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The fossilized remains of a Bryde’s whale were found near Bangkok, seven miles inland from the shore. FacebookThe skeleton is estimated to be between 3,000 and 5,000 years old. In early November, scientists in Thailand discovered the fossilized remains of a Bryde’s whale. The skeleton was not only remarkably well preserved, but nearly 40 feet long — and potentially as old as 5,000 years. Even more intriguing, the gargantuan specimen was found over seven miles inland....

Over the course of 30 years, Alex the parrot and Irene Pepperberg showed that parrots are even smarter than most people think. FlickrIrene Pepperberg with Alex the parrot. In 1977, animal psychologist adopted Alex, a one year old African grey parrot. At the time, Pepperberg was a researcher at Purdue University who was studying animal cognition, particularly in the areas of language and communication. Up until her efforts, most animal behaviorists believed that birds were on the low end of the intelligence spectrum, with birds such as parrots lacking complex thought despite their acumen at mimicry....

Best known as Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s eldest daughter, Alejandrina Gisselle Guzmán Salazar is also a businesswoman — who has capitalized on her drug lord father’s name. TwitterA photo believed to be of Alejandrina Gisselle Guzmán Salazar, the daughter of El Chapo. The exploits of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, the infamous Mexican drug lord, are well known. But members of his family often seem to flit in and out of the spotlight, emerging only beneath salacious headlines or in mugshots before disappearing back into El Chapo’s shadow....

The jar contained the dismembered head and feet of a seven-month-old chicken and was pierced with a nine-inch long iron nail before being buried at the commercial heart of ancient Athens. Athenian Agora ExcavationsArchaeologists discovered the 2,300-year-old Greek curse jar during an excavation at the Athenian Agora. In 2006, archaeologists in Athens made the stunning discovery of a 2,300-year-old jar holding the bones of a dismembered chicken. Most remarkable was that 55 names were inscribed on the exterior of the jar (or chytra)....

There was an infamous female outlaw who rode alongside the bad boys of the Wild West. Her name was Belle Starr and she was known — and feared — as the “Bandit Queen.” In the 19th century, the Wild West had plenty of room for gangs run by the likes of Jesse James and Butch Cassidy. But these male outlaws met their match in Belle Starr, the so-called “Bandit Queen” who was a notorious horse thief and seductress....

Thomas Edison was long credited as the inventor of recorded sound — that is, until a 2008 discovery. As we’ve argued before, receiving credit for an invention has as much to do with good timing as it does the act of making the thing itself. This is especially true for Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville, a French inventor who created a recorded sound device decades before Thomas Edison would win intellectual “ownership” of that very feat....

He claims that his biological age does not reflect his emotional age, and is hurting his chances with women on Tinder. TwitterSelf-identifying mid-lifer, Emile Ratelband. 69-year-old Dutch “positivity guru”, Emile Ratelband, has embarked on a legal battle in the Netherlands to legally make his age 20 years younger. Born on March 11, 1949, Ratelband wishes to change his birth date to March 11, 1969. Ratelband is a motivational speaker and trainer in neuro-linguistic programming....

The newborn was roughly six miles away from major waterways. Horses, cows, sheep — these are all creatures you’d expect to see on a farm. Which is why when Tuatapere, New Zealand, farmer Dee Knapp recently spotted a seal pup on his property — miles away from the beach — he was more than a little surprised. “What the hell, that’s a baby seal,” Knapp says in a video documenting the discovery....

The company, called Colossal, plans to use genetic engineering to modify elephant DNA and create a hybrid animal that resembles the woolly mammoth. Wikimedia CommonsWoolly mammoths have been extinct for about 10,000 years. It sounds like something from science fiction, if not horror. But the mission of Colossal is very real. The company seeks to revive the woolly mammoth by creating a hybridized elephant with its characteristics, all to help fight climate change....

“Mad Bomber” George Metesky may come off like a comic book supervillain, but his mid-century reign of terror was all too real. Al Ravenna/Library of CongressGeorge Metesky, the “Mad Bomber,” stands behind bars in Waterbury, Conn. following his arrest. Jan. 1957. In the spring of 1973, a man was released from New York’s Matteawan Hospital for the Criminally Insane, ready to slip back into society after a nearly two-decade exile. That man was George Metesky, better known as the “Mad Bomber,” who had once terrorized the city of New York for more than 15 years in his perverted quest for justice....

Bionic skin is becoming less of a sci-fi feature and more of a reality. But just how far do we have to go? Researchers in Seoul and Cambridge, MA, recently announced new advances in synthetic skin sensitivity. Source: Pop Science The history of replacing human skin with something else has been pretty weird from the start. The oldest recorded evidence of medical skin grafts is found in the Egyptian Papyrus of Ebers, which dates back to roughly 1,550 BCE....

On a barroom bet, Thomas Fitzpatrick landed a plane on a Manhattan street. And when another drinking companion later claimed that landing never happened, Fitzpatrick did it again. In 1956, a World War II veteran-turned-airplane pilot named Thomas Fitzpatrick did what seems totally unthinkable: He flew a single-engine plane through the urban canyons of New York City and landed it perfectly on an uptown Manhattan street — all because of a drunken bet....

John Geoghan was a Boston priest whose career spanned 30 years across Massachusetts. He was also a serial child rapist who would meet a grisly death in jail. Youtube/Wikimedia CommonsJohn Geoghan and Joseph Druce John Geoghan was a Boston priest whose career spanned 30 years in six different parishes. He was also a serial child rapist who had 150 boys came forward to accuse him of sexual abuse during his time in the Catholic Church....

Jonathan Schmitz murdered Scott Amedure in cold blood in March 1995 after Amedure confessed that he had a crush on Schmitz on a daytime talk show. YouTubeJonathan Schmitz, right, would be dubbed the “Jenny Jones killer” after murdering his friend Scott Amedure. Jonathan Schmitz lived an ordinary life. He was, by all definitions, an “average Joe” who lived in Michigan and generally led a quiet existence. But on March 6, 1995, he was invited to appear on one of the most popular talk shows of the day, The Jenny Jones Show, where he was told that a person who had a “secret crush” on him would be revealed....

Karen Friedman Hill’s transition from innocent teenager to hard-living wife of gangster Henry Hill is more dramatic than Goodfellas could ever depict. On the Run: A Mafia ChildhoodKaren Friedman Hill and Henry Hill on their wedding day. In 1965, after Karen Friedman and Henry Hill — the notorious New York gangster whose life story was made famous by the book Wiseguy and subsequent film adaptation Goodfellas — had been dating for a few months, a neighbor of hers named Ted tried to force himself on her....

Mark Kilroy was a University of Texas student on spring break in March 1989 when he was tortured and murdered by Adolfo Constanzo’s cult in Matamoros, Mexico. YouTubeBy the time a reward was offered, Mark Kilroy had already been butchered. Mark Kilroy, a handsome, athletic pre-med senior at the University of Texas, was the all-American college boy of every parent’s dream. It was March 1989, with graduation approaching, and he and three of his best friends drove to Mexico for spring break as a last hurrah....

The centuries-old board game is possibly the “most intriguing” discovery at the site to date. Vyborg MuseumThe board game that was found inside the Vyborg Castle in Russia was played all over the world. Archeologists have discovered what appears to be a medieval board game in a 13th-century Russian castle. The game was found in a secret chamber within the Swedish-built Vyborg Castle, located near the northwestern Russian town of Vyborg, which is close to the country’s Finnish border....

In 1997, Princess Diana’s funeral was televised worldwide to more than 2 billion mournful viewers after she was lost to a tragic car accident. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: The Life And Legacy Of Princess Diana In 33 Images Actress, Activist, Icon: The Story Of Eva Perón, Argentina’s Beloved First Lady Inside The Horrifying Death Of Princess Diana And The Conspiracy Theories Behind It...

In 1974, Randall Woodfield was drafted and quickly dropped by the Green Bay Packers. Just a few years later, he went on a brutal murder spree — killing up to 44 people. YouTubeRandall Woodfield would go on to be known as the ‘I-5 bandit.’ During his reign of terror up and down Interstate 5, serial killer Randall Woodfield robbed, raped, and mercilessly murdered women. Some he knew, others were total strangers....

Richard “Dick” Bong was one of the most successful fighter pilots his commanding officers had ever seen before dying in a test flight in August 1945. Richard Bong grew up a simple farm boy in rural Wisconsin whose head was always in the clouds. He was the oldest of nine children born to a Swedish father and Scotch-English mother, and he excelled at many things. Particularly, Bong loved shooting his Winchester rifle so much that he became an expert marksman....