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Archaeologists have linked rising and lowering sea levels in the Atlantic Ocean to the ebbs and flows of ancient civilizations in southern Brazil.The findings incorporated several lines of past archaeological evidence, and suggest even large, resilient, and cooperative coastal communities can easily go out with the tide.When analyzing and dating a series of prehistoric shell 'mountains', known as sambaquis in the local language, researchers noticed some significant changes in southwestern Brazil about 2,500 years ago.At…

Oh, that satisfying feeling of teaching a person a lesson by doing the same thing that they did to you. While revenge is almost never a good solution, we are still human, and it feels good to feel a small sense of victory over someone who did you wrong.Some folks tend to create different kinds of revenge plans, but sometimes the best one is simply doing the same thing that person did to you. For example, one Reddit user returned his neighbor’s new laptop to the shipping office after it was misdelivered, as the neighbor…

Many of us at least partially let go of our initial plans of leading unblemished lives by adopting a somewhat more realistic and adventurous learning-by-doing approach. On the other hand, by sharing the experience with others, we may save one another a great deal of time and effort, especially when it comes to some tricky things to look out for, and these people are sharing exactly this kind of wisdom, answering one Redditor’s question: “People who are 25 Y.O. and above, what’s the harshest life lesson you’ve…

December is a wonderful time of year for many reasons, not least because it brings an influx of movie-related press releases that seem determined to crush the joy out of everyone’s favourite Christmas films with the sheer brute force of unchecked capitalism.There’s one doing the rounds now, about the film Elf. Elf is, of course, a touching and heartfelt comedy about family and belonging and the magic of belief. But not according to Skills Trading Group, which just sent out a mailer that boils the plot of the film down to…

Whenever you think of revenge, it always entails some sort of plan, right? Even if you don’t formalize it on paper, there is always an idea that you follow to execute it.And while some revenge plans take some time to realize, you wouldn’t expect it to take years. Or five. If it does end up taking five years, it shows a new level of dedication.Well, that happened. Ish. A woman is 3 years in on her petty revenge plan, with another 2 left to go, but anticipation of the payback is killing her.While it doesn’t apply to all…

Not all days are beautiful in the neighborhood. An unpleasant person next door can become a headache for most people around them. The jerk neighbor from this Redditor’s story could surely run for the “worst neighbor” title. And all for a parking spot on the street.The user named postcardscience had had enough of his entitled, grumpy neighbor who was acting like he owned the street. So he decided to teach the man a lesson. Check out the story, pandas, and let us know what you think about this act of petty revenge in the…

As the Fast & Furious franchise speeds ahead, gearing up for an upcoming Fast 11 movie, the absence of Paul Walker, the beloved original lead, still tugs at the hearts of countless fans. Walker's untimely passing in a 2013 car crash not only left a lasting mark on the action movie franchise but also carved a void in the hearts of those who held him dear. In the aftermath of this tragedy, grief reverberated through both his family and fans. As we cross the ten-year mark since his passing, Vin Diesel has taken to…

The worst kind of people use the early parts of dating to create a false sense of connection and chemistry, sometimes referred to as love bombing. But underneath the kind words and attention, there is often nothing but selfishness and deceitA woman discovered that her date had a bad habit of lying, cheating, and love bombing at the same time, so she decided to get revenge. She got in contact with his ex and quickly learned that he had a very bad habit of being dishonest. We got in contact with CarnivorousEcho who posted…

HIALEAH, Fla. —  Alejandro Rodriguez, a Nicaraguan supporter of former President Trump, wanted to make clear that he opposes open borders.“The way I see it, if I have my door open, anybody can come in and out. Same thing with the borders,” Rodriguez said as he sold hats reading “Latina for Trump” outside a Trump rally in this 96% Latino south Florida city last week.Rodriguez, who is not a U.S. citizen, cannot vote for Trump in next year’s election. As a Nicaraguan, Alejandro Rodriguez can’t vote in the…

In This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage, an essay from 2011 in which she considers the vicissitudes of contentment, Ann Patchett writes that children have “a real failure of imagination when it comes to thinking of the adults in their lives as having done anything of interest, anything at all, in the time known as before”. Such a state, she suggests, leaves us ill-prepared for the realisation, sharp but inevitable, that our parents, too, may have their secrets. At best, we’re unnerved, something solid now made to seem…