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Jack Pearadin had spent more than a decade searching for diamonds at Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park, finding more than 300 gems along the way. But earlier this year, his long-running hobby produced his most remarkable discovery yet. While livestreaming his search on TikTok, Pearadin uncovered a 6.03-carat yellow diamond, roughly the size of…

Image: Programa Alta Floresta Não Atropela In Alta Floresta, a small Amazon town in northern Mato Grosso, eight rope bridges installed in 2024 now span the road leading into town, and the results after 15 months are striking. Camera traps recorded about 15,000 safe crossings by tree-dwelling animals, including several monkey species, and not a…

Tim PeakePhoto credit: Esa.int ESA astronaut Tim Peake took 2kg of rocket seeds to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015 as part of his six-month Principia mission. The seeds endured intense vibrations from launch and spaceflight and received up to 100 times more radiation than they would have experienced on Earth. After returning in…

Representative Image (AI-generated) A long-running search for lost and unmarked graves at two remote Australian cemeteries has identified 658 previously unmarked burials. According to Central Darling Shire Council, which funded and commissioned the project, specialist investigators located 338 unmarked graves at White Cliffs Cemetery and another 320 at Menindee Cemetery. The work was carried out…

An Italian Jesuit priest once turned one of the Amazon’s most feared fish into an unlikely source of income for an isolated community. Giovanni Gallo organised the preservation and export of about 12,000 piranhas from Brazil’s Marajó Island, with the proceeds helping fund bridges, a community dock, a cemetery and an airstrip, according to Brazilian…

During the first nine months of 2026, Pakistan recorded 1,232 rebel group attacks, according to a report by Islamabad-based think tank Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies, indicating that a major security crisis is brewing. The number of attacks in Sept reached a 12-year high, with 225 attacks resulting in 545 deaths. Police and…

Over a lifetime of careful acquisitions, Philip Rietveld built a portfolio of nearly 1,500 acres of productive farmland across Illinois and Indiana. After his death in 2026, his family moved to sell the holdings through a two-day, two-state auction that drew bidders from seven states. The 23 tracts changed hands for a combined $22.46 million,…

Representative Image (AI-generated) A 625-acre cattle ranch in Collier County, Florida, is set to take a different path after county officials agreed to move forward with its acquisition rather than see the property move towards a large-lot residential development. According to Gulfshore Business, the county agreed to pursue the property for about $7.8 million following…

In February 1945, the British submarine HMS Venturer sank the German U-boat U-864 off Norway’s Fedje island, killing all 73 people aboard. More than eight decades later, the wreck has become the centre of a very different problem: a potentially massive mercury cargo that remains on the seabed. In June 2026, Norwegian authorities recovered 22…

Judy Garland’s former Bel-Air home has changed hands for $11.1 million, more than a decade after it sold for $5.2 million. The 1938 estate at 1231 Stone Canyon Road was listed for $11.495 million in March 2024 before selling in July, according to property records and reports from The Real Deal, Realtor.com and Architectural Digest….