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The last screening was the same night a group of white supremacists descended on Charlottesville, Va. A theater in Memphis, Tenn. is receiving both praise and backlash for its decision to yank Gone With the Wind from its roster of films. The 1939 Best Picture winner was last screened at the Orpheum Theater on August 11, the same weekend that tiki torch-wielding white supremacists marched in Charlottesville, Va. to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E....

Who’s worse? The dictator who leads one of history’s greatest waves of terror or the political schemers who put him in power for their own selfish ends? Read on and judge for yourself. Image Sources (from top left): Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Commons In 1929, Adolf Hitler was a strange combination of has-been and never-was. The fame and following he’d garnered after his failed 1923 coup d’etat–and subsequent jailing and publication of his autobiography (Mein Kampf)–had severely waned....

Under the proposed law, suspects in Hong Kong, where people enjoy far more civil liberties, could be sent to trial in mainland China, where freedoms are much more restricted. Winson Wong/South China Morning Post/Getty ImagesEstimates indicate between one and two millioon people have taken to the streets in protest. Seen here, they’ve flooded East Point Road in Causeway Bay to march to the Central Government Offices to demand a change in leadership....

Elizabeth Jennings Graham was told to get off the trolley and wait for one with “her people” on it. She said she didn’t have people and refused to get off. Kansas State Historical SocietyThe only known photo of Elizabeth Jennings Graham, published in an American Woman’s Journal article from 1895. Graham was born to a free-born father who worked as an activist and patent holder, while her speechwriting mother was born into slavery....

Go beyond Davy Crockett and John Wayne to discover the true story of the Battle of the Alamo that turned the tide of the Texas Revolution in 1836. “Remember the Alamo!” the battle cry goes. But why, exactly, should we remember the Alamo? The cry was born as a proclamation of strength, but what makes a simple building such a powerful and historic place? Originally a Spanish mission site, the Alamo, near what is present-day San Antonio, Texas, was repurposed as a military garrison in the early 1830s....

It’s been 12 years since Jennifer Kesse disappeared from her Florida home without a trace. Public Domain; Wikimedia CommonsLeft: A still from security footage of an unidentified person of interest in the case of Jennifer Kesse’s disappearance; Right: Jennifer Kesse “We don’t have answers.” — Joyce Kesse, mother of Jennifer Kesse On the evening of Jan. 24, 2006, friends and family of 24-year-old Floridian Jennifer Kesse had already begun to pass out fliers requesting information on the whereabouts of the young woman who had vanished either late the night before or early that morning....

The bright snapshot of her suburban life belied a dark negative — Kristen Gilbert was a serial killer who preyed on the weakest victims: those she nursed. Pretty, well-liked, and intelligent, Kristen Gilbert’s seemingly blessed life hid a damning secret. She appeared to have it all: a good nursing job, loving husband and children. Down to the blonde bob, Kristen Gilbert was virtually indistinguishable as the typical mother in the Massachusetts suburb she called home....

On March 16, 1991, Latasha Harlins went to a grocery store to buy a bottle of orange juice. Soon Ja Du, the store clerk, assumed she was stealing it and shot her in the back of the head. On a Saturday morning in 1991, 15-year-old Latasha Harlins walked to a market five minutes from her home in South-Central Los Angeles to buy a bottle of orange juice. Soon Ja Du – the market’s Korea-born owner — saw the orange juice sticking out of Harlins’ backpack and assumed she was stealing it, even though the teenager had cash in her hand....

The Confederates were sure former slave-turned-Union spy Mary Bowser wouldn’t be able to read the sensitive documents they left out around her — they were wrong. National ArchivesThe Confederate White House in Richmond, where Mary Bowser was planted as a Union spy. Oftentimes, the outcome of a war is determined not out on the open battlefields, but in the shadows. Espionage has played an important role in virtually every great military conflict in history and the American Civil War was no exception....

“These gravity images are revolutionizing our ability to study the least understood continent on Earth—Antarctica.” Kiel UniversityData from the GOCE satellite reconstructs ancient landmasses. Scientists have just discovered the remnants of an ancient continent deep beneath the surface of Antarctica. The geological and geographical history of Antarctica has remained a mystery for researchers for decades, but this latest satellite data is changing that. The ancient continent was discovered via a gravity-mapping satellite....

On November 2, 2016, Sherri Papini vanished near her home in Redding, California. Three weeks later, she re-emerged — with a bizarre kidnapping story. Keith PapiniSherri Papini with her then-husband, Keith. In November 2016, Sherri Papini disappeared while out for a jog in Northern California. She was found three weeks later on a highway about 140 miles away, battered and bruised, and with a story about how she’d been abducted and tortured by two Hispanic women....

Some of our planet’s most incredible features are found below the surface – a look at the world’s most interesting sinkholes. Interesting Sinkholes: Cave Of Swallows The Cave of Swallows was once a popular extreme sports tourism destination thanks to its status as the world’s largest cave shaft and one the deepest sinkholes on earth. In recent years, however, the sinkhole has been cut off from public use in an attempt to preserve the various bird species that call the Cave of Swallows home....

On April 24, 1967, Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov tried to return to Earth after a mission on the Soyuz I spacecraft. But then, his parachute failed to deploy. Wikimedia CommonsSoviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov in 1964, just a few years before his death. In life, Vladimir Komarov was an exceptional Soviet cosmonaut. But he would be remembered best for his death — as the “man who fell from space.” In 1967, with the 50th anniversary of the Communist Revolution approaching, Komarov was tapped for a historic space mission....

The long-held belief that even the giant sphinxes had lost their noses due to wear and tear isn’t actually accurate, but rather these statues were intentionally vandalized in an effort to reduce their symbolic powers. Wikimedia CommonsThe Great Sphinx of Giza, perhaps the most famous Egyptian statue with a glaringly missing nose. As curator of the Brooklyn Museum’s Egyptian art galleries, Edward Bleiberg fields a lot of questions from curious visitors....

They’re translucent, have no scales, and if you brought them to the surface, they would indeed melt. Newcastle UniversityCT scan of the Atacama snailfish. A group of scientists made an astounding discovery in the extreme depths of the Pacific Ocean when they uncovered three new species of fish. An exploration deep into the Atacama Trench along the west coast of South America, one of the deepest places on earth, captured rare footage of three never-seen-before species of snailfish, according to a statement from Newcastle University....

After Native Americans became U.S. citizens with the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, the government allowed states to decide whether or not to guarantee them the vote. Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesNative Americans attempting to register to vote in New Mexico in 1948. While the right to vote is supposedly guaranteed to all U.S. citizens under the law, minority populations remain disproportionately affected by discriminatory policies on the state level that challenge their ability to make it to the polls....

Local legend has it that the last three rulers of the Incan Empire lay buried at the site. Shaped like a cross, the one-hectare complex has a rich and mysterious history. Klebher Vasquez/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesThe remains showed signs of syphilis and bore skull deformities. The Hospital Real de San Andrés in Lima, Peru, has long captivated historians. Built exclusively for Spanish patients in 1552, legend holds that it served as a tomb for the last three rulers of the Incan Empire....

During the Battle of the Bulge, the Nazis had intended on surrounding the Allies, crushing them, and chasing them out of Europe. However, the Allied Army had other plans. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 28 Haunting Photos From The Battle Of Kursk: The Clash That Changed WWII 36 Photos Of The Battle Of Stalingrad, The Biggest Clash In The History Of War...

The internet naturally responded with alternative names like “plague enthusiasts.” Crazymothers.infoThe founder of the group Crazymothers, Hillary Simpson, frequently ends her posts with #DoYourResearch. Do with that information what you will. A group of anti-vaxxers requested on both Twitter and Instagram on Dec. 1 that the media stop labeling them “anti-vax” because the term is “derogatory, inflammatory,” and it “marginalizes both women and their experiences.” According to LiveScience, the anti-vaccination group, called Crazymothers, requests instead that its members be called “vaccine risk aware....

An eerily abandoned village brought down by natural disasters and the Plague, Craco is still hauntingly alive with history. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Inside The Eerie Ghost Town Of Centralia, Pennsylvania That’s Been On Fire Since 1962 Inside “Peace Village,” The Ghost Town On The Border of North and South Korea 23 Eerie Photos Taken Inside Burj Al Babas, The Turkish Ghost Town Filled With Fairytale Castles...