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Thessaloniki: Man sleeps in trash bin, saved seconds before being crushed by trash comapctor

"I saw his hand coming out of the garbage," said one of the two employees who pulled the man from the compactor.

 Thessaloniki, Greece
Pacific giant octopus.

Colossal octopus may have dominated Cretaceous oceans, researchers say

 An illustrative image of an asteroid near the Earth.

NASA tracks colossal asteroid on a close approach to Earth

German Helgoland in the North Sea.

Secrets of a drowned realm: DNA traces show the North Sea once held sprawling woodlands


Vast desert complex reveals how early Christians lived together

Researchers described the settlement as aligned with the early traditions of Saint Anthony the Great and Saint Pachomius the Great.

The second-largest monastic cluster in Christian monastic history.

Buffet crashers boast online about free breakfasts

Opportunists can blend in with morning crowds, especially where breakfast rooms sit off a main corridor or near elevators and do not require a key card scan.

The extensive salad bar at the breakfast buffet.

At the top of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg is experimenting with a CEO bot

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testing a personal artificial intelligence agent meant to act as a co-pilot for leadership.

Mark Zuckerberg

British Airways flight staff store dead passenger in galley for 13 hours

By the end of the flight, passengers and crew described a foul smell spreading through the cabin.

 British Airways aircraft parked at Gatwick Airport's South Terminal; Illustrative.

60,000-year-old ostrich eggshells reveal humanity’s first brush with geometry

Archaeologist Silvia Ferrara described the organization of lines by recurring principles—parallelisms, grids, rotations, and systematic repetitions—as an embryonic visual grammar.

60,000-year-old ostrich eggshells.

Employee cigarette breaks in France equal three weeks of lost work a year

Employees who smoke describe these pauses as a coping tool that can help them return to tasks more effectively.

 An illustrative image of smoking a cigarette

"My phone exploded": Florida frenzy over Epstein lookalike

Some online commenters suggested Epstein had undergone plastic surgery and a rebrand.

Epstein lookalike.

‘Astonishingly fun’: UK’s No.1 attraction isn’t what you think

The shake-up at the top followed two years in which the British Museum had led the rankings.

A woman walks with shopping bags on Oxford Street during Boxing Day sales, in London, Britain, December 28, 2025.

Minecraft World to open at UK theme park

The project represents a meaningful milestone in expanding the Minecraft universe into real-world experiences.

Minecraft.

Researchers rethink how humans populated the Americas after new find

Archaeologists say the new finding at Monte Verde points to an earlier human presence than prevailing models allow.

Migration to South America.