Mysterious News Briefly May 10, 2021
Romania’s Bran Castle, widely believed to be the inspiration for the home of Dracula, held a vaccination drive and gave anyone showing up for a jab a free tour of the torture chamber. A request for two jabs to the neck got you an invite to come back after dark.
In its latest flight, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flew one-way to its new location 423 feet (129 meters) south of the Perseverance rover, reaching a record altitude of 33 feet (10 meters) and taking high-resolution color images of Mars along the way. Somewhere in the afterlife, Orville Wright rooted for Ingenuity while Wilbur thought more credit should go to Perseverance who had to stay behind and watch.
Melting Glaciers Have Exposed Frozen Relics of World War I
Artifacts from the White War a battle between Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops that took place in the forbidding heights of the Alps are on their way to a museum.
Researchers in Italy were finally able to explore World War I barracks that had been sealed in ice for decades.Credit.Stelvio National Park
May 8, 2021, 8:00 a.m. ET
As glaciers melt and shrink in the Alps of Northern Italy, long-frozen relics of World War I have been emerging from the ice.
They include cups, cans, letters, weapons and bones with the marrow sucked dry. They were found in cave barracks not far from the frigid summit of Mount Scorluzzo, which reaches more than 10,000 feet over sea level in Northern Italy, near Switzerland.
May 06, 2021 11:28 AM EDT
Global warming has been a cause for a concern, especially with the impact it has had on melting glaciers and the harmful effects on many ecosystems worldwide. However, there are rare instances when melting ice uncover things long thought lost.
Mount Scorluzzo and the White War
(Photo : Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
CORTINA D AMPEZZO, ITALY - FEBRUARY 21: A general view of the City of Cortina d Ampezzo with the mountain Monte Faloria in the background on February 21, 2021 in Cortina d Ampezzo, Italy.
At the start of WW1, Italy formally declared neutrality. However, tensions with Austria-Hungary over adjacent territories (such as Dalmatia and Trentino-Alto Adige), made it easier for the Allies to win it over to their side.
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