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D.B. Cooper’s identity possibly revealed, rituals behind Aztec skull tower uncovered. D.B. Cooper’s Identity Revealed By Decoded Message, Investigators Say Wikimedia CommonsFBI sketch of D.B. Cooper compared to 1970 Army ID picture of Robert Rackstraw. Tom Colbert, a film producer and longtime expert sleuth into the case of D.B Cooper’s disappearance claims that he has once and for all confirmed Cooper’s mysterious identity. Cooper, a pseudonym, skyjacked a commercial flight from Portland to Seattle on Nov....

The study suggests that the dietary wellbeing of Wrangel Island’s mammoths was stable and that all long-term weather events had already passed. The culprit of their demise, it claims, were short-term “icing events.” Wikimedia CommonsA painting in Canada’s Royal Victoria Museum depicting an adult woolly mammoth. After most of Earth’s woolly mammoths died out, one population carried on a remote Arctic island. The final holdouts survived on Wrangel Island and outlived their mainland counterparts by 7,000 years....

People will eat just about anything given the proper (or lack of) resources. Here are some of the worst examples we could find of gross food. American cuisine is famously unhealthy and the people who eat it are among the fattest humans in history. It turns out that high-fat, high-cholesterol, heavily processed food byproducts slathered in salt and oil isn’t good for you. It’s just gross food. This is even more true when the food is washed down with half a gallon of high-fructose corn syrup and combined with less exercise than some coma patients get....

From extraordinary violence to exorbitant wealth, these facts about John Gotti tell the true story of “The Dapper Don.” Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: How Paul Castellano Became The ‘Boss Of Bosses’ — Before He Was Brazenly Murdered By John Gotti How John ‘Junior’ Gotti Lived The Mob Life — And Then Walked Away...

At first, doctors thought he had a case of bacterial meningitis. But once they finally figured out the true cause of his symptoms, it was too late. GoFundMe What started out as a fun trip to a Texas water resort, turned deadly when a 29-year-old man contracted a rare brain-eating parasite. Fabrizio “Fab” Stabile died on Sept. 21 just days after contracting the deadly Naegleria fowleri amoeba after swimming in a wave pool at the BSR Cable Park in Waco, T....

Through her titillating photoshoots, Bettie Page showed a pious and restrictive mid-century society how fun and freeing a woman’s sexuality could be. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Inside The Secret Life Of Notorious Pinup Girl-Turned-Recluse Bettie Page 7 Iconic Pinup Girls Who Made Jaws Drop All Over America — And Beyond The True Story Of Alfred Kinsey, The Controversial Sexologist And Father Of The Sexual Revolution...

Sotheby’s auction house in London says that this is “the first time in auction history that a work of art automatically shredded itself.” Anton VaganovTASS via Getty ImagesA copy of Banksy’s “Girl With Balloon” mural on display. Art fans at an auction house in the United Kingdom were left stunned after a Banksy painting self-destructed immediately after it was sold for $1.4 million. A hidden shredder inside the painting’s frame went off shortly after the work was sold at Sotheby’s in London on Oct....

Ernest Hemingway famously struggled with alcoholism and mental illness for decades before taking his own life in 1961. Public DomainErnest Hemingway in Cuba in 1954. Ernest Hemingway was one of the most celebrated writers of the 20th century. With his novels such as The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea still studied in classrooms across America today, Hemingway’s legacy continues to inspire generations of readers. But the controversy surrounding his death lives on as well....

Today, Ernesto “Che” Guevara is an undying symbol of revolution. But was he a hero or a monster? Today, Ernesto “Che” Guevara is a popular symbol of rebellion and counterculture. He is the intense face, gazing upward toward the future, atop a sea of red that we have seen so many times on posters, graffiti, and t-shirts. To many, he is a hero: a figure to be idealized, whose every word is worth pouring over....

For two weeks in the summer of 1969, Charles Manson and his “family” went on one of the most ruthless murder rampages America has ever seen. The Manson Murders of 1969 brought a nation entrenched in hippiedom and free love to its knees. Where there was once hope for a brighter future, there was now a black hole of despair and literal disbelief. The slaughter of Hollywood elites — in their own beds and homes — by devotees to cult leader Charles Manson was simply too perplexing to process....

Though it isn’t the first recording of a U.S. president, it’s the oldest surviving one. In 1889, during the first year of his presidency, President Benjamin Harrison gave a speech regarding the first Pan-American Congress. As he spoke, his voice was recorded by an Edison phonograph wax cylinder, and he became the first president to have his voice recorded and kept. It is the oldest known recording of a U.S. President’s voice....

Abigail Hernandez was only 14 years old when she was abducted by Nathaniel Kibby while walking home from school before being held in a windowless storage container just 30 miles from her New Hampshire home. Conway Police DepartmentAbby Hernandez survived nine months in captivity. A freshman at Kennett High in North Conway, New Hampshire, Abby Hernandez was a strong student and talented athlete. She was mere days away from turning 15 years old when she vanished into thin air on October 9, 2013 — and would be held captive in a storage container for nine months before she could escape....

Tired of caring for his disabled wife and plotting to find a new one, Sooraj Kumar found himself a snake handler and unleashed a deadly serpent on his slumbering wife — twice. AFP/Getty ImagesSooraj S. Kumar was sentenced to 17 years for poisoning and destruction of evidence — and two life terms for murder and attempted murder. On Monday, 32-year-old Sooraj S. Kumar was found guilty of murdering his 25-year-old wife Uthra....

Next, scientists will have to figure out a way to safely implant these two embryos in a surrogate mother. Ol Pejeta/TwitterThe embryos are now stored in liquid nitrogen and will be transferred to a surrogate mother. After years of last-resort attempts to save the northern white rhino from extinction, scientists have finally achieved a breakthrough in prolonging the species’ survival. According to IFL Science, scientists have successfully created two viable northern white rhino embryos using in-vitro fertilization (IVF)....

A smuggler of epic proportions, Jean Lafitte had an army of privateers with as many as 1,000 men — ultimately making him an invaluable asset for America in the War of 1812. Though much of his life has been obscured by legend and time, the story of 19th-century French pirate Jean Lafitte is nonetheless one of intrigue, crime, and heroics. Lafitte was smuggling slaves and goods into America, which had imposed an embargo on France and Britain, when he was suddenly dispatched to help General Andrew Jackson to fight the British in the War of 1812....

One of the worst serial killers in American history, John Wayne Gacy performed as “Pogo the Clown” by day and murdered young men and boys by night. On January 2, 1972, 16-year-old Timothy McCoy got up early to make his host breakfast. He had met John Wayne Gacy at the Chicago bus terminal the night before, and Gacy let him stay over while he made his way home to Iowa after spending Christmas in Michigan....

On November 3, 1998, Josh Phillips murdered Maddie Clifton and shoved her corpse under his bed, sleeping on top of her body for a week before police discovered her. When Maddie Clifton disappeared, an entire town sprung into action while the whole nation watched. Eight-year-old Maddie had mysteriously vanished from her home in Jacksonville, Florida, on November 3, 1998. Hundreds of volunteers joined search parties, camera crews flocked to the suburbs, and two parents tried not to despair....

Known as the “Incubator Doctor,” Martin Couney was a controversial figure in the early 20th century. But today, he’s recognized as a hero who saved thousands of vulnerable infants. New York Public LibraryMartin Couney holds two premature babies he saved with his innovative child incubators. If you visited New York’s Coney Island in the 1930s, you’d be treated to a variety of sideshow attractions and rides, all for the low price of 10 cents....

Beloved around the world for his novel The Alchemist, Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho’s early life was shaped by crippling introversion. His parents placed him in a mental institution to treat the condition, and Coelho stayed there until he was 20 years old. After his release, he led an itinerant hippie lifestyle, traveling around the world and finding himself in prison for acts of political activism. While wandering along Spain’s Road of Santiago de Compostela in 1986, Coelho realized that in order to be truly happy, he needed to write....

A Native American woman who fostered peace between the Powhatan people and English settlers in the 1600s, Pocahontas paid dearly for her kindness. Throughout history, countless stories have been told about Pocahontas, the brave daughter of a Native American chief. In the 17th century, the English called Pocahontas a “noble savage,” praising her as a selfless heroine who had risked her life to save Captain John Smith. When she sat for the only portrait ever created during her lifetime, she wore European clothes, including a neck ruff that was popular at the time....