“I’m hot, I’m beautiful, I’m 51. What are we going to talk about tonight? Being hot, being beautiful, being white?” FacebookStills from a video of Susan J. Westwood delivering her racist rant to Chele Garris. A white woman in Charlotte, N.C. lost her six-figure job after she was caught on video harassing her black neighbor while saying things like, “I’m white and I’m hot, so what are you doing here?”...
His success as a pilot was just one of his many skills. Eddie Rickenbacker survived against all odds multiple times, founded one of America’s biggest airlines, and was even asked to run for president. Sometimes, successful people rise from the ashes of tragedy. Eddie Rickenbacker was one such person. Rickenbacker lived a fascinating life highlighted by great feats of courage, dedication, and multiple brushes with death. After becoming America’s most successful World War I flying ace, he went on to create his own automobile company, survive two plane crashes and 24 days at sea, led one of America’s major airlines, and even traveled to the Soviet Union to gather intelligence during the Second World War....
Lightning Engulfs The Chaitén Volcano Of Chile This extraordinary image shows the sheer force of nature as the kinetic energy and friction of exploding ash turns into a crackling and beautiful lightning storm. An Incredible Lightning Storm Over The Grand Canyon Crackling over the ancient waterways in Arizona, this lightning storm adds further drama to the already magnificent Grand Canyon. When Lightning Struck The Eiffel Tower Standing high above Paris, this striking image was captured by an amateur photographer, showing the beauty that comes when nature meets a man-made structure of iron lattice....
While the three ships were remarkably well-preserved, the largest was badly damaged by mining equipment. Uryadovir CourierThe large ship was badly damaged during excavations, with plans to entirely reconstruct it now at the top of the list for archaeologists. Workers at the Kostolac surface mine in Serbia bumped into something far more interesting than coal this month. According to Ars Technica, the miners discovered three shipwrecks that were buried for at least 1,300 years — which appear to be Ancient Roman....
A gluten-free mass is apparently a Jesus-free mass. If you’re a Catholic on a gluten-free diet, you’re going to need to give up a lot of the best foods. Traditionally prepared pizza, pasta, tacos, and dumplings are a no — as well as Jesus, apparently. Turns out, the Lord and Savior’s body needs to have some gluten to work its magic, according to a recent directive from Pope Francis. The Pope’s clarification came in response to a growing trend of selling and buying the Eucharist products from companies not directly affiliated with the Church — like “supermarkets and other stores and even over the Internet,” the Pope said....
Even the agent who arrested Victor Lustig said, “You’re the smoothest con man that ever lived.” Bettmann/Getty ImagesVictor Lustig in 1937. Born on Jan. 4, 1890 in the Austro-Hungarian town of Hostinne, Victor Lustig displayed a penchant for crime right from the start: pickpocketing, burglary, and rigged card games all composed a crucial part of Lustig’s teen life. As Lustig entered adulthood, his crimes grew bolder. Besides constantly counterfeiting money, Lustig ran bogus horse races, faked seizures during business meetings, and instigated several phony real estate deals....
If movies are to serve as any guide, if a baby grows up in the wild, he’ll be wild himself. But could the opposite hold true for animals raised as humans? Gua and her “stepfather”. Source: Mad Science Museum If movies are to serve as an authoritative guide to reality, then we’d have reason to believe that a person who grows up apart from society and in nature will wholeheartedly embrace his wild side, almost becoming indistinguishable from his animal brethren....
“There’s plenty of public restrooms less than a block away from where she’s targeting. This is intentional.” Budde/KKTV A Colorado woman is accused of repeatedly pooping on the lawns of homes and parks she jogs past. KKTV reports that police are on the trail of a jogger in Colorado Springs, CO, that has allegedly been defecating on the lawns of people in the neighborhood she jogs past, in plain view of residents and their children....
Whether mummies that were preserved naturally or those that were intentionally embalmed, these stories are as fascinating as they are unsettling. Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Chinchorro mummies are over 7,000 years old, making them some of the oldest in the world. The ancient Egyptians are perhaps the most well-known group of people to have used mummification to preserve their dead. They placed the bandage-wrapped corpses of their rulers in elaborate tombs, along with items that the deceased would supposedly desire in the afterlife....
In 1851, an American editor named Amelia Bloomer wrote an article in support of female pantaloons — inspiring women to wear a controversial garment called “bloomers.” Getty ImagesAmerican suffragist Amelia Bloomer dared to suggest that women wear trousers under their skirts. In the 1850s, crushing corsets, heavy skirts, and a half-dozen petticoats weighed women down as a literal hamper to their quest for liberation. So one women’s rights activist named Amelia Bloomer thought to change that by way of an outfit that became known as “bloomers....
After Brandon Lawson ran out of gas in the dead of night on rural Route 277, he made a series of strange phone calls — and was never seen again. Help Find Brandon Lawson/FacebookBrandon Lawson and girlfriend Ladessa Lofton. When Brandon Lawson vanished in 2013, it left authorities baffled and his family in shambles. The series of events leading to his disappearance near Bronte, Texas, appeared wholly contradictory. He was a loving father of four, but he stormed out of his house in a rage on the night of Aug....
At least two people died trying to reach the infamous Into The Wild bus on Alaska’s Stampede Trail after hiker Chris McCandless died there in 1992. In 1992, two moose hunters stumbled upon an abandoned bus in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness. Inside the rusty, overgrown vehicle, they found the body of 24-year-old Chris McCandless, a hitchhiker who had left everything behind to pursue an off-the-grid life in Alaska....
Dagmar Overbye pretended to be a child caretaker. But all she did was kill the children left in her care. YouTubeDagmar Overbye murdered as many as 25 children. Dagmar Overbye was a Danish woman born on April 23, 1887. Based on the crimes she committed, it’s hard to place her in any other category besides pure evil. Overbye lived in Denmark and worked as a child caretaker. In 1912, she gave birth to a daughter of her own and in 1915, she moved from the small village of Assendrup to Copenhagen....
The beauty of vast, luxurious gardens makes for some very popular places to visit, especially when looking for a restorative escape from the modern world. But there is one garden whose popularity comes for far different reasons. At Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, England, you will find a nursery of the deadliest variety. Alongside the typical gardens you would expect to see near an English castle is the Poison Garden of Alnwick....
Dulce Maria Alavez vanished from Bridgeton City Park in New Jersey on September 16, 2019. Though police believe she was abducted, no trace of her has ever been found. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children released this digitally aged photo of Alavez in 2021. On a September day in 2019, Noema Alavez Perez took her kids to a park in their Bridgeton, New Jersey, neighborhood....
Like many steel towns that struggled to stay alive, Gary, Indiana has become a ghostly shell of its former glory. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: America’s Darkest Hour: 39 Haunting Photos Of The Civil War 25 Haunting Photos Of Life Inside New York’s Tenements Haunting Photos From 9 Of The World’s Creepiest Abandoned Hospitals...
If you’ve ever asked yourself, ‘how does lethal injection work?’ we’ve got your answer, and it’s not exactly pleasant. The first documented case of capital punishment in America dates back to 1608, when George Kendall was accused of betraying Britain to her enemy, Spain. He was executed by firing squad in Jamestown, Va. America has fast-forwarded through many capital punishment trends: firing squad, hanging, electrocution, and gas chambers have all had their day (the guillotine never picked up traction)....
Emmett Till was just 14 years old when he was kidnapped, beaten beyond recognition, shot, and thrown into a Mississippi river. But his brutal death was not in vain. Emmett Till was just 14 years old in 1955 when a white woman accused him of wolf-whistling at her in a store in Mississippi. This alleged act would cost the young black boy his life just a few days later when the woman’s husband and his half-brother beat him so severely that he was unrecognizable before shooting him in the head....
During a debate between Japan’s major political parties in October 1960, socialist leader Inejirō Asanuma was assassinated by 17-year-old Otoya Yamaguchi with a samurai sword. On October 12, 1960, in Tokyo, a leading politician was murdered on stage during a debate by a teenager with a samurai sword. Over 1,000 people watched on in horror from the audience, and thousands more watched from their television sets at home. The public execution came at a tense time in Japan....
These fascinating facts illuminate the grisly ritualistic suicide practice of seppuku once carried out by Japan’s elite samurai. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: How Bushidō Went From An Ancient Samurai Code To A Modern Set Of Japanese Virtues The Strange Story Of William Adams – The Englishman Who Became A Samurai Gorgeous Photos Of The Last Samurai...
