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Together with his depraved girlfriend Carol Bundy, Douglas Clark terrorized sex workers along the Strip, murdering them and then defiling their lifeless bodies. Wikimedia CommonsSunset Strip killers Doug Clark (right) and his partner Carol Bundy (left). Douglas Clark may not be as famous as Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, or Richard Ramirez, but his crimes as one-half of the infamous Sunset Strip Killers were just as gruesome as any other serial killer’s....

New Zealand’s Champagne Pool, a hot spring in a region notorious for volcanic activity, is hiding a scary secret just below it’s surface. macronix/Flickr A recent swarm of mysterious Earthquakes in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty had scientists puzzled until the culprit was revealed last week: a growing bubble of magma below Champagne Pool in Rotorua, one of the most active volcanic regions in the tiny country. Geophysicists looked into how the ground moved during these earthquakes in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, down the center of New Zealand’s North Island....

Authorities closed down the fish market after learning about the googly eyes, and it’s unclear if they’ll be allowed to open their doors again. Twitter A fish store in Kuwait was shut down by authorities after it was discovered that the owners were sticking plastic, craft-store “googly eyes” onto their fish in an apparent effort to make their product look fresher. The freshness of a fish can indeed be judged by its eyes....

Leah, Kate, and Maggie Fox carried out an elaborate prank for 40 years, convincing audiences that they could communicate with spirits. Lithograph by Currier and Ives/Getty ImagesThe Fox sisters, Margaretta “Maggie,” Catherine “Kate,” and Leah. In 1848, the small town of Hydesville, New York, wasn’t known for much. But in April of that year, residents began flocking to a tiny farmhouse to witness the strange powers of the Fox sisters, Maggie and Kate, who seemed to be able to conjure spirits who rapped mysteriously on the walls....

She wrote the acclaimed book Gorillas In The Mist and became an ardent conservationist for gorillas, but Dian Fossey’s efforts to combat poaching ended up costing her life. Getty ImagesDian Fossey poses in front of the gorilla exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. In 1963, reclusive occupational therapist Dian Fossey decided she needed an adventure. She borrowed money from a friend and decided to journey to the farthest place from California she could go: the wilds of the African jungle....

At some point in our lives, we’ve all probably convinced ourselves that we are condemned to having the worst job in the world. But spare a thought for those brave souls who are stuck up skyscrapers and inside volcanoes, carrying out what are plainly the most dangerous jobs on the planet. With some of the highest number of fatalities in the world and a level of risk that rockets off the Richter scale, you might need to grab some safety goggles just to read this....

Evidence of medieval bunion plague found, woolly mammoth remains uncovered, 500-year-old Incan rope bridge rebuilt. Medieval Europeans Suffered A Plague Of Bunions Due To The Long, Pointy Shoes That Were All The Rage Museum of Fine Arts BostonBefore poulaines became the hottest footwear fad in Europe, only six percent of people had bunions. After the pointy shoe trend took off, that number skyrocketed to 27 percent. Just as Europe was suffering through the Black Death in the 1340s, another pandemic of an entirely different sort was taking hold....

At the same time that the women’s suffrage movement found renewed energy, the postcard became a powerful political tool that both suffragists and anti-suffragists alike exploited. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: In Photos: How The Women’s Suffrage Movement Got Popular Support For The Vote Why Some Women Once Thought They Shouldn’t Get The Right To Vote...

On rainy afternoons in bustling cities, museums often offer sanctuary from the chaos. Some offer something a bit different than sanctuary, however: Museum Boerhaave Leiden, Netherlands The Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen MuseumOsaka, Japan Meguro Parasitological MuseumTokyo, Japan MUSACancun, Mexico Museum of Broken RelationshipsZagreb, Croatia The Museum of Bad ArtBoston, Massachusetts Museum of the Sewers of ParisParis, France The Mütter MuseumPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania The Dog Collar MuseumKent, England Museum of DeathLos Angeles, California and New Orleans, Louisiana Vent Haven MuseumFort Haven, Kentucky KattenKabinetAmsterdam, Netherlands Museum of Bread CultureUlm, Germany Winchester Mystery HouseSan Jose, California Franz Kafka MuseumPrague, Czech Republic British Lawnmower MuseumSouthport, England Museum of Jurassic TechnologyLos Angeles, California Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art MuseumSan Antonio, Texas Hash Marihuana & Hemp MuseumAmsterdam, Netherlands Burlingame Museum of PEZ MemorabiliaBurlingame, California Icelandic Phallogical MuseumReykjavík, Iceland For more weird museums, step inside Kentucky’s Creation Museum and see more from Croatia’s Museum of Broken Relationships....

While Thomas Crapper gets most of the credit due to his 19th-century innovations, the real story of who invented the first flush toilet is much more controversial than most people realize. Left: Bettmann/Getty Images; Right: Wikimedia CommonsSir John Harington (left) and Thomas Crapper (right) were both essential in standardizing the flushing toilet. The modern world has provided us with many conveniences that are easy to take for granted. From antibiotics to air-conditioners, each has a long and rich history of innovations made by scientists and pioneers whose names go widely overlooked....

Police arrived after receiving calls from neighbors, saying they had heard screams and seen smoke coming from under the woman’s garage door. Daily MailPolice arrive on the scene outside the mother’s home. A 27-year-old mother from Brussels, Belgium has been arrested after police discovered her cooking her daughter over a charcoal grill in her garage. Authorities say they received calls from neighbors on Sunday evening, saying they had heard screams and seen smoke coming from under the woman’s garage door....

“When they cut open the snake’s belly, they found Tiba’s body still intact with all her clothes.” They had no idea why she’d disappeared — then they found her body inside an enormous snake. On June 15, a 54-year-old Indonesian woman was found dead on the island of Sulawesi after being swallowed whole by a 23-foot python, reported The Jakarta Post. The night before, Wa Tiba left her village, Persiapan Lawela, to tend to her garden located about half a mile from her house....

From the 1960s until her death in 2014, Yuri Kochiyama fought for civil rights, reparations for Japanese Americans detained in concentration camps, and the anti-war movement, among other social justice causes. Civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize candidate Yuri Kochiyama became energized to fight for social justice causes following her detainment in the U.S. Japanese concentration camps during World War II. She later forged an unlikely friendship with black activist Malcolm X, whose head she cradled in her arms as he died from 21 gunshot wounds....

A high school teacher in Oklahoma is being accused of racism after a girl in his class recorded the man saying “to be white is to be racist, period.” The offended student comes from Norman North High School, where she was watching a YouTube clip as part of a discussion on social privilege. The video shown in class was in regards to imperialism, with white-out being used on a globe to illustrate European influence and how it spread across the world....

People can spend years writing about a specific place and its people; so how do we present our best selves to “the unknown” with only color and a sheet of paper? While modernism and all of its “instant” capacities are all the rage, there is still a place in the art world that holds tight to its older sensibilities. And the rich, graphically simplistic art of vintage travel posters is as varied as the countries that they represent....

Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 34Toau atoll, about 250 miles northwest of Tahiti.GREGORY BOISSY/AFP/Getty Images 2 of 34Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier, part of the second largest non-polar ice field on Earth. Alex Berger/Flickr 3 of 34Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni salt flat, the largest on Earth. Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images 4 of 34South Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona....

When Neil deGrasse Tyson was a jock, Betty White was a babe, and Robin Williams was exactly the man we’d all come to know and love. Nirvana’s first photo shoot as a band. 1988.Facebook Eminem on his 18th birthday. 1990.Facebook Peter Dinklage in high school.Vulture Robin Williams in high school. Ranker A 17-year-old Prince at the beginning of his career. 1975.Facebook An 18-year-old Alan Rickman in 1964.Facebook The Red Hot Chili Peppers performing in 1986....

The turkeys, led by a ringleader named “Kevin,” have been pecking, kicking, and swarming residents of Woburn, Massachusetts. Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty ImagesA wild turkey (not confirmed to be one of the Woburn gang) crossing a busy street in Boston, Massachusetts, in November 2022. The city of Woburn, Massachusetts, has struggled against a tenacious foe recently — a gang of five turkeys who’ve harassed residents to the extent that some are afraid to leave their homes....

“All this is the result of the Hitler-insanity, which has completely ruined the lives of all those around me.” Wikimedia CommonsAlbert Einstein. 1947. A collection of letters written by Albert Einstein is set to be auctioned on March 28. And his concerns over the rise of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany expressed in these letters have garnered some much-deserved attention. According to Fox News, much of Einstein’s concerns come in three separate letters penned before World War II even began....

Ambergris is a waxy substance sometimes found in the digestive system of a sperm whale — and it can be worth millions. Perfumes famously employ ingredients like exotic flowers, delicate oils, and citrus fruits to produce a compelling scent. They also sometimes use a lesser-known ingredient called ambergris. Though ambergris may conjure up images of something beautiful and soft, it’s something totally different. Commonly referred to as “whale vomit,” ambergris is an intestinal slurry that comes from the guts of sperm whales....