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Mar. 16, 2025

1887 Time Capsule — Including Lincoln Coffin Photo — Is Being Opened After Lee Statue Removal

The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee being removed from its pedestal.Photo: Bob Brown - Pool/Getty A time capsule from 1887 is set to be opened following theremoval of a Robert E. Lee statuein Richmond, Virginia.On Wednesday, less than a week after Virginia’s Supreme Courtruled unanimouslythat the Confederate general’s statue could come down, the monument was removed.The removal process will continue on Thursday, when crews will remove plaques from the base of the monument, as well as the time capsule, which is believed to be located inside the base, per the government-runVaMonument2021Facebook page.

Mar. 16, 2025

1892 Documents That Launched Modern Olympic Games Sell for Record $8.8M at Auction

Historic documents that outlined a plan to revive the ancient Olympic competitions of Greece were sold for millions at auction this week — massively surpassing all expectations and setting a record bid for sports memorabilia. “It is clear that the telegraph, railways, the telephone, the passionate research in science, congresses and exhibitions have done more for peace than any treaty or diplomatic convention,” Coubertin wrote in the manifesto. “Well, I hope that athletics will do even more.

Mar. 16, 2025

18Shark TankRules You Didn’t Know Entrepreneurs Have to Follow (Exclusive)

Photo:Christopher Willard/ABC via Getty Christopher Willard/ABC via Getty Here’s the deal. Ahead of the season 15 premiere ofShark Tankon ABC, PEOPLE chatted with executive producer Clay Newbill and star investor Kevin O’Leary (a.k.a. “Mr. Wonderful”) about the rules entrepreneurs must follow when they sign up to particpate on the show, including what happens when the cameras stop rolling. “Shark Tankis not a game show, it’s a business show… there are no winners,” Newbill tells PEOPLE exclusively.

Mar. 16, 2025

19 Celebrity Mother-Daughter Look-Alikes

01of 19GLENN & ANNIEMarion Curtis/StarPix for Sony Pictures Classics/ShutterstockThe mother-daughter duo look so much alike thatthey’re playing the same characterin Close’s new movie,The Wife.Starke, Close’s real-life daughter, will play a younger version of the character. 01of 19 GLENN & ANNIE Marion Curtis/StarPix for Sony Pictures Classics/Shutterstock The mother-daughter duo look so much alike thatthey’re playing the same characterin Close’s new movie,The Wife.Starke, Close’s real-life daughter, will play a younger version of the character.

Mar. 16, 2025

19 Lb. Miniature Horse Abandoned by Mom Finds Loving Home with 3 French Bulldogs in San Diego

Six-week-old Peabody, the miniature horse, is smaller than most dogs and weighs just 19 pounds, far tinier than the average size for his species. “Peabody is the smallest horse in the world at his age,” his owner, Faith Smith, 55, a miniature horse trainer from San Diego, California, told SWNS. “Horses are never indoor animals, but Peabody is so small that he could never live outside unless he gets bigger, and we’re not sure if he will,” Smith added.