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12-year-old Eduardo Posso weighed 50 pounds and had zero percent body fat when he died. Monroe County Sheriff’s OfficeLuis Posso was charged with felony neglect of a child, but might face a murder charge according to sheriff’s deputies. When 12-year-old Eduardo Posso was brought to a Bloomington, Indiana hospital last week, he had zero percent body fat. According to NBC News, the boy died shortly after being rescued from a motel in Monroe County....

Surtshellir Cave was formed by a volcanic eruption that likely reminded the Vikings of Ragnarök — when the world would be engulfed by flames and the last Norse gods would die. Wikimedia CommonsOne of the many staggering tunnels formed by lava in Surtshellir Cave. Researchers in Iceland recently unearthed a trove of rare Middle Eastern artifacts dating back 1,000 years near a since-dormant volcano. Most remarkable was a stone, boat-shaped structure they believe the Vikings associated with Ragnarök — a world-ending event that would see their gods killed and humanity wiped out in a fiery apocalypse....

It’s flu season. Time to convince yourself that you’ve been exposed to SARS and anthrax. Flu season is here, and half the fun of getting sick is calling out from work and imagining how sad everybody would be at your funeral if you died. The fun stops, however, when those “flu-like symptoms” turn out to be just that—flu-like, rather than influenza itself. You see, it isn’t really the virus that’s causing all of the symptoms of “the flu,” but your own immune system going bananas in an effort to kill it....

Anatoly Dyatlov was the Deputy Chief Engineer at Chernobyl on April 26, 1986, and was convicted for its catastrophic meltdown. But was he as reckless as the Soviet narrative claimed? At 56, Anatoly Stepanovich Dyatlov was front and center in the worst nuclear disaster in world history. Anatoly Dyatlov was the Deputy Chief Engineer in charge of Chernobyl’s Reactor No. 4 when it exploded on April 26, 1986. The Soviet justice system subsequently blamed the horrifying incident on him and a few others....

The tablet was made in about 3100 B.C. in the ancient Mesopotamian city of Uruk in modern-day Iraq. Bloomsbury Auctions/BNPSThis 5,000-year-old tablet depicting beer-making and a signed sales transaction was sold for $230,000. A wealthy American collector just purchased an ancient Sumerian tablet for $230,000. According to archaeology news site Ancient Origins, the Sumerian tablet was first uncovered at the site of the ancient city of Uruk located in ancient Mesopotamia, or now modern-day Iraq....

Jewish gangster Arnold “the Brain” Rothstein built a criminal empire based on drug and alcohol trafficking before meeting a tragic — and surprisingly ironic — end. While he may not be quite as well-known as the likes of Italian-American mobsters such as Carlo Gambino or Charles “Lucky” Luciano, Jewish mobster Arnold Rothstein was just as influential. Dubbed “the Brain” for his clever schemes, Arnold Rothstein built a Jewish Mafia empire of gambling and drugs....

In 1955, Claudette Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white woman in Alabama — nine months before Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks became a civil rights icon when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955. But just nine months earlier, a teenager named Claudette Colvin had done the same thing....

The animals are moving to new, and potentially unexpected, habitats in order to escape human intervention. Researchers say we should let them. Current BiologyAlligators are just one large predator that is migrating to an entirely new habitat in order to survive. It may seem strange to think of alligators sunning themselves on beaches or orca whales swimming through rivers, but according to new research, that may soon be a reality....

The Ku Klux Klan has survived for more than 150 years. Its ideology of hatred and white supremacy continued to keep attracting new members through the Holocaust, the civil rights movement, and on past the election of America’s first black president. It seems unbelievable that hatred could live on for that long, that anyone in the modern world could put on white robes, burn crosses, and still spread manifestos that call for an all-white America....

Elizabeth Woodville, known as the White Queen, pissed off the royal family so much they wanted to kill her. Which naturally makes her one of the most interesting figures in royal history. Source: Wikipedia Of all the Queen Elizabeths in history, Elizabeth Woodville was definitely the most badass — which makes one wonder why she hasn’t received the same amount of attention as subsequent Elizabeths. It might have something to do with the fact that the British monarchy hated her guts, mainly because they felt she used her feminine wiles to nab herself the king and was totally nepotistic after the crown was hers....

Even though Mary Ellen Pleasant amassed $30 million thanks to her real estate empire, the white press vilified her as a mere brothel owner and insisted on calling her “Mammy.” Mary Ellen Pleasant was an African American businesswoman and abolitionist who amassed a fortune by eavesdropping on her wealthy bosses while doing domestic work. Using her invisible status as a cook, Pleasant took the financial gossip she overheard to make investments that made her the first African American female millionaire....

The Department of Conservation has estimated that around 200 dead little blue penguins are washing ashore every single day as a result of rising ocean temperatures. The little blue penguin, also known as the kororā in the Māori language, is a tiny creature that can be found in New Zealand and on the southern coast of Australia — but global warming and rising ocean temperatures have led the species to be at risk of extinction....

Only a climate created by Jerry Falwell would lead to the mass hysteria that was the Satanic Panic. Imagine a cultural phenomenon, arising out of nowhere, which has the ability to unite conservative evangelical Protestants with feminists, police investigators, psychologists, conspiracy theorists, social workers, victim advocates, psychic mediums, anti-pornography crusaders, talk-show hosts, aspiring politicians, and the tabloid media. Now imagine this cultural phenomenon has just conspired to throw you in prison on the charge that you’ve been ritualistically murdering babies who were conceived and born specifically for the purpose of being sacrificed to the devil....

Much like Noah’s ark, researchers hope that the vault will keep Earth’s many species safe in the event of a global catastrophe. Wikimedia CommonsScientists envision millions of cryogenically frozen DNA samples buried deep beneath the surface of the Moon. In the Bible, Noah saves animals from a great flood by bringing pairs of different species onto his ark. Now, scientists envision doing something similar — by sending 6.7 million samples of seeds, sperm, eggs, and DNA to a vault on the Moon....

Contemporary Artists Of Japan: Keiko Masumoto Keiko Masumoto was born in Hyogo, Japan in 1982. After studying ceramics at Kyoto City University she became an instructor at Fumosha, a ceramic studio in Kyoto. Keiko’s works blur the already indistinct line between the disciplines of fine art and traditional craftsmanship by creating utilitarian vessels (usually pottery) that are entirely decorative. In 2010 she became an artist-in-residence at the University of Arts (Philadelphia, USA)....

Legend says that his swords were so well-made, their layers went to a point that was but one atom thick. Masamune, formally known as Goro Nyudo Masamune, lived during a time when samurai rode into battle and died honorable deaths. His legendary rivalry with master Muramasa and the tragic loss of his work over time have made Masamune into a sort of myth. Beside every samurai was a sword. But only the best samurai carried a Masamune sword into battle....

River Monsters’ Jeremy Wade on the weirdest river fish he’s hauled in over the years, including giant piranhas and a fish that changes sex. For over 30 years, extreme angler and host of River Monsters Jeremy Wade has been scouring the world to uncover the world’s weirdest river fish. Seen far less often than oceanic fish due to the murky, low visibility nature of their habitats, many of the beasts he hauls out are being caught on camera for the very first time....

In 2003, Sofia Juarez vanished into thin air. The Kennewick, Washington, girl hasn’t been seen since — unless she is the woman in a viral TikTok interview from Culiacán, Mexico. TikTokViewers of the TikTok interview say this woman bears a remarkable resemblance to young Sofia Juarez. It was one day before her fifth birthday that Sofia Juarez disappeared from her hometown of Kennewick, Washington. The 2003 incident left her family in shambles and police with few leads....

From the vengeful spirits of drowned babies to man-eating supernatural otters, these ancient tales are sure to terrify. Told beneath a sky full of stars, or in the warmth of a longhouse, Native American ghost stories have been passed down from generation to generation. Though time has passed, they remain as terrifying as ever. Some stories feature ghosts so fearsome that no one will speak their real name — like the so-called skinwalkers or Stick People....

The signal emanates from a galaxy three billion light-years away for 90 days before going silent for 67 days. European Southern ObservatoryAn artist’s impression of a fast radio burst traveling from a distant galaxy to Earth. In June 2020, astronomers announced that they had identified a deep-space radio signal that seemed to repeat itself on a clear 157 to 161-day cycle. Researchers predicted at the time that the signal would reappear again before the end of August — and it just did....