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A study done by a Yale University graduate student labeled stealthing as “rape-adjacent” Getty ImagesRo Khanna, left and Carolyn Maloney, right Democratic Representatives Ro Khanna (Calif.) and Carolyn Maloney (N.Y.) are pushing for Congress to classify “stealthing” as rape. Stealthing is the act of secretly removing a condom during sex — and ultimately an act that turns a consensual encounter into a non-consensual one. It also puts partners at risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies....

Gary Webb’s “Dark Alliance” series boldly claimed the CIA knew about a U.S. drug trafficking scheme that ravaged the country’s inner cities to fund Nicaragua’s Contra rebels. Years later, he shot himself in the head. In a three-part exposé, investigative journalist Gary Webb reported that a guerrilla army in Nicaragua had used crack cocaine sales in Los Angeles’ black neighborhoods to fund an attempted coup of Nicaragua’s socialist government in the 1980s — and that the CIA had purposefully funded it....

Hours after he died, Albert Einstein’s brain was snatched by the opportunistic pathologist who did his autopsy — then left it in two jars for the next 30 years. Because of his world-renowned genius, Albert Einstein’s brain became a coveted object — even after he died. Within hours of Einstein’s death on April 18, 1955, an autopsy was performed on him by a doctor who actually stole his brain. While Einstein’s son was initially furious, he did later permit the doctor, a man named Thomas Harvey, to give the brain to researchers who wanted to identify whether the physicist’s genius came from a brain that was physically different....

Broadway and silent movie star Justine Johnstone got tired of the shallow roles she was offered, so she set her sights on medicine instead. Wid’s Films and Film Folk, Inc.1920s screen and Broadway actress Justine Johnstone was also a pioneering scientist. Justine Johnstone’s good looks made a splash on Broadway and in silent films of the 1910s and 1920s. Starstruck classmates remembered that “her air had a meaning, her movements a grace....

Constructed right atop the historically Black town of Oscarville, Georgia in 1956, Lake Lanier has become one of the most dangerous bodies of water in America — with the remains of buildings just below the surface ensnaring hundreds of boats and swimmers. Joanna Cepuchowicz/EyeEm/Getty ImagesAt the bottom of Lake Lanier sits the former town of Oscarville, whose Black citizens were driven out in order to make the reservoir. Each year, more than 10 million people visit Lake Lanier in Gainesville, Georgia....

Jeffrey Dahmer’s mother, Joyce, struggled with mental illness while raising her son and never recovered from the guilt that overtook her once his crimes came to light. When society tried to comprehend the case of Jeffrey Dahmer, the cannibalistic serial killer convicted of murdering 17 boys and men from 1978 to 1991, criminologists turned to his mother, Joyce Dahmer, for insight. Did she create an environment that fostered this behavior? Was there anything she could have done differently?...

Though rhino poaching is historically more common in this region, the man was found in what is considered lion territory. NPRLion and lioness at Kruger National Park. Animal poachers are hunters who illegally poison, catch, and kill animals so that they can sell the animal or its parts on the black market. In an incident that took place at a private game park in South Africa, it was the other way around....

Doctors concluded that because he was so young, his lung tissue simply grew around it. A cancer diagnoses was proven incorrect when surgery revealed that a tumor was actually a children’s toy. A 47-year-old man from Preston went to a respiratory clinic complaining of a cough. As the man admitted to having smoked for most of his life, the doctors feared the worst– lung cancer. The doctors then took x-rays, which revealed a spot on his right lung, something they feared was a tumor....

Two years after Jack the Ripper murdered and mutilated five women in London, Mary Pearcey was found guilty of an eerily similar slaying. Public Domain/RedditMurderess Mary Pearcey was one of the only female suspects considered by London police to be the notorious “Jack the Ripper” serial killer. In 1888, the streets of London’s East End were stalked by a grisly killer known only as “Jack the Ripper.” Though that murderer was never caught, over 100 suspects were identified — including a murderess named Mary Pearcey....

“The new archaeological evidence… enhances our perception of power, politics, economy and culture at a time when the foundations for the kingdoms of Scotland, England and Wales were being laid.” DGNHAS/GUARD ARCHAEOLOGY LTD Researchers have finally shed some new light on a lost kingdom of the Dark Ages. Archaeologists have discovered evidence that the royal seat of the sixth-century kingdom of Rheged may have been in Galloway, Southern Scotland rather than Cumbria, Northwest England....

Discover the disturbing details that leave no doubt as to why authorities called Sean Vincent Gillis “a true serial killer.” Public DomainSean Vincent Gillis He was so vicious that even he admitted that he was “pure evil.” But although serial killer Sean Vincent Gillis may have readily confessed to his crimes and even perhaps expressed some genuine remorse, the details of his murders will surely leave you thinking that he was nothing but pure evil indeed....

The ways people die are often conventional, however, history provides us with a multitude of recorded deaths that are markedly more interesting. Let’s take a fascinating look at some of history’s strangest deaths: Chrysippus of Soli, 207 BC Chrysippus was a Greek philosopher who devoted his life to important matters including ethics, mathematics, physics, epistemology and religion. Despite being a great thinker, even he would not have been able to imagine his demise....

From Hurricane Katrina to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, a fascinating look at the world’s worst natural disasters of the 21st century. From Hurricane Katrina to the earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010, we look at the most devastating natural disasters of the 21st century: The Worst Natural Disasters: The Haitian Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 In January 2010, one of the worst earthquakes ever recorded in history hit Haiti. The earthquake that struck west of the capital, Port-Au-Prince, measured 7....

From 1971 to 1972, a serial killer known only as the “Freeway Phantom” stalked Washington, D.C., abducting and murdering six young Black girls. Metropolitan Police DepartmentThe Freeway Phantom murders claimed the lives of six Black girls. In 1971, a serial killer struck in Washington, D.C., for the first time in known historu. Over the next 17 months, the so-called “Freeway Phantom” kidnapped and murdered six Black girls between the ages of 10 and 18....

“Pecunia non olet” — or “money doesn’t stink” — is a phrase ascribed to the Roman emperor Vespasian, who in 70 A.D. imposed a urine tax. Jonathan108/Wikimedia CommonsA fictional Roman squatting on real Roman toilets. Pecunia non olet — meaning “money does not stink” or “money is not tainted” — is a famous phrase attributed to the Roman emperor Vespasian. The meaning behind the words is fairly simple: it doesn’t matter how you got your money, because it all has the same value....

Discover the most courageous women warriors and queens throughout history, whether it’s Cleopatra, Lozen, or Tomoe Gozen. YouTubeFearsome pirate queen, Grace O’Malley. World history is chock full of dynamic and influential women. Only a select few, though, were known for their warrior spirit. Some of these 11 women warriors have been immortalized in plays and Hollywood movies, like Cleopatra. Others are unsung heroes whom you may never have learned about in history class, like Ana Nzinga....

“Archaeology is showing us more about how our ancestors survived in this desperately cold and hostile environment at the climax of the last ice age.” A. J. E. Pryor et al., 2020/AntiquityThe structure measured 30 feet by 30 feet and was made of 51 mammoth jawbones and 64 mammoth skulls. Researchers in Russia have excavated an extraordinary hunter-gatherer relic that is baffling experts. The large structure they found is not only 25,000 years old, but it’s also made from the bones of more than 60 mammoths....

These Marilyn Monroe photos provide a unique look at the person behind the icon, whether she’s goofing around or relaxing at home. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 25 Photos Of Norma Jeane Mortenson Before She Became Marilyn Monroe 33 Vintage U.S.O. Tour Photos – From Marilyn Monroe To Frank Sinatra Before Marilyn Monroe And Joe DiMaggio, There Was Norma Jeane And James Dougherty...

Millions of people have spent the last two decades spouting alternative ideas about what may have happened on September 11, 2001, but are any of these 9/11 conspiracy theories even rooted in truth? Wikimedia CommonsTo this day, a number of both diverse and astounding 9/11 conspiracy theories continue to flourish. In a little over an hour on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, Americans — and most everyone else in the world — went on an emotional roller coaster as news of the attacks came in....

Throughout Alice Crimmins’ trial for the murder of her two young children, the prosecution used questionable witnesses and thin evidence that nevertheless convinced an all-male jury to find her guilty. Getty ImagesAlice Crimmins leaving court on May 24, 1968. At around 9:00 a.m. on July 14, 1965, Alice Crimmins noticed that her two children weren’t in their beds. The 26-year-old frantically called her husband, who was living elsewhere since their marriage had fallen apart....