January 30, 2004

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Cool

  • A "witch bottle" was discovered buried in old foundations in Lincolnshire. Containing bent pins, human hair and perhaps urine and dated to about 1830, the bottle was supposed to protect a household against evil spells.

  • A French-Egyptian archaeology team has retrieved more than 1000 artifacts, including statues and busts of gods and goddesses, from the Mediterranean Sea floor off Egypt's northern coast of Alexandria.

  • A boy’s angel sighting leads to rescue of injured snowmobiler half-buried in the snow.

  • The extended version of the final Lord of the Rings film will be released on DVD in November. Director Peter Jackson confirmed that the final cut of Return of the King had been completed, with a total running time of four hours and ten minutes.


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