The old coins that park employees found wedged into trees weren't the result of saving gone awry. Instead, they were fundamental to the history of Britain's Wishing Trees.Geograph Most people have tossed a coin into a fountain, or dropped a penny down a wishing well, hoping by some miracle that the act would make their wish come true. In the touristy village of Portmeirion, located in Gwynedd, North Wales, staff noticed some peculiar trees covered with coins.

The woman's strong bones, muscular frame, and numerous battle wounds suggest she was a trained warrior with a violent past.Anahit Khudaverdyan, et alGroup of researchers discover grave of young woman archer in the Armenian highlands. In a rare discovery related to the ancient kingdoms of Armenia, archaeologists have discovered the grave of a woman bearing multiple injuries, including wounds to her hips and legs, which suggest she was a fighter during her lifetime.

What happened on this day in history: Guglielmo Marconi receives the first Transatlantic radio signal, socialite Dorothy Arnold mysteriously disappears, and more from this date in history.1821: Gustave Flaubert Is Born Wikimedia CommonsGustave Flaubert famously said, “an author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.” French novelist Gustave Flaubert is born in Rouen, France. Best known for his debut novel, Madame Bovary, Flaubert was regarded for his literary realism and perfectionist style that saw him always striving to find “le mot juste” (“the right word”).

The banshee is usually described as a woman wailing or singing, and according to ancient Irish mythology, she always heralds death.Wikimedia CommonsAn 1825 sketch depicting a banshee as an old woman in mourning. Long before the banshee graced the silver screen in the 1950s, this spirit of Celtic folklore had terrified people young and old for centuries. Much like the Grim Reaper, the banshee is believed to be an escort to the land of the dead, but there’s far more to this nightmarish spirit than seems at first glance.

Bulger wrote to a juror who convicted him that he would be dosed with LSD, monitored by a physician, and repeatedly asked leading questions like: "Would you ever kill anyone?"Wikimedia CommonsWhitey Bulger’s mugshot on the day he was sent to Alcatraz, Nov. 15, 1959. One of the jurors who helped convict Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger in 2013 has now said that she regrets that choice after learning that he was an unwitting participant in a secret CIA experiment involving LSD during the Cold War.