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A message in a bottle sent by staff or students from a school that no longer exists has washed up on a beach, news agency SWNS reported — and was promptly found by a group of young people.
Hedda Traa Haukom was on the beach in Ny-Hellesund in the south of Norway with her cousins when they discovered the message in a bottle.
“We stumbled on a bottle with a piece of paper inside,” Haukom, 14 years old, told the news outlet. “It was located 10 meters from shore, under a rock. The bottle looked pretty old, so we decided to open it and read the note.”
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“There was no name, year or address on the note or bottle itself,” Haukom told SWNS.
The message said: “To the finder, Please return this bottle to Bolton County Grammar School, Bolton, Lancashire, England. And they will receive one pound or the equivalent in Francs. Written on the Channel Boat. Thank you!”
Although it is unclear exactly when..

An “odd-looking” deep-sea fish recently washed ashore on an Oregon beach to the surprise of a local aquarium.
The Seaside Aquarium in Seaside, Oregon, published pictures of the dead fish in an April 23 Facebook post. Experts identified the fish as a longnose lancetfish.
“Resembling a barracuda, this is one fish you would not expect to run across along the Oregon coast,” the aquarium said. “Their beautiful large eyes, sharp fang-like teeth, and serpent-like body distinguish this fish from most others living in the Pacific Northwest.”
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The aquarium noted that little is known about longnose lancetfish.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the species “look like they swam out of prehistoric time.”
“Features include gaping fanged jaws, enormous eyes, a sail-like fin, and a long, slithery body,” the NOAA's website describes.
“Growing to more than 7 feet long, lancetfish are..

A “prophetic” letter written aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic ocean liner has been auctioned in England for a stunning sum.
The letter was sold by Wiltshire-based Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd. on April 26. It was written by Archibald Gracie IV on April 10, 1912 – just five days before the ship sank on April 15.
Gracie penned the note on April 10, when the ship left Southampton, England. The letter was postmarked in London two days later, on April 12.
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“It is a fine ship but I shall await my journey's end before I pass judgment on her,” Gracie wrote compellingly in the letter.
“The Oceanic is like an old friend and while she does not possess the elaborate style and varied amusement of this big ship, still her seaworthy qualities and yacht-like appearance make me miss her,” he added.
As noted by Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd, Gracie woke up suddenly before midnight on April 14 when the ..

Dozens of Carnival Cruise Line passengers have been placed on the popular cruise line's “do not sail list” and are banned from setting sail on any of the company’s vessels again after getting involved in a violent brawl in Galveston, Texas, where their ship was docked.
The violence was captured on video, which was later posted to social media. In the clip, several cruise passengers push through a crowd in the terminal before someone gets pushed to the ground and begins to get pummeled by at least two men.
The brawl then expanded to additional areas of the disembarkation zone. While the majority of the violence was not visible in the clip, several people were seen pushing another person to the ground before throwing punches and kicking the victim.
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At one point, a security officer is seen jogging to break up the brawl. Additional officers joined the security officer, though the brawl continued.
Wh..

Daredevils may run into a hiccup if they're looking to climb the world’s highest mountain.
Mount Everest, located in the Himalayas, is exploring restricting access to the summit.
Nepal has drafted a law that would require climbers to have prior experience with hiking one of the Himalayan mountains, Reuters reported.
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The proposed law aims at improving safety while also reducing overcrowding on the summit.
Those wanting to climb Mount Everest would have to provide evidence of having climbed at least one 7,000-meter (22,965 ft.) mountain in Nepal.
In 2023, 12 climbers were reported dead while five went missing following 478 hiking permits issued by Nepal, according to Reuters.
An area above 26,247 ft. on the mountain is referred to as the “death zone.”
That's where the air is too thin to support human life without supplemental oxygen.
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Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of over 100 buried horses dating back to ancient Rome – but the skeletons weren’t found in Italy.
The excavation took place at Bad Cannstatt, a borough in southwestern Germany, said an April 16 press release from the Baden-Württemberg State Office for Monument Preservation (LAD).
The statement, translated from German to English, noted the town was one of the region's “most important Roman military sites” in ancient times. A cavalry unit there boasted around 700 horses at its peak.
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Pictures from the site show horse skeletons buried in the soil as excavators worked to clear them.
The excavation began last July, spurred by recent construction projects that “necessitated archaeological investigations,” according to LAD.
Experts say the remains are just under 2,000 years old, dating back to the second century A.D.
“The first horse bones discovered were dated to ..

Some states are seeing massive lines at Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) locations as travelers scramble to get their REAL IDs prior to the May 7 deadline. Others, not so much.
FOX News Multimedia Reporter Asher Redd was live outside a DMV in Antioch, Tennessee, on FOX 35 Orlando Monday morning, where a line of about 200 people stood behind him.
Redd said states like Illinois, Pennsylvania and Tennessee have some of the longest lines and appointment wait lists through at least July.
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There in Tennessee, he reported some DMVs are open six days a week in hopes of getting everyone the identification travelers from U.S. airports and those entering some federal buildings will need.
California is in a similar boat, FOX 11 Los Angeles reported, where some offices are opening an hour early through June 27 for those who started the process online and made appointments.
Meanwhile, Florida is not seeing the same rush. Some p..

An airline passenger traveling from Los Angeles to Cancun, Mexico, took to social media to share the way a flight crew handled a recent incident of a person vaping while on board.
Posted in the “r/AlaskaAirlines” Reddit forum, the post was titled, “Vaper on LAX-CUN Flight 4/18/25.”
The user wrote, “So on Flight 1340 this morning, ‘a lady’ decided that (per the gossip I heard from a flight attendant) that she needed to vape a bit in the lav because ‘she was stressed out.'”
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While the Reddit user was in the lavatory, the pilot made an announcement, according to the post.
“The pilot comes on the air and tells everyone that [t]here’s been a smoke alarm in the lav and ‘no smoking or vaping or chewing tobacco’ [is allowed] on the flight,” the person wrote about what allegedly happened.
The user added, “He’s upset and [said] this is a fe..

A Wisconsin woman sold her home to travel the world in a truck after her father’s unexpected death made her realize that “life is for living.”
Ashley Kay, 36, lost her dad, Tom Kay, 57, in Dec. 2015, according to an SWNS report.
After her loss, friends and family shared stories about her dad's travels.
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This inspired Kay to see more of the world for herself.
“The year after he passed, there were so many friends and family who would call and share these wild, amazing stories about my dad and his travels,” she said, as SWNS reported. “That pushed me to get out of my small town and visit places I hadn’t been before.”
Kay spent the next few years traveling around the world.
On a trip to Roatán — an island in Honduras — Kay met a full-time traveler while scuba diving. After speaking with the man, who had quit his job in Austria and traveled around the world without ever stepping on a..

Melania Trump iscelebrating her birthday on April 26 as she’s been resuming her White House duties for the second time.
To commemorate the first lady's 55th year, Fox News Digital takes a look back at her path from growing up in Slovenia to stepping into her role in the White House.
Trump was born on April 26, 1970, in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, at Splošna bolnišnica Novo mesto General Hospital, to parents Viktor and Amalija Knavs, according to public records.
The first lady was christened at the Church of St. Lawrence in Novo Mesto, where she was given her name, Melania.
She reportedly spent the first few years of her life living in an apartment in Sevnica.
Her family then relocated to a home in the same town.
The Knavs family attended services at the Church of St. Nicholasin Sevnica.
Fox News Digital also spoke with the first lady’s fifth-grade teacher, Milena Krajnc.
Krajnc shared that Trump was a good student and was always willing to help classmates who wer..