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☆ Evidence of the first recorded romantic kiss dating back 4,500 years has been discovered
  + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
New research into Ancient Mesopotamia suggests people kissed romantically 4,500 years ago. Ancient Mesopotamia is considered to be roughly the land that is now modern-day Iraq and Syria. It was previously believed the earliest evidence of romantic-sexual lip kissing in humans originated in South Asia 3,500 years ago. The new research challenges these theories and suggests kissing was common across many different regions and cultures, starting much earlier. While the exact origins of romantic kissing remain uncertain, the study said, there is some possible evidence that it may have occurred even before the advent of writing.
☆ Wagner Group fighters implicated in the killing of hundreds of unarmed civilians in West African village: UN report
  + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The Wagner Group is linked to a massacre of 500 people in a village in Mali, a UN report found. Outside the war in Ukraine, the event is the worst atrocity associated with the Wagner Group, The Guardian reported. But the military group also has various ties to African countries, according to the Associated Press, and has been accused of supporting other violent military operations in the region, per The Guardian. In the past few years, Russia has had a commanding presence in multiple African countries, with the assistance of the Wagner Group, to advance its global power. More than a year ago, the Kremlin-linked military contractor group began working with Malian armed forces to quell Islamic extremism in the country, per the AP.
☆ Russia's position has 'never looked weaker' after Ukraine said it downed Putin's 'unstoppable' missiles, defense expert says
  + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Russia has 'never looked weaker,' a researcher at the Oslo Nuclear Project told Sky News. This comes after Ukraine said it repelled multiple of Russia's 'undefeatable' Kinzhal missiles. Furthermore, Hoffmann believes Russia's military position will only get worse because it has used all of the equipment in its arsenal, he told Sky. Russian missiles are intercepted en masse, while Ukraine has finally started to receive its own long-range strike capabilities with the British Storm Shadow." After writing, "If I was a Russian nuclear strategist today, I would be very worried," on Twitter on Tuesday, Hoffman later addressed and outlined some of the contentions surrounding the Russian missiles and Ukraine's defense systems.
☆ A female orca traumatized by a previous encounter with humans may be behind mounting killer whale attacks on boats, scientists say
  + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A traumatized female orca could be behind the increased killer whale attacks on boats. A traumatic event may have triggered a change in White Gladis' behavior, experts told LiveScience. While most orca interactions with boats are harmless, there has been a spike in aggressive behavior towards boats since 2020, biologist Alfredo López Fernandez told LiveScience. Janet Morris and Stephen Bidwell were on an already-bumpy ride when the crew spotted the killer whales on May 2 in the Strait of Gibraltar. as a pod of killer whales began banging into their 46-foot boat, per The Times.
☆ Graphic helmet-cam footage shows an intense battle to capture Russian-occupied territory by a Ukrainian unit
  + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Videos show 3rd Separate Assault Brigade soldiers throwing grenades and firing their weapons. 3rd Separate Assault Brigade soldiers throwing grenades and firing their weapons. A screenshot from aerial footage posted by Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade on May 9, 2023. 3rd Separate Assault Brigade/TelegramAfter a long stalemated period in the nearly 15-month-long war, the Ukrainian troops made some small gains in the highly contested area, Ukrainian military commanders said. Ukrainian military officials said their recent advances were only a "positional struggle" — and not part of a broader offensive — while Russia denied the reports of Ukrainian success.
☆ Spirit Airlines 'sincerely apologizes' after refusing to let a Puerto Rican family on a domestic US flight without a passport
  + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Spirit Airlines apologized to a Puerto Rican family after refusing to let them fly, CBS News reported. A Puerto Rican family traveling from Los Angeles to Puerto Rico was stopped from boarding a Spirit Airlines flight because the parents' child did not have a US passport. You learn that Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the U.S.A. in the 3rd Grade," one Twitter user wrote. Those born in Puerto Rico are US citizens, although Puerto Ricans cannot vote in US presidential elections. Rights groups have urged for more equal protections for residents of Puerto Rico under the US Constitution.
☆ Fox News calls on Dominion Voting to investigate the 'inexcusable' Tucker Carlson message leaks
  + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Fox News sent letters to Dominion Voting Systems asking they probe Tucker Carlson message leaks. Fox News' legal team sent letters to Dominion Voting Systems calling on the company to probe whether they leaked internal messages from Tucker Carlson. The letters to the electronic voting company came after multiple news outlets published controversial messages made by Carlson in private. "Leaked material is a cornerstone of journalism"A screenshot from the video of Tucker Carlson asking his makeup artist what women do in the bathroom. "Reporting on newsworthy leaked material is a cornerstone of journalism," Media Matters President Angelo Carusone said in a statement.
☆ A majestic Scottish castle steeped in royal history is on the market for $3.8 million – take a look.
  + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Brechin Castle in Angus, Scotland, is on the market for offers over $3.8 million. The castle was originally built in the 13th century and was later reconstructed in the 18th century. Even though Buckingham Palace is taken, the enchanting Brechin Castle in Angus, Scotland, is up for sale. One of Scotland's "most significant and historic castles," the estate has been available for offers of over £3 million (about $3.8 million). The castle standing today was reconstructed in the early 18th century.
☆ Roman Emperor Caligula's massive party ships were not burned by the Nazis during World War II, researchers say. A US artillery unit was to blame.
  + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
For decades, many believed the Nazis were responsible for the destruction of Caligula's Nemi ships. While many believed the Nazis burned them during World War II, a new book finds that a US artillery unit was responsible for their destruction. At the time, it was widely believed that Hitler's Nazis were responsible for the burned ships. But a new book shines a light on their history — claiming it was a US artillery unit that burned the vessels. "Whoever is doing the fighting, war is always destructive"US soldiers with mortar shells scrawled with anti-Hitler chalk messages, 1943.
☆ Kim Jong Un's powerful sister calls Biden as 'old man with no future' and attacks US nuclear defense pact with Seoul
  + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Kim Jong Un's sister attacked a defense agreement between South Korea and the US. Kim Yo Jong criticized the Biden administration, calling the president an "old man with no future." Kim is a powerful figure in North Korea and plays a key role in her brother's regime. A tv screen shows a file image of Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul. Kim Jong Un's sister is considered his right-hand woman and crucial to his administration.
☆ US should supply F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine now to end the stalemate with Russia and win the war, former US Air Force colonel says
  + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
F-16s are "critical" to rapidly defeat Russia, retired Air Force Col. Jeff Fischer told the Kviv Post. It would only take two to six months to train Ukrainian pilots to use the jets, Fischer argued. The Biden administration previously said it would not send the US-made fighter jets to Ukraine. There are 4,500 fighter jets already manufactured, he said, and the US is still producing them. While some have argued the single-seat fighter jets would be a "game changer" for the country, other experts believe it might prove more complicated.
☆ Oral sex is the leading 'risk factor' for a throat cancer, expert says
  + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Oral sex is now the leading "risk factor" for a throat cancer, an expert said. He said there has been a rapid increase in throat cancer cases in the West in recent decades. In both the US and the UK, oropharyngeal cancer is now more common than cancer of the cervix, he wrote. Because HPV is sexually transmitted, "for oropharyngeal cancer, the main risk factor is the number of lifetime sexual partners, especially oral sex," Mehanna said. Michael Douglas partly atributed his throat cancer diagnosis on oral sex.
☆ Russia is using a new delivery of Iran's Shahed drones to strike Ukraine to make up for a lack of precision munitions, reports say
  + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Russia used Iranian Shahed exploding drones to strike Ukraine, an ISW report said. It is aiming to "offset the degradation" of its precision munition supply, the think tank said. The Russian military used drones to target Kyiv for the first time in 25 days. Iran is becoming a global leader in the production of deadly and effective drones, the Guardian reported in February, despite the country previously denying involvement in Ukraine. Iran's Shahed-136, and its smaller cousin, the Shahed-131, which Russia is also using, are loitering munitions that are a cross between a drone and a missile.
☆ A 2000-year-old Roman bust that was sold for $35 at a Goodwill in Texas is heading back to its 'rightful' home in Germany
  + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
An ancient Roman marble bust found in Texas will soon return to its "rightful" home in Germany. Laura Young bought the bust in 2018 for just $35 at a Goodwill in Austin, Texas. Laura Young found the bust at a Goodwill in Austin, Texas, in 2018. While the sculpture is currently on display at the San Antonio museum, it will soon return to its "rightful home" when repatriated to Germany next month. Stephennie Mulder (@stephenniem) May 21, 2022"It's been really bittersweet," Young told CNN on Thursday.
☆ Ukraine is aiming to launch a 'big bang' style counter-offensive in order to break stalemated war, says military expert
  + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Ukraine's anticipated counter-offensive will be like a "big bang," a military expert told The Sun. A 'concentrated' attack is needed to disrupt the stalemated war, Ben Barry said. "We're looking at a 'big bang' concentrated attack, rather than dribbling it away in penny packets," he said of Ukraine's planned counter-offensive. "Ukraine could kill every Russian soldier within 200 miles of Bakhmut, and it wouldn't change the strategic situation," Hodges told The Sun. "Ukraine knows that it will never be safe without taking back Crimea," Hodges told the news outlet.
☆ 70-year-old Russian woman who called President Zelenskyy a 'handsome young man' fined for 'discrediting' Russian military, says human rights group
  + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A 70-year-old Russian woman was detained after she called Zelenskyy "a handsome young man." Olga Slegina was fined 40,000 rubles ($491) in a Russian court on Tuesday, Memorial reported. Slegina also said of Zelenskyy: "Everyone used to laugh at his jokes," according to reporting by Memorial, a Russian human rights organization. The police officer who detained Slegina told her, "You have no right to praise him because he is our enemy," according to Memorial, which has been outlawed in Russia. A Russian court on Tuesday fined the elderly woman 40,000 rubles (about $490), in a session that lasted no longer than five minutes, Memorial said.
☆ Elephant seals amaze scientists with their ability to sleep 1,200 feet deep under the ocean to avoid predators
  + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Elephant seals drift downwards in a "sleep spiral" when deep diving in the ocean, a new study found. Sleeping while deep diving allows the seals to avoid predators, scientists believe. The seals fall into sleep during deep dives of up to 377 meters, which is around 1,235 feet, to avoid predators. "This is not light sleep but real paralytic, deep sleep that would have humans snoring. The recordings showed the diving seals going into a sleep stage known as "slow-wave sleep" before transitioning into REM sleep, which leads to a kind of "sleep spiral" or sleep paralysis, experts found.
☆ Parrots who video call their 'friends' become less lonely, study finds
  + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Domesticated parrots who video call each other are less likely to be lonely, a new study found. When contacting other birds, the parrots exhibited increasingly social behavior, scientists said. In a new study published in Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing System, domesticated parrots were trained to signal to make video calls to other birds. The parrots who made the most calls also received the most calls from other parrots, which suggests the experiment helped the birds be more social. In the study, caretakers of the parrots, who were volunteers from the US, also bonded more closely with their pets during the study, scientists said.
☆ Imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter pokes fun at mom's cooking, saying it 'prepared' him for Russian prison food
  + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
An imprisoned WSJ reporter joked that his mom's cooking "prepared" him for "jail food" in Russia. Evan Gershkovich sent a letter to his family in his first communication with them since his arrest. Gershkovich wrote that he was "not losing hope" during his detention at Lefortovo Prison in Moscow. Gershkovich wrote in a letter to his family: "Mom, you unfortunately, for better or worse, prepared me well for jail food," he wrote in a letter, per the Wall Street Journal. A picture taken on July 24, 2021 shows journalist Evan Gershkovich, a US reporter for The Wall Street Journal newspaper who has been detained in Russia for espionage.
☆ Wagner Group leader says a Ukrainian counter-offensive would likely succeed as Russia is in 'crisis,' report says
  + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The Wagner Group leader criticized Russia's "deep state" in an essay published Friday. Yevgeny Prigozhin said a Ukraine counter-offensive is likely to succeed as Russia is in "crisis." Prigozhin also criticized Russian state elites, who, he said, "operate independently of the political leadership of the state and have close ties and their own agenda." A mural depicting mercenaries of Russia's Wagner Group. The Wagner Group, which has lost more than 30,000 soldiers in Ukraine, works more closely with the Russian military than Prigozhin portrays, Insider previously reported.
☆ From one of Britain's most popular toys to the target of police raids: how a children's doll became a symbol of racism
  + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
A police raid on a bar just outside of London renewed a debate over racist dolls. But despite the long history of the racist trope, the debate over the doll's place in British culture continues. Revellers take part in the Children's Parade at Notting Hill Carnival in London, Britain, August 28, 2022. But it does appear that there is some gradual shift in public opinion happening with the dolls. Nevertheless, the enduring popularity of the blackface doll creates the impression "that we live in a post-racial society," Scott said.
☆ South Dakota's governor says her 2-year-old granddaughter 'already' has several guns
  + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
South Dakota's governor said her nearly 2-year-old granddaughter has several guns. Noem signed an executive order to "protect the God-given right to keep and bear arms," she said. She said that the nearly 2-year-old Addie had a shotgun and a rifle. Some firearms are marketed toward children despite repeated gun violence and mass shootings across the country. In the US, there have been over 160 mass shootings in 2023 so far, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
☆ An emotional Joe Biden was moved to tears after meeting a priest in Ireland who gave his son Beau the last rites
  + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
President Biden was moved to tears after meeting the priest who gave his late son the last rites. The president was touring Knock Shrine, a Catholic pilgrimage site. The priest who accompanied Biden on a tour of the Knock Shrine pilgrimage site said the reunion brought the president to tears. President Joe Biden touches part of the original stonework from the apparition gable at the Knock Shrine as Father Richard Gibbons, parish priest of Knock Shrine, holds an umbrella in Knock, Ireland, Friday, April 14, 2023. During the trip with his son Hunter and sister Valerie, Biden touched the remaining part of the stone wall of Knock Shrine.
☆ 1,000-year-old Mayan 'scoreboard' for ancient soccer-like game discovered in Mexico
  + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
An ancient stone "scoreboard" was discovered at an archeological site in Mexico earlier this week. The stone depicts two figures playing an ancient soccer-like ball game, experts said. The circular relic was discovered at the Mayan Chichen Itza site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. A worker shows a circular-shaped Mayan scoreboard used for a ball game found at Chichen Itza's archaeological site during a news conference, in Merida, Mexico April 11, 2023. Mesoamerican people played the ball game as a form of traditional practice, and it is thought to have had ritual connotations, per Reuters.
☆ Elite athlete emerges from a 230-feet deep cave after 500 days of solitude, calling the experience 'unbeatable'
  + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
An experienced mountaineer spent 500 days in a cave alone as part of a study in Spain. In a social media post just days before entering the cave, Flamini wrote to followers they would see each other again in April or May of 2023. The elite mountaineer spent eight days alone in a tent while the problem was resolved, before returning back underground, per the Associated Press. Despite calling the experience "unbeatable" and "excellent," the experienced athlete did have one complaint: a one-time fly invasion. When the experience had finished, Flamini didn't even realize what was happening when her teammates came to retrieve her.
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