It's really interesting that so many people are upset that the concept of the interior is being updated from its Communist origin -- and not for architectural reasons. There really seems to be sentimentality for the Soviet ...

Quoted: The same year that Sputnik soared into space saw the launch of another Soviet-era icon that may have loomed larger for generations of Russians: a huge toy store in central Moscow called Detsky Mir, or Children's World.

Nothing is quite as cool as a super-secret submarine hunt ...

Quoted: The man who located the wreck of the Titanic has revealed that the discovery was a cover story to camouflage the real mission of inspecting the wrecks of two Cold War nuclear submarines.

It's kind of sad to have this historical mystery solved once and for all. It was more fun to imagine a secret royal blood line out there. I guess I'll just have to stick to reading historical fiction.

Quoted: DNA tests carried out by a U.S. laboratory prove that remains exhumed last year belong to two children of Czar Nicholas II, putting to rest questions about what happened to Russia's last royal family, a regional governor said Wednesday.

... and speaking of nazis ...

Quoted: Digging has resumed at a site in the southeastern German town of Deutschneudorf, where treasure hunters believe there are almost 2 tons of Nazi gold and possibly clues to the whereabouts of the legendary Amber Room, a prize taken from a Russian castle during World War II.

How terrible. Luckily they can just track his ebay seller's history and find all of the transactions.

Quoted: A New York state employee who had access to government-owned archives has been arrested on suspicion of stealing hundreds of historic documents, many of which he sold on eBay, authorities said on Monday.

This is really interesting, especially the part about trying to get crabs to lead the team to human bones by providing them with pig bones. I wonder how you come up with that idea.

Quoted: The conditions during the search will be punishing, with the explorers forced to contend with dense jungle vegetation, 100-degree heat, sharks that reside in a lagoon in the middle of the island and voracious crabs that make it necessary to wear shoes at all times.

How cool! I love Salman Rushdie.

Quoted: Author Salman Rushdie, who was forced into hiding for a decade after Iran's spiritual leader ordered his assassination, is to receive a knighthood in the latest honors list, Buckingham Palace has announced.

Half an inch long but still plenty creepy ...

Quoted: A spectacularly quirky creature with long, curved spines protruding from its armored body prowled the ocean floor half a billion years ago near the dawn of complex life forms on Earth, scientists said.