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Despite skepticism from cannabis experts, the coroner who examined her is “100 percent sure” that the primary cause of death was a marijuana overdose. A Louisiana coroner has doubled down on his opinion that a woman died from the first-ever marijuana overdose in the U.S. As WPXI reports, an anonymous 39-year-old woman died in February. The official cause of death: THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, which is the main ingredient in marijuana....

Elisabeth Fritzl spent 24 years in captivity, confined to a makeshift cellar and repeatedly tortured at the hands of her own father Josef Fritzl. On August 28, 1984, 18-year-old Elisabeth Fritzl went missing. Her mother Rosemarie hastily filed a missing-persons report, frantic over the whereabouts of her daughter. For weeks there was no word from Elisabeth, and her parents were left to assume the worst. Then out of nowhere, a letter arrived from Elisabeth, claiming she had grown tired of her family life and run away....

The pair of sphinxes was just determined to date back over 5,000 years and recently sold for more than $265,000 at auction after spending 15 years in an English garden. Mander Auctioneers The sphinxes are in rather poor condition, having spent 15 years outdoors in England. Fifteen years ago, a homeowner in England paid $407 for pair of sphinxes to spruce up their garden. But the sphinxes were not mere garden ornaments....

Despite the school noting the election’s suspicious results regarding hundreds of invalid votes, they forged ahead with the ceremony, anyway — in honor of tradition. Escambia County JailEmily Grover (left) and Laura Carroll (right). On Oct. 30, 2020, Tate High School in Cantonment, Florida, named senior Emily Grover homecoming queen. But just four and a half months later, her dream became a nightmare when police arrested the teen and her mother, Laura Carroll, for allegedly rigging the vote....

The mother-daughter team were volunteering to clean up the banks of a lake for a local charity when they noticed a plastic bag lying on the shore. Inside, was a severed head. Fox NewsA mother-daughter volunteer team found the head on the banks of Lake Houston. A group of volunteers cleaning up a park in Texas got more than they bargained for on Friday when they unearthed a severed head and a handgun from the shores of a lake....

In 1993, Heather Tallchief drove off in an armored truck full of millions in Las Vegas casino money, and she wasn’t caught until she turned herself in 12 years later. NetflixHeather Tallchief evaded capture until she gave herself up in 2005, while her partner, Roberto Solis, remains at large to this day. Many Americans celebrate their 21st birthday by legally purchasing alcohol for the first time. But Heather Tallchief had far grander and more illegal ambitions when her 21st birthday came....

From fiery electrocutions to sloppy beheadings, these botched executions ensured that the victims suffered until their final breaths. The morality of capital punishment has been debated for centuries. Though the execution of criminals and dissidents dates back to ancient times, this practice has remained controversial for nearly all of human history. Botched executions are just one reason why. Botched executions are defined as any that involve a break from protocol, unanticipated problems, or delays that cause unnecessary pain and suffering for the person being executed....

Room 39 allegedly uses money from drug smuggling, money laundering, and human trafficking to keep North Korean elites living in luxury. Wikimedia CommonsNorth Koreans bow to statues of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il. For decades, their family has clung to power with the help of funds illegally raised by Room 39. In North Korea, about 60% of the country’s 25 million citizens are mired in poverty. But since the 1970s, a mysterious government agency called Room 39 has allowed North Korean elites, including the ruling Kim dynasty, to live lives of luxury....

Jules Brunet was sent to Japan to train the country’s soldiers in Western tactics. He wound up staying in order to aid the samurai in a battle against Imperialists trying to further Westernize the country. Not many people know the true story of The Last Samurai, the sweeping Tom Cruise epic of 2003. His character, the noble Captain Algren, was actually largely based on a real person: the French officer Jules Brunet....

This killer whale had one of the highest concentrations of toxic pollutants that scientists have ever recorded. John Bowler/RSPB Scotland/PA When a killer whale was found dead on the beaches of Scotland last year, it was determined that she had perished after becoming trapped in fishing net. However, new tests of the whale’s remains reveal a far darker and more complicated story. Researchers found that the whale, christened Lulu, had some of the highest concentrations of pollutants ever found in a marine mammal, reports the BBC....

Indiana University sophomore Lauren Spierer disappeared on June 3, 2011 after a night out with friends at a bar in Bloomington — and hasn’t been seen since. Lauren Spierer, a 20-year-old sophomore at Indiana University in Bloomington, disappeared in the early morning hours of June 3, 2011. It was the end of the semester and Spierer, originally from Scarsdale, New York, was majoring in textiles merchandising. She went out for some drinks with friends before eventually began making her way home, and then dropped off the face of the Earth....

For nearly a decade in the mid-Victorian era, Mary Ann Cotton poisoned a string of her husbands for their insurance money as well as anyone else who got in her way — including 11 of her own children. Wikimedia CommonsThe only known photograph of Mary Ann Cotton, taken around 1870. In 1872, the widow Mary Ann Cotton wanted to marry for the fifth time. Her previous husbands had almost all died under mysterious circumstances and she was forced to watch over her seven-year-old stepson, Charles Edward Cotton, whose care now prevented her from remarrying....

In the 1970s, Bantu Steve Biko fought against South Africa’s racist regime until his brutal death. Wikimedia CommonsSteve Biko’s powerful ideas inspired South Africans to topple the racist apartheid regime. In 1970s South Africa, black people lived under a racist apartheid regime that forced them to live separately from whites. Activist Steve Biko dedicated his life to fighting this injustice, empowering South Africa’s downtrodden people and popularizing the idea that “black is beautiful....

Tactile, the first invention of its kind to translate text to braille in real time, was created in 15 hours by six young women at MIT. MIT A team of six women from MIT has created a portable machine capable of literally lifting text off the page. Their Tactile project is the first invention of its kind to translate printed words into braille in real time, six characters at a time....

Archaeologists believe the mummy may have been a healer or priestess when she was alive. Screenshot Altai News/YoutubeThe Altai republic of the southern Siberian territory has not recorded any infections from the current coronavirus outbreak. Some say it is due to the protection of an ancient mummy known as the Princess of Ukok or the Siberian Ice Maiden. Like the rest of the world, Russia has been hard hit by the coronavirus outbreak, except for its Altai region in southern Siberia where zero COVID-19 cases have been identified so far....

The 12-foot, 200-pound punt gun could kill up to 100 ducks at a time — nearly annihilating America’s waterfowl population by the 1860s. Though comically large, the punt gun was no laughing matter. The 10-foot, 100-pound weapon was so deadly to North America’s waterfowl that it was outlawed by 1918, as just a single shot from the one-gauge gun could kill 50 to 90 ducks — or an entire flock....

A crowdfunded cryptocurrency group called ConstitutionDAO added some drama to the auction by raising $40 million in hopes of buying the document but were ultimately outbid. Ardon Bar-Hama / Courtesy of Sotheby’sSome 500 copies of the Constitution were originally printed but just 13 are known to still exist. More than 200 years ago, delegates gathered in Philadelphia to hammer out the details of the US Constitution. Now, a rare copy of that document has sold for an eye-watering $43....

So far, more than 160 people have contracted the illness and one person has died. Pixabay The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has recalled thousands of pounds of turkey after it was discovered that a sample of products tested positive for salmonella. Jennie-O Turkey Store Sales, LLC has recalled 91,388 pounds of raw ground turkey products after the USDA announced their recall and found that their products matched the salmonella outbreak that the USDA identified, according to CNN....

So you killed that bottle of pinot noir a lot quicker than you (and your liver) had hoped. That doesn’t necessarily mean that your binge drinking has to be in vain, though. Rather, it could mean that you’re simply that much further on your way toward creating a kitschy wine bottle chandelier, or even a Christmas tree! Below, check out some of the more interesting ways to create something unique out of a habit that tends take away more than it gives....

The Soviet-Afghan War sparked the collapse of the Soviet Union, the rise of The Taliban and Al Qaeda, and a new era of war and terror. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 49A mujahideen fighter shows off his RPGs. Jalalabad, Afghanistan. 1989.Robert Nickelsberg/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images 2 of 49A wounded mujahideen fighter reaches out for help....