Construction Worker Digs Up Mind-Blowing Key to the Prehistoric Era

No Glacier

First of all, it negated the theory that the entire continent was once covered by a glacier. The 14,000-year-old carbon charcoal noted that the earliest Heiltsuk at Triquet Island was over 2,000 years before the end of the supposedly influential Ice Age. If they survived that, then it didn't cover as much land as the scientists once believed...

The More You Know

The stars and flashes of light you see when you rub your eyes are called "phosphenes."
Surfaces near the equator move much faster than those in other locations on Earth.
In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
The world's oldest operating library is in Morocco.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.