – but octopuses are the most...
‘Curse’ behind King Tutankhamun’s tomb mysterious deaths finally solved, experts claim
The unsettling curse of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt has bewildered archaeologists since it’s been feared to be linked to the mysterious deaths of multiple of the excavators who discovered it in 1922. However, a scientist now claims to have solved the mysteries of the infamous “Pharaoh’s Curse” more than 100 years later. Toxic levels of radiation emanating from uranium and poisonous waste are believed to have lingered inside the tomb since it was sealed over 3,000 years ago, Ross Fellowes wrote last month in the Journal of Scientific Exploration (JSE). The radiation level inside Tutankhamun’s tomb is so high that anyone who...
A Species in Rapid Decline: New Efforts to Recover the Tufted Puffin
Just 553. That is the estimated number of individual Tufted Puffins remaining in Oregon, based on the 2021 coastwide survey conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). It’s a staggering decline from the nearly 5,000 puffins counted back in 2008 and other surveys in the 1990s. It’s a number that demands action, and action is exactly what we plan to take. Bird Alliance of Oregon (formally Oregon Audubon Society) is teaming up with National Audubon and other stakeholders on a new effort to...
Doebler: It’s all about the transition
I talk a lot about my time in the SEAL teams, FBI, combat situations and all the leadership lessons I’ve learned a lot, having been in the very stressful situations these professions present. But remember, I’m a yogi as well and I can hug a tree with the best of them.
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