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From Helen Keller to Frank Sinatra to Carrie Fisher, even the biggest celebrities needed a little love from their dogs. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: These 13 Photos Of Freddie Mercury’s Cat Obsession Will Melt Your Heart 67 Revealing Photos Of Celebrities Before They Were Famous Hurricane Harvey’s Dogs: 21 Stirring Photos Of Brave Pooches That Survived The Storm...

During the Viking’s blood eagle torture, victims would have their lungs pulled out of their back to create a pair of “wings” — while they were still alive. The Vikings didn’t come into towns walking on moonbeams and rainbows. If their sagas are to be believed, the Vikings cruelly tortured their enemies in the name of their god Odin as they conquered territory. If the suggestion of a blood eagle was even uttered, one left town and never looked back....

In 15th-century Italy, the cunning Caterina Sforza ruthlessly defended her family’s fortunes at any cost — and was even accused of plotting to assassinate the pope. Lorenzo di Credi/Pinacoteca Civica di ForlìA portrait made of Caterina Sforza when she was Countess of Forli and Lady of Imola. When enemies laid siege to the fortress of Italian noblewoman Caterina Sfroza and captured her children, she stood on the walls of Imola and lifted her skirts, calling out that she could always make more children....

After surviving the trauma of the shooting, the victims of the Las Vegas attack are now facing a whole new trauma. Ever since last month’s deadly Las Vegas attack, conspiracy theorists have been claiming that the shooting never happened. Now, survivors say, the theorists are making their claims personal. Social media has become laden with posts and videos theorizing that the survivors are “crisis actors” and that the government created the attack as an excuse to confiscate firearms....

New research reveals that fangblenny venom is meant to numb instead of harm predators. The fangblenny fish always appear to be smiling — but that’s actually just how their mouths look when they’re closed around some giant poisonous fangs. Until recently, scientists were unsure just what kinds of powers the finger-sized fishies’ chompers possessed. But a new paper from Current Biology reveals that the unassuming creatures actually shoot out an opiod-like venom unlike any that has ever been seen in fish before....

The dark truth of Henry Ford’s Nazi sympathy and anti-Semitism looms over his legacy as an influential American industrialist. A portrait of business magnate and Nazi sympathizer Henry Ford circa 1919. Henry Ford is an American icon who was also a Nazi sympathizer with rabid anti-Semitic views. Under his leadership, Ford Motor Corporation became the engine of the American economy and one of the nation’s most iconic brands. Likewise, history books celebrate its founder Henry Ford as one of the nation’s greatest industrialists....

Operation Mockingbird was an alleged CIA project that recruited journalists to write fake stories promoting government ideas while dispelling communist ones. “A Student Group Concedes It Took Funds from C.I.A.” That was the front page headline of the February 14, 1967, edition of the New York Times. The article was one in a slew of articles published at the time in relation to something called Operation Mockingbird. What was Operation Mockingbird?...

The Family was anything but a typical family, but rather a doomsday cult with a leader who believed herself to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. John Woudstra/Fairfax Media via Getty ImagesAnne Hamilton-Byrne and husband William, left, arrive at County Court in Melbourne in November 1993 while on trial for fraud committed while leading the Family cult. Outside of the busy city life of Melbourne, Australia, a group of people operated in near-total secrecy for over two decades under the control of a woman who believed herself to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ....

Officially, the Maine coastline is only 228 miles long. But… This seems like a dumb question because obviously California is huge and beach-y and Maine is comparatively tiny and pretty cold. But actually, the Pine Tree State has more beachfront mileage than the Golden one — at least, it does when you add up all the little curves. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), California boasts a grand total of 840 miles of shoreline....

Captain Sully didn’t land his flight on the Hudson River by himself — he had the help of a very talented co-pilot named Jeff Skiles. Larry Marano/Getty ImagesJeff Skiles poses in the cockpit of a 1958 DC7 on November 17, 2011 in Miami, Florida. When people think of the emergency plane landing into the Hudson River known as the “Miracle on the Hudson”, people usually think of Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger — the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549....

In addition to Dahmer’s glasses, interested parties can also buy the serial killer’s Bible, family photos, and legal documents. Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions and/or images of violent, disturbing, or otherwise potentially distressing events. Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer has been back in the news lately following the release of the new Netflix series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which dramatized the murderer’s story. Now, an online store that specializes in murder paraphernalia is hoping to capitalize on the sudden burst of interest in the murderer by putting Jeffrey Dahmer’s glasses that he wore in prison up for sale for $150,000....

The cut-by-cut torture method known as lingchi may have been in use for hundreds of years. Wikimedia Commons From the Tang dynasty until the final years of the Qing, a form of capital punishment set itself apart from the rest for its particularly cruel and brutal practices. The ancient Chinese torture tactic known as lingchi — which translates loosely to “slow slicing,” “lingering death,” or “death by a thousand cuts” — was used as a method of execution from the seventh century up until 1905, when it was officially outlawed....

Scientists say that the newly studied 16-inch Smilodon populator skull once belonged to an animal that weighed close to 960 pounds. Wikimedia CommonsIllustration of Smilodon populator, one of the biggest cats ever known, by Charles R. Knight. During the Pleistocene era some 11,700 years ago, South America was a hotbed of giant predators, among them the Smilodon populator — one of the biggest cats to ever walk the Earth. Scientists knew that these saber-toothed predators were massive in size but nothing could have prepared them to discover just how gargantuan these cats could get....

Carole Hoff and serial killer John Wayne Gacy were high school sweethearts who were married for four years while Gacy murdered young men — and she didn’t learn the truth until after their divorce in 1976. Biographics/YouTubeCarole Hoff was married to John Wayne Gacy for four years. The world learned John Wayne Gacy’s name in December 1978 after the child-raping serial killer was arrested and confessed to murdering more than 30 boys and young men....

The full story behind the hotly-debated deaths of the men aboard Soyuz 11. June 30, 1971. The Soviet retrieval team anxiously awaits the return of the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts in a remote region of Kazakhstan. A nearby recovery helicopter spots the scorched parachute of the spacecraft’s descent module as it plummets toward Earth. After making their way to the crashed module, the would-be rescuers open the hatch and reveal a gruesome discovery: the dead bodies of cosmonauts Georgi Dobrovolski, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev....

Millions of people worldwide are actively engaged in the timeless—and expensive—search for the fountain of youth. Cucumbers over the eyes are so passé; there are many more spa treatments – both modern and historical – available that promise to deliver you right to the eternal youth’s doorstep via some unusual methods. How far will some people go in the name of endless physical beauty and ultimate relaxation? Rest assured that the answer will most often be TOO FAR....

The monkey is a capuchin named Gia and belongs to Danielle Thomas, who once performed pole dance routines with it under the name “Pole Assassin.” Monkey Gia/InstagramThe monkey, Gia, is Danielle’ Thomas’s emotional support animal and fellow performer. On the day after Halloween, a photographer in Texas posted a tweet with an eyebrow-raising scandal. He claimed that a monkey belonging to Texas Longhorns’ special teams coach Jeff Banks had viciously attacked a trick-or-treater on Halloween....

‘‘While there are some similarities in the cases, there’s also a great number of dissimilarities,’’ said an FBI investigator at the time. Wikimedia Commons/National center For Missing & Exploited Children/CarlK90245Three victims of the Redhead Murders. Few serial killings are as mysterious as the case of the Redhead Murders of the 1980s. As per the name, the Redhead Murders is the name given to the six to eleven unsolved murders of redheaded women along major highways in the United States in the 1980s....

Source: The Globe And Mail Frog juice Frog juice is a concoction from Peru that is believed to restore the sex drive of its drinker. The Peruvian Viagra is a mixture of honey, aloe vera plant, an Andean root plant and – as the name suggests – a no longer ribbiting frog. Bizarre Modern Medical Treatments: Beer Spas Source: Morava 24 In the Czech Republic, the effective treatment of sore muscles and joints, relaxation and improved complexion can all be achieved through one thing – a beer spa....

The 60-year-old businessman is adamant he and his friend killed the two elephants in self-defense after they unexpectedly charged at the two men. TwitterMike Jines and Max “Buzz” Delezenne posing with their kill in 2018. When Mike Jines was photographed looming over two dead elephants with a rifle slung over his shoulder, social media smelled blood. The American businessman — an executive with TopGen Energy in Alpharetta, Georgia — quickly became a target himself....