The Discovery Of An Ancient Tomb Has Unearthed The Best-Preserved Human...
The remains are those of an elderly man who died and was buried shortly before the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. — and they still bear traces of his white hair and a preserved ear. The post The...
View ArticleInside King Alfred’s Tower, A Stunning English Folly That’s Stood Since The...
Built in 1769, King Alfred’s Tower was meant to commemorate the end of the Seven Years’ War and honor King George III. The post Inside King Alfred’s Tower, A Stunning English Folly That’s Stood Since...
View ArticleMeet Louis Zamperini, The Legendary Olympian Who Became A World War II Hero
Not long after competing at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Louis Zamperini fought for the U.S. military during World War II — and later survived two years in a Japanese POW camp. The post Meet Louis...
View ArticleDiscover The Disturbing Legend Of Rat Kings, The Tangled Super-Rodents Of...
For hundreds of years, people around the world have reported stomach-turning sightings of creatures made up of many rats tangled together at their tails — but are these rat kings actually real? The...
View ArticleTiny Lab-Grown Brains Sprout Functional, Rudimentary Human Eyes That Can See...
Scientists have been using stem cells to grow tiny human brains for years, in order to study the organ's development. Now they've grown one with actual, functional eyes. The post Tiny Lab-Grown Brains...
View ArticleMeet Dennis Nilsen, The ‘British Jeffrey Dahmer’ Who Terrorized 1970s And...
Serial killer and necrophile Dennis Nilsen killed at least 12 young men and boys — and left behind a series of chilling audiotape confessions. The post Meet Dennis Nilsen, The ‘British Jeffrey Dahmer’...
View ArticleInside Devil’s Island, The Most Feared Prison In Modern History
From 1852 to 1953, the inmates of France’s infamous Devil’s Island penal colony in the Caribbean died en masse from malnutrition, disease, and futile escape attempts. The post Inside Devil’s Island,...
View ArticleThe Story Of The Apocalyptic Frenzy Inspired By The Arrival Of Halley’s Comet...
In 1910, Halley’s Comet was due to pass close by Earth — and everyone from religious fanatics to news reporters stoked the fires of a global panic, believing it was the end of the world. The post The...
View ArticleHow Charles Coward Rescued Jewish Prisoners From The Nazis And Became Known...
After being captured by the Germans in 1940, Charles Coward spent the rest of World War II as a POW — but still saved hundreds of Jewish prisoners from Auschwitz. The post How Charles Coward Rescued...
View ArticleGo Inside The Wolf’s Lair, Hitler’s Massive Command Center On The Eastern Front
Located deep in the Masurian woods of what was once East Prussia, the Wolf’s Lair housed Hitler and 2,000 of his cronies from 1941 until its destruction in 1945. The post Go Inside The Wolf’s Lair,...
View ArticleMeet Aleister Crowley, The ‘Wickedest Man In The World’ Who Horrified...
A controversial occultist, Aleister Crowley called himself the Great Beast 666 and practiced ceremonial magic — much to the disdain of his fellow Brits. The post Meet Aleister Crowley, The ‘Wickedest...
View ArticleThe Story Of Christine Keeler, The Showgirl Whose Affair With A Politician...
In 1963, a British dancer named Christine Keeler found herself at the heart of a national debacle known as the Profumo Scandal — which nearly destroyed her life. The post The Story Of Christine Keeler,...
View ArticleBaby Shark Born In Italy May Be A Rare Example Of ‘Virgin Birth’
If confirmed, this would be the first example of "virgin birth," or parthenogenesis, ever observed in smoothhound sharks. The post Baby Shark Born In Italy May Be A Rare Example Of ‘Virgin Birth’...
View ArticleThe Chilling Mystery Of The Yde Girl, The World’s Most Infamous Bog Mummy
The 2,000-year-old mummified corpse of the Yde Girl was uncovered by Dutch laborers in a bog in 1897, and many believe she was either executed or sacrificed. The post The Chilling Mystery Of The Yde...
View ArticleNeolithic Tomb In Transylvania Yields 6,000-Year-Old Skeletons With Urns On...
Combing the grounds before impending construction, researchers unearthed an ominous 6,000-year-old cemetery and evidence of a Celtic settlement dating back 2,200 years. The post Neolithic Tomb In...
View ArticleHow 9 Ordinary People Became Heroes During The Holocaust — And Risked...
From the "Japanese Schindler" to members of the Dutch resistance, these incredible stories of Holocaust heroes prove that not everyone was just following orders. The post How 9 Ordinary People Became...
View ArticleInside Italy’s Shocking Beasts Of Satan Murders That Left Three Dead In...
From 1998 and 2004, the Beasts of Satan were a heavy metal collective and satanic cult whose members were convicted of killing two teenagers and burying a 27-year-old woman alive. The post Inside...
View ArticleMarine Archaeologists Just Found Four 2,200-Year-Old Roman Battering Rams...
The ancient Roman battering rams held inscriptions from judges who signed off on their construction and held three enormous blades on each side to tear through enemy ships. The post Marine...
View ArticleEnormous Mass Grave Unearthed In Ukraine Dates Back To Stalin’s Great Purge
Roughly 750,000 died during Stalin's Great Purge in the 1930s and many ended up in mass graves across the Soviet Union. The post Enormous Mass Grave Unearthed In Ukraine Dates Back To Stalin’s Great...
View ArticleA Nazi Sympathizer With Bomb-Making Instructions Just Avoided Jail By Being...
Arrested for violating Britain's Terrorism Act, 21-year-old Ben John faced 15 years in prison — and was sent home with some reading material, instead. The post A Nazi Sympathizer With Bomb-Making...
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