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Sorry brah, you're getting the shaft Trung Quoc Don - 徵國單/Wikimedia Commons

Travel

Resort Town Puts Kibosh On Blow-Up Dolls, Penis Costumes

If your idea of fun is galavanting around in a giant penis costume, or perhaps blowing up a sex doll to hit the town with, hey, you do you. But not in the Spanish resort town of  Platja d’Aro, Spain, where both have been outlawed.

Choices of Coffins for the Catalepsia Escape Room aka Dracula's wet dream. Horror Box/YouTube

Curiosities

World’s Smallest Escape Room is a Claustrophobic Coffin Nightmare

Do you love escape rooms, but hate being alive? Are you a Vampire trying to spice up date night? Are you just really, really bored? If so, “Catalepsy,” the world’s smallest escape room, might be the place for you.

Bullet found in Spain in 2019, one side inscribed "IPSCA" and the other "CAES." Moralejo Ordax et al

History

Caesar’s name inscribed on 2000-year-old bullet alters Spanish Civil War narrative

An ancient sling bullet inscribed with “CAES” hints that a forgotten Spanish town called Ipsca defied the odds and backed Julius Caesar during his civil war, potentially rewriting our understanding of this pivotal moment in Roman history.

1708 Shipwreck Galleon San Jose YouTube Screenshot / WIS

History

The “Holy Grail” of Shipwrecks is Soon to be Salvaged

Plans to retrieve objects from the 1708 shipwreck of the San Jose, a treasure trove believed to be worth billions. Amidst complex legal & diplomatic disputes the nation faces the challenge of navigating the line between underwater archaeological exploration & the economic allure.

Goods stolen by airport workers at Tenerife South airport Credit: Guardia Civil

News

Airport Workers Arrested for $2.2million Luggage Theft in Spain

Fourteen employees at Tenerife South airport in the Canary Islands have been arrested for allegedly stealing items from checked-in luggage, with goods worth almost 2 million euros seized, raising concerns about airport security and the protection of passengers’ belongings.