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One of the searches made by Whitney Bosselman included “do people cry when they’re dying.” A mom in Connecticut was arrested after police found that she had made concerning Google searches on her phone shortly before the untimely death of her 5-year-old autistic son. Police arrested Whitney Bosselman on October 15 and have charged her with criminally negligent homicide in connection with the death of her son. The five-year-old was reported missing on May 3 and found dead in the family vehicle later that same day....

Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 13RZSS/Katie Paton 2 of 13Sir Nils Olav the Penguin inspects the King’s Guard of Norway after being bestowed with a knighthood at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland in 2008.Wikimedia Commons 3 of 13RZSS/Katie Paton 4 of 13RZSS/Katie Paton 5 of 13ED Jones/AFP/Getty Images 6 of 13ED Jones/AFP/Getty Images 7 of 13Wikimedia Commons 8 of 13A bronze statue of Sir Nils Olav....

“Our goal is to provide full flexibility, 24/7. If you want to cut the lawn at 4 a.m., then you do it.” Residents on the small Norwegian island of Sommarøy have petitioned to officially make it a time-free zone. UPDATE: As reported by Forbes, this story turned out to be a PR stunt from a Norwegian government agency that was picked up by international media. Have you ever wished that you had more time in the day?...

Even after learning Pierre Brassau was Peter the Chimp, critics still commended his work, and one man even purchased a painting for himself. Wikimedia CommonsPierre Brassau aka Peter the chimpanzee. Abstract artist Pierre Brassau’s first and only exhibition took place in 1964 at the Gallerie Christinae in Göteborg, Sweden. The critics (apart from one) loved his work, praising his “clear determination” and “powerful strokes.” Before long, everyone was wondering where such a gifted artist could have come from....

Who knew Benihana was the product of a samurai ancestor, and a restaurant-savvy father? YouTube Rocky Aoki in an early Benihana commerical. He was a descendant of samurai, so fighting was in his blood. But his father, who ran a popular restaurant in Tokyo, also showed him how to run a successful restaurant business. So rather than choosing, Hiroaki Aoki, known as “Rocky,” did both. He was a legendary wrestler who went on to found one of the most popular restaurant chains in America....

Throughout the local news segment, Stephen McDaniel acts like a distraught neighbor, shocked by the disappearance of an ex-classmate. It turned out he was responsible for her murder. The television interview of Stephen McDaniel, shortly before he was arrested for the murder of Lauren Giddings. In the early hours of June 26, 2011, Stephen McDaniel broke into the apartment of his downstairs neighbor and fellow Mercer College law school graduate Lauren Giddings, where he murdered her and dismembered her body....

Marvels Of Islamic Architecture: The Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali Located in Mali, the Great Mosque of Djenné is the largest mud brick building in the world. Construction began in the 13th century but the site fell into disrepair in subsequent eras. The edifice that stands today dates back to 1907 when French town administrators demanded it to be rebuilt. Made made from sun-baked mud bricks, which are coated with mud plaster for a smooth finish, the nine feet tall mosque is considered one of the most famous landmarks in Africa....

Obama dropped some big news this week: after a 54-year-old trade embargo and decades of strained post-Cold War relations, the United States will move toward restoring diplomatic relations with Cuba. Reactions to the policy change have ranged from optimistic support to disgust. While many lawmakers have condemned the move claiming that it will only strengthen Castro’s iron-clad grip on Cuba’s people, many have praised the President’s decision to shake the past aside and move forward....

From a 10,000-foot freefall to a grizzly bear attack, these survival stories from history show the true power of human resilience. Getty ImagesIrish explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew miraculously survived being stranded near Antarctica. 1915. Survival stories are both thrilling and terrifying. Many people don’t understand the full extent of their abilities until they find themselves in life-or-death situations — and they’re forced to think on their feet. Take Olympic pentathlete Mauro Prosperi, who spent 10 days lost in the Sahara Desert during the Marathon des Sables in 1994....

These daguerreotypes from the 1840s and ’50s — newly restored in vivid color — capture a generation of Americans that lived through the Revolutionary War and the execution of Marie Antoinette. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: The Faces Of America: 16 Stunning Colorized Portraits Of Ellis Island Immigrants 44 Colorized Portraits That Reveal Historical Figures As They Truly Were...

From wartime epics to period romances, any true history lover needs to add the best historical movies ever made to their watch list. The Best Historical Movies: 12 Years A Slave Based on the 1853 memoir of the same name, 12 Years A Slave tells the story of Solomon Northup, a black American who was born free in New York before being abducted by kidnappers who sold him into slavery in the Deep South, after which he spent 12 years in bondage before eventually gaining his freedom via the legal system....

Of the 2,753 people killed at the World Trade Center on September 11th, more than 40 percent are officially unidentified. Officials still hope to confirm the human remains of 1,106 victims. Thomas A. Ferrara/Newsday RM via Getty ImagesNykiah Morgan holds a photo of her mother, Dorothy Morgan, whose remains were identified in 2021. On September 11, 2001, the world watched in horror as the Twin Towers in New York City collapsed....

After several attempts to instigate policies with parliament, Irish writer Jonathan Swift channeled his ire into A Modest Proposal, a satirical pamphlet that posited child-eating as the only viable solution to the country’s famine. Wikimedia CommonsJohnathon Swift, author of A Modest Proposal. In 1729, Ireland was struggling. The country had been under England’s rule for almost 500 years, and economic and social conditions were deteriorating as a direct result of their rule....

Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel don’t let rare and difficult circumstances prevent them from living fulfilling lives. There’s something fascinating about conjoined twins. After all, many people have siblings they’re close with. But very few actually share a body part, and even fewer share a single body. Abby and Brittany Hensel are perhaps the most famous such pair, likely because they’ve been willing to publicly discuss their condition. They even had their own television show, Abby & Brittany, which first aired on TLC in 2012....

Discover the incredible story of the Battle for Castle Itter, which saw the Americans and the Germans team up against an unlikely enemy. Steve Morgan/ Wikimedia CommonsCastle Itter. By May 1945, the war in Europe was drawing to a close. On April 30, with Soviet forces fighting brutal house-to-house battles in the streets of Berlin, Adolf Hitler shot himself inside his fortified bunker. But even with their leader dead, the fanatical soldiers of the German SS continued to resist....

Billionaire hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt received " a first-of-its-kind lifetime ban on acquiring antiquities" after a yearslong, multinational investigation found he’d purchased looted objects from 11 countries. Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesMichael Steinhardt in 2017. Some people collect antiques. But billionaire Michael Steinhardt spent decades purchasing looted, trafficked antiquities. Now, Steinhardt has been forced to surrender 180 stolen objects valued at $70 million and has agreed to never purchase antiquities again....

Nearly 2,000 pounds of cocaine were sent to grocery stores across the Czech Republic in a bungled smuggling attempt. PolicieczThe street value of the cocaine is currently estimated at $83 to $86 million dollars. When supermarket workers in the Czech Republic opened banana crates this month, they were met with something they never expected: massive shipments of cocaine. According to Newsweek, the drug smugglers responsible for this $83 million haul used banana crates simply to hide their product....

The victims were discovered when one of the father’s clients called in a potential gas leak, fearing for the family. GoFundMeThe victims, 13-year-old Maliaka (left) and 12-year-old Maurice Jr. (right). Neigbhors have since organized a GoFundMe campaign for the surviving family. It was the Sunday after Thanksgiving when 34-year-old father of four Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr. committed an unspeakable act: decapitating his 12-year-old son Maurice Jr. and 13-year-old daughter Maliaka....

After the heart was rescued from the helicopter, the doctor carrying it tripped and dropped it on the ground. YouTubeA donated heart was rescued from a helicopter crash before being used in transplant operation hours later. On November 6, a helicopter carrying a donated heart from San Diego to the Keck Hospital in Los Angeles crashed onto the hospital’s rooftop. The heart was safely retrieved from the helicopter wreckage and is now remarkably beating inside a patient’s body....

The Codex Gigas is the largest medieval manuscript in the world — but it’s not the size of the book that makes it remarkable. MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Codex Gigas, also known as the Devil’s Bible. The Codex Gigas sits on display at the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm. This leather-bound book is the largest surviving European manuscript in the world believed to have been written by a monk in Bohemia during the early 13th century....