(FOX NEWS) – Newly published research is providing a
fascinating glimpse into how ancient Romans enjoyed
their fast food — shedding more light on life in antiquity.

In a recent journal article entitled "Urban Consumption
of Thrushes in the Early Roman City of Pollentia, Mallorca,
" researcher Alejandro Valenzuela discovered previously
unknown information about how Romans consumed
thrushes, a type of small bird.

Until now, it was assumed that thrushes were a delicacy,
reserved only for the rich. But Valenzuela found that these
birds were actually consumed by the masses.

The excavation at the ancient city of Pollentia in Mallorca,
Spain (seen left), revealed new insights about how Romans
ate birds. 
      

New research reveals that ancient Romans enjoyed thrushes
as everyday food, not just elite luxury.

Robert Cabot Sherman Jr. (July 22, 1943 – June 24, 2025)

In March 2025, Sherman’s diagnosis of stage 4 kidney cancer
was made public. He died today, June 24.

Sherman left show business in the 1970s for a career as a
paramedic and a deputy sheriff, but performed occasionally
into the 1990s.

    
    
    
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William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey
(June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983) 

Also nicknamed The Manassa Mauler, was a boxer who competed
from 1914 to 1927, and world heavyweight champion from 1919 to
1926. One of the most iconic athletes of his era, Dempsey is ranked
sixth on The Ring magazine’s list of all-time heavyweights and
fourth among its Top 100 Greatest Punchers, while in 1950 the Associated Press voted him as the greatest fighter of the past
50 years.

He is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and was
in the previous Boxing Hall of Fame.

On June 24, 1997, U.S. Air Force officials released a 231-page
report dismissing long-standing claims of an alien spacecraft
crash in Roswell, New Mexico, almost exactly 50 years earlier.

Public interest in Unidentified Flying Objects, or UFOs, began
to flourish in the 1940s, when developments in space travel
and the dawn of the atomic age caused many Americans to
turn their attention to the skies.

       
He turned the material over to the sheriff, who passed it on to
authorities at the nearby Air Force base. On July 8, Air Force
officials announced they had recovered the wreckage of a
“flying disk.” A local newspaper put the story on its front
page, launching Roswell into the spotlight of the public’s
UFO fascination.