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Shipwrecks make for exciting news items, and while a recent discovery in Norway is not a shipwreck in the traditional sense, it’s still one hell of a find. Ground-penetrating radar has revealed that a Norwegian farm is sitting on topsoil that’s covering up the remains of a Viking ship—and pretty darn intact remains at that. The ship hadn’t sunk at sea but was most likely part of a Viking death ritual in which a deceased Norse leader was placed beneath a burial mound within his own ship, along with his weapons and valuables. As Ars Technica explains, this grave has been regularly plowed over with topsoil by farmers over several hundred years, which is why its discovery comes as such a surprise to the farmer who currently owns the land. Not only is the soil obscuring this well-preserved ship, it’s also hiding what appear to be two longhouses nearby, which could shed further light on ancient Norse life. Advertisement Until additional research is conducted … [Read more...] about Viking ship discovered buried under a Norwegian farm

Oscar-nominated Ray of Pure Joy and Light Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is one of the best superhero movies of all time. It’s a movie so visually stunning, that we just couldn’t wait to get our hands on its accompanying art book to learn just how one of the most inventive animated features of recent memory came to be—and it’s packed with cool little details about the making of the film. Advertisement 1) The production team had a very cute (but grim) name for Earth-1610's Peter Parker. The practically perfect Spider-Man we and Miles meet early on in Spider-Verse—voiced by Chris Pine, in a major boost to his rankings among the Hollywood Chrises—exists in the movie to...well, die. Given that his limited role is defined by the fact he needs to fall in battle in front of a young, recently powered-up Miles led to the team behind the film giving this version of Spidey a rather grim nickname: RIPeter. Get it? Advertisement 2) Mahershala … [Read more...] about 8 of the Coolest Details We Learned From

Federal judge David Doty has ruled in favor of the NFLPA's motion to end Vikings running back Adrian Peterson's indefinite suspension. The ruling vacates a previous ruling by arbitrator Harold Henderson, who upheld Peterson's suspension back in December. Advertisement Functionally, this doesn't do a whole lot to help Adrian Peterson. He was likely going to be officially back in the NFL shortly after April 15, the first day he would have been allowed to apply for reinstatement, but this does give him a little more time to work on finding a way out of Minnesota, something he seems set on accomplishing. Advertisement This is a meaningful victory for the NFLPA, though, which has now successfully appealed two big suspensions on the grounds that Roger Goodell is making shit up as he goes along. Ray Rice had his indefinite suspension overturned in November when a judge ruled that Goodell essentially punished Rice twice for the same crime, and Peterson's suspension has been vacated … [Read more...] about Adrian Peterson Wins Suspension Appeal

It’s the beginning of another episode of the Rajj Show, a livestreamed reality show with what may euphemistically be described as 13 of Twitch’s strongest personalities, and already, it’s on a waterslide straight to hell’s navel. A new guest is immediately cut off after introducing himself as a lawyer who streams at night. “Can you shut the fuck up?” said a guest named WesBTW. “You’re already trying to leech? Fuck off.” Advertisement Another guest refers to herself as a “discount Amouranth,” a famous so-called “titty streamer,” while a third, a blonde co-ed wearing a Trump shirt, says, “If you guys don’t like what I’m saying, maybe my thighs can eventually win you over.” Speaking from inside adjacent squares, a la “The Brady Bunch,” Rajj Patel’s guests appear from across the world, together and live on camera to an average audience of 20,000, who prolifically … [Read more...] about Inside Twitch’s Wildest Talk Show

Way back in “Deep Breath,” Doctor Who made us a promise about this new incarnation: This was the Doctor with the veil lifted, with the disguises removed. Last season went to some lengths to sketch out just what that might mean, kicking around ideas of whether the Doctor was really a good man and presenting a more remote version of the Time Lord. Some of it worked, some of it didn’t, but the whole thing had a slightly didactic quality, as though the show were straining to construct an argument about the nature of the Doctor it never quite managed to work out. “Death In Heaven” largely resolved this as the Doctor proudly asserted his identity, and the episodes since have hit upon a much simpler, more pleasing way of presenting a Doctor without artifice. With the Doctor of “The Girl Who Died,” there’s almost nothing beneath the surface, and what you see is pretty much what you get. The Doctor isn’t playing the happy wanderer or the … [Read more...] about Go watch tonight’s

Throughout the course of its history, the NFL has gone to great lengths to curtail touchdown celebrations. It’s handed out fines, dished out 15-yard penalties and pissed off millions of fans in the process. But now that the league has come to its senses and embraced the beauty of a well-orchestrated touchdown celebration, we’ve entered an era unlike any other. On Monday night, Seattle Seahawks wide receiver David Moore snatched the soul out of the Minnesota Vikings’ chest with a 60-yard touchdown at the end of the third quarter. And instead of merely spiking the ball or hitting the Dougie, he dug deep into his melanin and blessed us all with this blackstravaganza: Advertisement Yes, that’s the iconic routine from New Edition’s “If It Isn’t Love” music video. We are all witnesses. Black history has been made. Unfortunately, there are those of us who didn’t quite grasp the magnitude of what exactly transpired. Black Twitter told … [Read more...] about Yes, the Seattle Seahawks Busting Out the ‘If It Isn’t Love’ Dance Routine Was the Blackest Moment in NFL History