NUMBER_TOKEN but there's something odd about it it was found by construction workers who somewhat ironically were digging up an existing road to lay a new one when they found an even older one underneath it what's puzzled archaeologists about this old road is that it doesn't seem to have been used very often if at all horses laden down with goods often left hoof prints on wooden roads as they traveled along them and the wheels of carriages left grooves and scuffs neither are apparent on this polish road it's possible that the wood was replaced shortly before the road was declared obsolete but the city's authorities can't even find any record of its existence perhaps it's more likely it was abandoned in a state of semi-completion we're all familiar with the concept of a message in a bottle perhaps you've even made one in your youth and thrown it out to sea most bottled messages are never found but here's one that was it wasn't discovered out at sea but within the walls of michigan central station usa in june NUMBER_TOKEN the station is currently doing restoration work with the replacement of many old walls when an old piece of crown molding was removed workers spotted an old beer bottle behind it on its surface was stamped the date NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN the bottle was far too old-fashioned to be from NUMBER_TOKEN so the workers knew it must be from NUMBER_TOKEN instead they were unable to open the bottle and retrieve the message inside it but scientists at a nearby laboratory were the message is a little enigmatic it says dan hogan and smith stuck this in the ceiling of chicago july NUMBER_TOKEN. what did they mean by the ceiling of chicago in fact why did they even mention chicago michigan central station is in detroit we can only speculate that dan and geo got so drunk that day that they didn't know which state they were in let alone which city maybe they left messages like this wherever they went the glaciers of norway are melting whether or not you believe that humans have anything to do with that it's probably not a great thing for the environment however it can be a great thing for archaeologists the melting ice inside brahiman national park is giving up its frozen secrets one at a time as it recedes in may NUMBER_TOKEN a wooden box full of ancient candles was found inside the park at len breen pass the ice has done such a good job of preserving the box that the lid was still closed the box was still sealed and the candles inside it were still intact it even still has its original leather handles for carrying scientists have been able to carbon date the pinewood box reaching the conclusion that it was built somewhere around NUMBER_TOKEN. the candles inside it are made of beeswax and so would have been very expensive they were often used in norway's seasonal farms these were places where livestock would be taken to graze in the summer but facilities were often basic even by NUMBER_TOKENth century standards candles would have been the only source of light this one was probably dropped from a horse as it navigated the pass which would have been annoying for its owner when they eventually realized they'd lost it why did the vikings seem to make such an easy task of conquering other european countries and races were they really that good on the battlefield or did they just have the best swords it might have been a bit of both but their swords definitely helped they were of such outstanding quality that they effectively became the world's
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