#Strange News

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2,000-Year-Old Painted Dog Penis Bone Found in Ancient Roman Ritual Shaft

Some archaeologists were excavating a quarry shaft just outside of London. They found thousands of animal and human bones dating back to Roman times. Among them, they found the remains of over 280 domestic animals.

Pigs, cows, sheep, horses. 70% of those animals were dogs. Among those remains they found one animal bone that stood out among the rest: a dog’s baculum bone that had been partially painted red.

For anyone who hasn’t recently brushed up on their dog anatomy terminology, the baculum is a penis bone.

ANCIENT PAINTED DOG PENIS BONE LIKELY USE FOR FERTILITY RITUALS

This rare object thought to be used during rituals was found at the Nescot dig site in the town of Ewell in 2015. The site dates back to the late first or second century CE. Of the many dog remains they found, none of them showed signs of butchery, burning, or disease. However, the dog penis bone was covered in iron oxide, which is not naturally occurring at that site.

That means someone painted red ocher on the penis bone before dropping it off in the pile of bones. You might better know red ocher as the ancient version of red paint our distant ancestors used to paint figures on cave walls. It’s also a material commonly associated with Roman rituals.

The bone probably symbolized fertility and was used to offer some kind of protection, since the penis was considered a good luck charm and sometimes used to ward off the evil eye. Researchers believe that a lot of the animals found at the site were born in the spring and summer, times that align with agricultural fertility.

Both dogs and horses are animals that were closely associated with fertility rites in Roman Europe.

By Luis Prada.

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[internettythings]

This has to be fake, right?

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Hey so did you know that the Mars rover Perseverance has an instrument called SHERLOC which is studying the composition of the soil, and an accompanying camera called WATSON that is documenting everything?

In 2024 they've been exploring somewhere called the "Beehive Geyser", except SHERLOC's cover got stuck (presumably resulting in grit affecting a sensitive instrument?)

I feel very normal about this.

Explore the universe together, guys.

[abiscuit]

I love Star Trek, I love how every time a federation ship goes into the romulan neutral zone there is also immediately a romulan ship. Like girl, what were YOU doing in the neutral zone?

[lonesomedreamer]

ALIEN LANDSCAPES of STAR TREK

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I think that I've only drawn Ford like. 3 times in my entire life. so here's some Fordsy (and some Fiddsy. and a Bill I guess)

[image description: a page of drawings of ford, mcgucket, and bill cipher from gravity falls. near the top are two portraits of ford, one in the gravity falls style and the other in a more realistic style. next to that is a simple doodle of ford and mcgucket smiling and embracing with the caption "old man yaoi!" beneath them. in the bottom left is a simple drawing of a younger ford, and next to that is a drawing of bill with a speech bubble saying "i'm here too! also i'm hatless for spacing reasons". next to that is bill's hat, as well as mcgucket in an orange and brown 70s-style outfit and a braided beard, and he is sitting on the ground, lost in thought. end id]

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I've had a vision

(I hope he at least gets a little ponytail or something for the lantern event...it's not fair if everyone doesn't get the long beautiful flowing hair)

[boozois]

the creature will grant you one wish for the new year, what do you wish for?

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Meteorite Strike Captured by Doorbell Camera in Canada

A doorbell camera on a Canadian home captured rare video and sound of a meteorite striking Earth as it crashed into a couple’s walkway.

When Laura Kelly and her partner returned home after an evening walk in July, they were surprised to find their walkway littered with dust and strange debris, according to the Meteoritical Society.

They checked their security camera and saw something slamming against their entrance way, producing a cloud of smoke and a crackle.

The pair reported what they found to the University of Alberta's Meteorite Reporting System and the curator Chris Herd, who examined samples of the debris to confirm its interstellar origins.

Meteorites are bits of space rock that hit Earth after surviving a trip through its scorching atmosphere.

About 43,500 kilograms of similar debris strikes Earth every day, according to NASA, but is much more likely to plunge into an ocean than onto someone's front stoop.

While cameras have captured meteors streaking through the sky, it's rare to capture the sound of a complete meteorite strike on video and this footage is believed to be a first.

The space rock, officially registered Monday, was named Charlottetown after the city on Prince Edward Island in eastern Canada where it struck.

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Fellas is it gay to tenderly hold another mans hands in yours

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Star Trek franchise wins the Peabody Institutional Award → June 9 2024

At the 84th Annual Peabody Awards, the Star Trek franchise received the Peabody Institutional Award which is given annually to recognize an organization or long-running television program that has made an indelible mark on the American broadcasting landscape.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds cast members Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn and Ethan Peck joined fellow Star Trek franchise actors and creatives on stage as executive producer Alex Kurtzman accepted the award.

Kurtzman spoke about the almost 60 year legacy of the franchise that has given hope to us all and that no matter who you are there is a place for you in the Star Trek family. He also recognized Bjo Trimble, who was in attendance, and was part of a successful "Save Star Trek" campaign in 1968, generally credited with allowing the series to run for a third season rather than being cancelled after two.

Also in attendance were Patrick Stewart, LeVar Burton, Scott Bakula, Jeri Ryan, Wilson Cruz, Doug Jones, Tawny Newsome, Sam Richardson, Akiva Goldsman, Henry Alonso Myers, Michelle Paradise, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Noga Landau, Jenny Lumet, Trevor Roth and J.J. Abrams.

Credit: StarTrek.com, speech clip

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A woman traveling the world with only 20 thousand rupees per month, no worries about the hotel, no rent tension, adopted this trick.

A woman traveling the world with only 20 thousand rupees per month, no worries about the hotel, no rent tension, adopted this trick. Alan Green, 29, is a graphic designer from Northern Ireland. He loved to travel the world. Tried for it many times but due to job problem and lack of money she was not able to do it. Then one day suddenly he decided to leave everything and go for a walk. Started…

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