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“The material analyzed in this study is probably the most ancient archaeological solid residue of cheese ever found to date.” Enrico Greco/University of CataniaThe cheese found by archaeologists in Egypt. The latest discovery from a team of archaeologists in Egypt has taken aged cheese to a whole new level. In a paper published in July in the journal Analytical Chemistry, a team of archaeologists revealed that they discovered the oldest specimen of cheese ever found....

A new study of canine remains found in Spain suggests that pet “toy dogs” date back to ancient Rome. Wikimedia CommonsArchaeologists discovered that Romans kept a tiny dog breed similar to the modern “toy dogs.” When we think of “toy dogs,” the image of a celebrity with a tiny dog nestled in a handbag might come to mind. But a new discovery suggests that “toy dogs” have existed since the age of the ancient Romans....

While the word “illustrator” might bring to mind a children’s book artist, these five illustrators graduated from storybooks decades ago. Thanks to the ever-growing arsenal of available digital media creation tools, the world of illustration has undergone a major transformation over the years. Today’s illustrators blend traditional and digital media to create artwork for magazines, books, advertisements, movies and more. While they use many of the same tools, each illustrator has an entirely different style....

For six years, Fritz Haarmann used his position as a police informant to hide in plain sight while he carried out at least 24 grisly murders that earned him the nickname of the “Vampire of Hanover.” In the 1920s, Fritz Haarmann was known as a successful seller of secondhand clothes and was beloved by housewives for his endless supply of cheap meat — until they learned he harvested both of his products from slain runaway boys....

The Kailasa Temple was carved over dozens of years, under several rulers, out of a single piece of stone. Arian Zwegers/Flickr.com Kailasa Temple in all of its glory. Kailasa Temple in Ellora, Maharashtra, India, is the world’s largest monolithic piece of art. Master craftspeople carved the gigantic structure from a single piece of solid rock in a cave on a mountainside. The entire building took more than two decades to carve....

In the final seven days leading up to his death, Luang Pho Daeng stopped eating and drinking, which dehydrated his body to preserve it after his death. PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe mummified body of Thai Buddhist monk Luang Pho Daeng. When you enter the temple of Wat Khunaram in Thailand, you are greeted by a smiling face wearing sunglasses, but it’s not the face of a tour guide. It’s the frozen visage of Luang Pho Daeng, a monk who died over 40 years ago....

Following his 1937 visit to Nazi Germany, many questioned the Duke of Windsor’s relationship with Hitler. But the release of the Marburg Files seemed to confirm any suspicion. Keystone/Getty ImagesKing Edward VIII, later the Duke of Windsor, broadcasts on behalf of the King George V Jubilee Trust, April 19, 1935. Since before the start of World War II, the British Royal family’s connection to Germany has been called into question. In 1945, U....

For 29 years after the conflict had ended, Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda hid out in the jungles and continued waging a war that was long over with. The story of Hiroo Onoda is one of dedication and courage as well as stubbornness and delusion. Hiroo Onoda was one of the last Japanese soldiers to stop fighting World War II — 29 years after the Imperial Japanese Army surrendered to the Allies aboard the U....

After ascending the throne in 1891, Queen Liliuokalani began working to draft a new constitution and ensure Hawaiin sovereignty — only to be overthrown by U.S. business interests. When Queen Liliuokalani ascended to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1891, she became the first female ruler of the Hawaiian monarchy — and its last-ever sovereign monarch. Unfortunately, she came to power when powerful American business interests were looking to control the islands for their own profit and convinced the U....

AMID THE ASH-COLORED FOOTHILLS of the Altai mountains, the Kazakh people are on a hunt. Unlike most Western hunting experiences, the Kazakh do not rely on guns in pursuit of prey, but eagles — golden eagles, at that. Spanning as far back as the 15th century, the semi-nomadic eagle hunters — or bukitshi, as they are known in Kyrgyz — have used birds of prey to help capture foxes and hares in western Mongolia....

A centuries-old tradition of whale hunting in the Faroe Islands has horrified activists— after more than 1,400 dolphins were slaughtered in one day. Sea ShepherdLast Sunday, 1,428 Atlantic white-sided dolphins were corralled into a bay and butchered. On Sept. 12, more than 1,400 dolphins were slaughtered on the shores of Skalabotnur, in Denmark’s Faroe Islands. Whale hunters have gathered there annually in a centuries-long tradition, but it appears that regulations may have been broken this time — resulting in a slaughter that even horrified the locals....

Born in 1990, Ovidio Guzmán López was 18 when he joined his father’s Sinaloa Cartel. Now, he helps produce and traffic thousands of pounds of narcotics every year. Los Angeles Times/YouTubeOvidio Guzmán López was arrested in 2019 — and released due to cartel pressure. Since the late 1980s, the Sinaloa Cartel has been laundering money and trafficking drugs into the United States and bribing, torturing, or murdering anyone who crosses it....

Wordsmith, wit, and secret masochist Samuel Johnson overcame a host of ailments and financial struggles to write his masterpiece, A Dictionary of the English Language. Dr. Samuel Johnson arguably contributed more to the English language than any other person. A poet, playwright, essayist, critic, and biographer, what set him apart was A Dictionary of the English Language. Produced almost single-handedly and published in 1755, Johnson’s tome would remain the preeminent English dictionary for more than 150 years....

In 1936, New York congressman Nathan Perlman asked Jewish mob boss Meyer Lansky to intimidate Nazi sympathizers across the city. The mafioso even did it for free. Wikimedia CommonsMeyer Lansky, 1958. There are about a half dozen mob leaders whose names are pretty commonly known: Al Capone, Bugsy Siegel, John Dillinger, Lucky Luciano, and Carlo Gambino are probably the most famous. But the name Meyer Lansky must also show up at the top of the list....

Writing system dating back 20,000 years uncovered, medieval murder victim’s face reconstructed, prehistoric Australian cave art vandalized. An Amateur Archaeologist Just Uncovered What Might Be The First Writing System In Human History Henri BreuliResearchers uncovered a system of dots and Y-shaped marks which they believe were used to track the mating and birthing seasons of animals that served as important sources of food for hunter-gatherers in Stone Age Europe. For decades, experts have believed that the first writing systems in human history were the pictographic and cuneiform languages that emerged in Sumer in approximately 3,400 B....

“It be awesome. Seriously im going to help her. Its like getting away with murder!" Salt Lake TribuneTyerell Joe Przybycien A teenager in Utah who allegedly helped his friend kill herself is now facing a first-degree murder trial for his actions. In April, Tyerell Joe Przybycien had texted his friend, asking about suicide. “What do you do if you knew a friend was trying to commit suicide?” he texted his friend....

“Looking at me, anyone would have assumed I was nine months pregnant.” Keely Favell/Hook NewsKeeley Favell and her 57-pound cyst. Since 2014, now-28-year-old Keely Favell of Swansea, Wales had been putting on immense weight in her midsection. “I’ve always been chunky, but over the course of a couple of years, I gradually got this tummy,” Favell said. But that “tummy” eventually grew into a mass the size of seven newborn babies....

His mother explained, “He looked me in the eye and said ‘I’m just not sure that I am a girl.’” An Australian 12-year-old who began transitioning to become a girl two years ago has changed his mind and now has begun to reverse the process. The Independent reports that Patrick Mitchell, a 14-year-old boy who began to transition to female two years ago at just 12-years-old, now regrets the decision and is taking steps to transition back to male....

The author of The Great Gatsby, This Side of Paradise, Tender is the Night, and such exquisite short stories as “The Diamond Big as the Ritz” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald burned his way through the literary world of the early 20th century. He was an Ivy League elite of the old guard, full of idealistic visions of duty and artistic taste. His intoxicating success and his chaotic romance with his wife Zelda aggravated his alcoholism, and his writing frayed in his later years....

H.H. Holmes’ body has been exhumed from its century-old grave at the request of his great-grandchildren, who think he may have faked his death. H.H. Holmes, one of the most infamous serial killers of all time, was executed on May 7, 1896. Or so they say. In the century since his death, rumors have persisted that the brilliant and undoubtedly evil murderer actually managed to escape, living out the remainder of his life in South America....