17th-Century Pirate Alliance in Ireland

A recent article on Live Science proclaims "Arrgh! Adventures of 17th-Century Pirate Alliance Uncovered in Ireland." Read more here!

Fictional Alien World Blunders

There is a recent article on io9.com titled "The Worst Blunders People Make in Inventing Fictional Alien Worlds." See more here!

One-of-a-Kind Aztec Dog Burials Found in Mexico

To follow up yesterday's news about Mexican dogs with another, though rather more dated, National Geographic recently ran a story titled "One-of-a-Kind Aztec Dog Burials Found in Mexico." Read more here!

Feral Chihuahuas Threaten Phoenix

It's being reported by wsoctv.com that packs of feral chihuahuas are threatening some portions of the Phoenix metropolitan area. Read more here!

Haunting Photos of Abandoned Park

Gizmodo recently ran a pictorial titled "Inside the Ghostly Remains of Budapest's Condemned Amusement Park." See more here!

Bunnies, Bunnies, Everywhere

When I saw the video circulating with dozens and dozens of bunnies chasing a women, I wondered if it would be as cute if they were carnivorous.  Enjoy!

Ragnarok, the Viking Apocalypse, Happens Today

I certainly hope no one made other plans for this weekend because according to many news sources, Ragnarok, the Viking Apocalypse, happens today, Saturday, February 22nd, 2014.  If not, I will be sure to blog about something else tomorrow.  Read more here, here, here, here, and here (time permitting)!

The 'Shrine' Box

A couple of Facebook Friends pointed out a Vimeo video that featured a well-constructed box with many compartments called "TheShrine."  Check it out!

Sigurd Larsen // The Shrine from Darryl Natale on Vimeo.

Introducing Medieval Scandinavia

Over on the Medievalist.net website, they are featuring a four part video series (from YouTube) titled "Introducing Medieval Scandinavia" which is -

"outlining the scope of the medieval Scandinavian world and some of its major cultural, political and literary characteristics. Presented by Alaric Hall, lecturer in the School of English, University of Leeds."

Enjoy it here!

How Wolves Change Rivers

Over on the Sustainable Man YouTube channel, there is an excellent short video on "How Wolves Change Rivers." Enjoy!

Not Your Father's Zombies

Over on the Weird Tales website, there is an interesting look at "Zombie films that don't have Typical Zombies in them." Read more here!

Villa of Mysteries

Nearly a century after being rediscovered, the Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii is still giving up secrets.  Read more here!

Anglo Saxon Toast

Over on the Medievalist.net website, there is an interest article on what is being dubbed as "The very first Anglo Saxon toast?" See more here!

Resurrecting the Pharaoh’s Solar Boat

A recent article on the Popular-Archaeology.com website is titled "Resurrecting the Pharaoh’s Solar Boat." See more here!

Kiss Me, I'm a Viking

A recent article on ThisIsColossal.com is titled "900-Year-Old Coded Viking Message Carved on Wood Fragment Finally Solved, It Says 'Kiss Me'" See how they cracked the code here!

Dyson Domestic Robots

A new article on DVice.com is titled "Dyson investing $8 million towards making domestic robots a reality."  Near future setting for RPGs should definitely have a high number of robotic elements implemented.  Read more here!

Roy Bates and Sealand

There is an interesting tale outlined recently on Gizmodo about how Roy Bates decided to start his own sovereign nation called Sealand.  Read more here!

Marriage in Early Ireland

Over on the Medevalists.net website, there is a new feature titled "Marriage in Early Ireland." Read more here!

Middle Earth from Space

There is a fun pictorial on io9.com titled "What would Middle Earth look like from space?" See more here!

15 Ancient Ruins

Over on CNN.com, there is a fine pictorial titled "Digging deep: 15 ancient ruins you might not know." See more here!

Great White Shark Encounter off Lorne, Victoria, Australia

There is some footage on YouTube of a "Great White Shark Encounter off Lorne, Victoria, Australia." Enjoy!

Wondermark Zoological Times Table

Over on the Wondermark website, they have a graphic "Zoological Times Table" showing how various combinations of animals might manifest.  See more here then stat them up!

The Assassin Bug

Nice photos were shared over on FearNet.com of the Assassin Bug, a "Predatory Bug Makes a Suit of Armor Out of Its Victims' Corpses." Read more here!

Tony Mullins Free Map

Over on The Savage Sword of Scadgrad blog, Tony Mullins has shared a free dungeon map that he encourages others to fill and use.  Read more here!

Russian Man Spends 6 Months Living in the 10th Century

Over on TheMysteryWorld.com, there is a pictorial titled "Russian Man Spends 6 Months Living In the 10th Century." See more here!

Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire

Over at imperium.ahlfeldt.se there is a "Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire." See more here!

Killer Whales at Play

Here is a video of Killer Whales at play.  Enjoy!

Lake Iznik Basilica

Over on WorldBulletin.net, there is an article titled "1500-year-old basilica discovered under Lake Iznik." See more here!