A very strange thing happened on the internet the day President Joe Biden was sworn in. A shadowy company residing at a shared workspace above a Florida bank announced to the world´s computer networks that it was now managing a colossal, previously idle chunk of the internet owned by the U.S. Department of Defense. That … Read more
The Shapira Scroll, an ancient manuscript first discovered in 1883 and dismissed as fake is ‘actually the oldest known Biblical script’, an expert claims. Jerusalem antiquities dealer Moses Willhelm Shapira told the world of the discovery of 15 manuscript fragments, said to have been found in a cave near the Dead Sea. The paleo-Hebrew script … Read more
Kyle and Jackie O’s greatest mystery solved: Radio stars confirm a longstanding rumour about one of their most popular (and bizarre) guests By Jo Scrimshire For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:00 GMT, 1 March 2021 | Updated: 21:00 GMT, 1 March 2021 For months now, The Kyle and Jackie O Show has aired regular segments involving … Read more
Africa’s fairy circles in grasslands are formed by a plant that releases a toxic sap into the soil when it dies, a new study reveals. Between southern Angola and northern South Africa, there are hundreds of thousands of these circles, ranging in diameter from seven to 50 feet (2-15 metres). Researchers are convinced they have … Read more
Two nights after Christmas, 1980, and the American servicemen of Combat Support Group were letting off steam in the early hours at Woody’s Bar. An awards dinner was still in full swing and beer was flowing in the hut at RAF Woodbridge in Suffolk. No one paid much attention to the white-faced young airman who … Read more
Solved, the riddle of the Rorke’s Drift medal: Researchers confirm Victoria Cross bought by Sir Stanley Baker after he played its recipient in film Zulu IS genuine – after it was dismissed as fake Sir Stanley Baker wore Lieutenant Chard’s medals while filming the movie Zulu He bought the medals at auction for £2,700 only … Read more
One of the longest-running mysteries in the ‘Zodiac Killer’ saga has finally been solved after an international code-breaking team cracked the notorious ‘340 Cipher’ sent to the San Francisco Chronicle 51 years ago. The letter has been puzzling authorities and amateur sleuths since it arrived at the newspaper’s officer in November 1969, four years after … Read more
Walter Tull’s father, Daniel, was from Barbados but emigrated to Britain as a 20-year-old in 1876. He found work as a carpenter and married a local girl, Alice Palmer, four years later, before having Walter and his brother Edward. His mother tragically died of cancer when Walter was just seven years old and his father … Read more
Keeley Hawes has discussed her experience of playing the real-life police officer who solved Britain’s most notorious honour killing in a new ITV drama. Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode led an inquiry into the murder of Banaz Mahmod, 20, at the hands of her family after she was found in a Birmingham garden in 2006. The … Read more
How the Mail solved mystery of Sir Richard Branson’s stolen family photo: Memento taken in raid at tycoon’s children’s 200-acre estate are found in a house in Romania The Virgin tycoon thanked the Mail for tracking down the family’s mementos Detectives hope to reunite the family with the valuables stolen from their estate Detectives are … Read more