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Source: Flick River Within the least populated New York borough of Staten Island there lies a forgotten forest, home to over two dozen crumbling buildings that once made up the historic compound known as Seaview Hospital. In 1915, Sea View expanded to absorb twelve nearby buildings that until then had been operating as the Richmond County Poor Farm, which was established in 1829. Source: Flickr After merging with the Richmond County Poor Farm, the entire complex was renamed Sea View Farms, but remained a place where the desolate and destitute would perform manual labor in exchange for shelter and food....

From 1883 to 1996, nearly 150,000 Indigenous children were forcibly taken away from their parents and sent to Canadian residential schools where they faced horrific abuse. Library and Archives Canada/FlickrChildren at an Indian Residential School in Ft. Simmons hold letters that spell out “Goodbye.” For over a century, Canada held a dark, open secret. All across the country, officials forcibly took nearly 150,000 Indigenous children away from their parents and sent them off to abusive “residential schools....

Is the legend of the Moon-Eyed people proof that Welsh explorers landed in America more than 300 years before Columbus? National Museum of the American IndianA modern rendering of moon-eyed people by a Cherokee artist. Cherokee legend is full of incredible tales. But one of the most fantastic — and intriguing — stories concerns the moon-eyed people. According to Cherokee lore, moon-eyed people lived deep in the woods of present-day North Carolina and Georgia....

Ancient Greek warriors’ helmets unearthed in Italy, spines threaded around poles found in Peru, headless medieval horse uncovered in Germany. Archaeologists In Italy Find Two Intact Helmets Worn By Ancient Greek Warriors 2,500 Years Ago Parco Archeologico PaestumThe helmets were found at the Acropolis of Elea-Velia, a 60-foot long temple built high atop a terrace in the Cilento region of southern Italy during the sixth century B.C.E. In approximately 540 B....

A recent study found that Triantha occidentalis, known as the western false asphodel, gets its nutrients by eating the innards of small insects. Wikimedia CommonsThe western false asphodel lacks a gene that would help it gain energy from sunshine, which tipped scientists off that it may be a carnivore. The western false asphodel is a fairly common wildflower that can be found up and down the west coast of North America....

From evil science experiments to serial killers to the paranormal, these creepy photos plumb the depths of human history’s dark side. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 55 Weird Photos From History With Baffling Backstories Go Inside The World’s Creepiest Catacombs — And Learn The Disturbing Stories Behind Them 44 Disturbing Pictures Of China’s Cultural Revolution...

A surprising new discovery of ancient human remains in Africa — with remarkably well-preserved DNA — is redrawing the map of human populations in new and exciting ways. Pierre de Maret/St. Louis UniversityThe rock shelter at Shum Laka, where the remains of four ancient children were found. In studying the origins of humanity, many experts begin in Africa, where ancient Homo sapiens arrived about 250,000 years ago. However, one immediately runs into a problem that has inhibited deeper research into humanity’s birthplace since we began looking for it....

No dog has ever been diagnosed with autism. There are absolutely zero legitimate studies linking vaccines to autism. Still, the unfounded fear-mongering persists, and terrified people around the world have begun refusing life-saving shots on behalf of their vulnerable children — sparking what could soon become a national health crisis. Now, as if risking your baby’s health with no scientific research to back you up isn’t crazy enough, the anti-vaccination crowd has now begun throwing their dogs into the mix — refusing pet vaccinations while citing fears that their canines will develop autism....

Weighing in at several tons and reaching up to 32 feet long, the “White Rock Spinosaurid” was probably the largest land predator Europe has ever known. Anthony HutchingsThe “White Rock Spinosaurid,” yet to receive a formal scientific name, ranked among the most fearsome hunters of its era. English researchers have just unearthed an entirely new species of dinosaur predator from the Isle of Wight. Temporarily called the “White Rock Spinosaurid” after the geological layer from which it was unearthed, it reached 32 feet in length and lived 125 million years ago....

Rarely-seen photos that’ll upend your image of this genocidal dictator. Thanks to Adolf Hitler’s personal photographer, we are privy to the Führer’s private sessions for practicing his infamous speeches. During these sessions, photographer Heinrich Hoffmann captured Hitler in the throes of passionate lip-sync to his own recorded speech. The demonstrative dictator wanted a record of his gestures and expressions to be able to see what his audience saw. Thus Hitler used these photos as a tool for improvement....

From Kurt Cobain to Martin Luther King Jr., see some of history’s most famous mugshots and learn why these iconic figures were arrested in the first place. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: From Celebrities To Serial Killers: 48 Famous Mugshots Brought To Life In Vivid Color 63 Wild West Mugshots That Prove They Don’t Make Criminals Like They Used To...

One of the infamous “plumbers” in Richard Nixon’s White House, G. Gordon Liddy was the mastermind behind the Watergate scandal. G. Gordon Liddy entered the U.S. House of Representatives on July 20, 1972. He’d come to testify to his knowledge of the Watergate break-in that happened a month earlier. Congressman Lucien Nedzi asked Liddy: “Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give in this hearing shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?...

Around two-thirds of the more than 2,200 people on board the RMS Titanic died after the ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912. Wikimedia CommonsThe RMS Titanic docked in Southampton England on April 10, 1912. The sinking of the RMS Titanic in April 1912 is widely considered one of the world’s worst maritime disasters. But how many people died on the Titanic? As the great ship plunged into the icy depths of the Atlantic Ocean early on the morning of April 15, 1912, about 1,500 people died....

The first African man to become a samurai, Yasuke certainly made a mark on feudal Japan — though much about his life remains a mystery. In the 16th century, Japan was internally divided and externally isolated. Split into provinces under the rule of various local feudal lords who were known as daimyōs, the island nation remained relatively closed off from the outside world. That is, until the Age of Exploration that brought European explorers to every corner of the globe — including Japan....

India has been overrun with 50 million monkeys, some of which have broken into people’s homes, terrorized and stole from people on the streets, and even caused some people to die. RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty ImageMonkeys cross the road in front of India’s Presidential Palace and government buildings in New Delhi. In 2014, India’s New Delhi Municipal Corporation decided to tackle the massive monkey issue they have in the city by hiring men dressed as langurs to scare the smaller monkeys away....

After remaining sealed for centuries, the burial tomb of Jesus Christ at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre was briefly opened in 2016. THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Aedicule (shrine) surrounding the Tomb of Jesus during the unsealing process. According to the Bible, Jesus Christ was buried in a “tomb cut out of rock.” Three days later, he awed his followers when he walked out of the tomb alive. So, if it exists in the first place, where exactly is Jesus’ tomb?...

Girl Scouts Lori Farmer, Michelle Guse, and Doris Milner were between the ages of 8 and 10 when they were brutally raped and murdered at Oklahoma’s Camp Scott on June 13, 1977. Summer camp has been a staple of the American experience for generations. In 1977, however, summer camp took on a new and horrible connotation for many thanks to one shocking triple-homicide right out of a horror movie: the Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders at Camp Scott....

What the world gets right and wrong about the connections between Islam and slavery. SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty ImagesHaifa, a 36-year-old woman from Iraq’s Yazidi community who was taken as a sex slave by ISIS, stands on a street during an interview with AFP journalists in the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk on November 17, 2016. “These are evil personalities,” Philippine military spokesman Jo-Ar Herrera said at a news conference in June, referring to the Islamic militants who had then been besieging the city of Marawi for five weeks....

Scientists involved in the study will inject human cells into rat and mice embryos. Researchers plan to follow the development of the resulting creatures’ organs over the course of two years after the baby hybrids are born. PixnioThe study will be the first of its kind approved under Japan’s controversial new scientific guidelines. In a historic first for Japan, its government’s science ministry has granted scientists permission to move forward with research designed to create animal-human hybrids whose organs can be harvested for people to use....

As America’s most powerful labor leader, Teamsters Union President Jimmy Hoffa battled with the government and then the mob — before infamously disappearing forever. There are many questions surrounding the life and death of Jimmy Hoffa. But if you’re under a certain age, the first two you might ask are “why do some people care so much about what happened to him?” or even, “who was Jimmy Hoffa, again?” James Riddle Hoffa — yes, that is his real name; his mother’s maiden name was Riddle — was the controversial president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union from 1957 to 1971....