Scientific American: Geochemists Trace the Iceman's Travels

I find this fascinating. Through chemical analysis of the famous "iceman's" (known as "Otzi" to his friends) bits, scientists now have a pretty good idea that the old fellow never lived much more than 60 kilometers from where he was found dead. He was an Italian before there was an Italy. In fact, he was an Italian before there was a Rome. [Pictured: Dick Clark with his magic amulet removed. bahdumpbump] Also saw an interesting TV special detailing the circumstances of his death. Apparently, no one noticed several wounds on the guy's corpse, including an arrow-head in his shoulder, at first. Further investigation found that he was actually murdered. The scientists even tested some of their theories by firing arrows at sides of pork from various distances to see what range Otzi was shot from. In fact, a quick Google turns up this story.

And still, no one knows what became of Jimmy Hoffa.