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Iceland is a country dotted with Viking relics, breathtaking volcanic landscapes and picture-perfect scenery. And, if you believe one subset of the population, elves. The place of elves in Icelandic culture is much disputed. The effect of elves on the government, however, is obvious. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Countries and cultures around the globe have their fair share of odd rituals and belief systems, and it seems that the media has really taken to Iceland’s apparent belief in elves....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wubpbH8anKI A python ate a man alive on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia this past Sunday, and you can see the carnage of the aftermath for yourself above. Akbar, a 25-year-old Indonesian man, had been tending his palm oil crops when he went missing. Because his wife was out of town, nobody noticed Akbar’s absence until his uncle dropped by for a social call. According to the Associated Press, his fellow island neighbors started looking for the man on Monday but found no trace of him....

Harold Holt was prime minister of Australia for less than two years before he went for a swim and never came back. YouTubeHarold Holt swimming. It happened on Dec. 17, 1967, at Cheviot Beach in Victoria, Australia. The four others Harold Holt was with had planned on going for a swim as well, but after noticing the high tide and strong undercurrent, they decided against it. Holt, on the other hand, is quoted as saying, “I know this beach like the back of my hand,” before striding in without pause....

Scientists have done the “impossible” and bred Russian sturgeon and American paddlefish to create a bizarre-looking hybrid. Research Institute for Fisheries and AquacultureThe hundred or so hybrids now in captivity display varying ratios of features from both their paddlefish and sturgeon parents. With a little help from Hungarian scientists, the seemingly impossible just occurred — the birth of long-nosed, spiky-finned hybrids of Russian sturgeons and American paddlefish. Though the results were accidental, about 100 of these so-called “sturddlefish” are now in captivity....

For decades, ufologists have claimed that extraterrestrials experiment on humans with the military’s help inside a secret base underneath the Archuleta Mesa in Dulce, New Mexico. Center for Land Use InterpretationDulce is home to fewer than 3,000 people. The quaint desert hamlet of Dulce, New Mexico has fewer than 3,000 residents — it doesn’t even have a traffic light. But the unassuming little community is a hotbed for ufologists and alien conspiracy theorists who all believe that below the town is a secret, seven-story military facility known as Dulce Base....

“The Apotheosis of the Arts” had been missing a two-by-two-foot portion depicting a cherub for more than 40 years. Wikimedia CommonsThe incomplete Le Apoteosis de las Artes in Santo Domingo church in 2011. On Nov. 7, 1980, six 17th-century tapestries went missing from the Santo Domingo church in Castrojeriz, Spain. While Interpol recovered them all within a few years, a corner section from the largest tapestry had been cut out. It was nowhere to be found for 42 years, until now — when authorities finally tracked it down....

The US-Mexico border has become an object of huge political debate. Getting past the rhetoric, here’s what it actually looks like. Everyday life on the US-Mexico border line is dire and demanding. More and more children are being sent across the border by parents who want their children to find a better life in America; many of them never making it. Hundreds of undocumented immigrants from numerous Central American countries die every year trekking through the Arizona desert hoping to gain entrance into what they perceive to be a land of freedom, and Mexican nationals (on both sides of the border) find themselves-sometimes unexpectedly-cut off from their family members....

Sharon Marie Huddle was married to Joseph James DeAngelo for more than 40 years while he killed over a dozen people. But it remains unclear whether she knew he was the Golden State Killer. “My thoughts and prayers are for the victims and their families. The press has relentlessly pursued interviews of me. I will not be giving any interviews for the foreseeable future. I ask the press to please respect my privacy and that of my children....

Some experts believe that wild animals are striking back against those poachers who traumatized them — in other words, getting their revenge. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Ten More Elephants, Including A Mother And Baby, Poisoned By Poachers In Zimbabwe Poachers Poison Rare Giant Tusker Elephant To Death Poachers’ Arrest Caught On Camera One Hour After They Shot An Elephant Through Its Lungs...

“Honestly, it looked like a majestic prehistoric animal.” Iziko Museums of South AfricaThis giant squid found recently clocked in at 14 feet long — and it hadn’t even reached maturity yet. Beachgoers in South Africa’s Britannia Bay were utterly stunned to discover a 14-foot-long giant squid dying on the sand last week. The creature was caught on camera by local man Richard Davies who said the squid was still breathing when he found it....

Dubbed the “Mexican Madonna” and the “Queen Of Tejano Music,” Selena Quintanilla was a budding superstar — until she was gunned down in March 1995. In the early 1990s, Latina singer Selena Quintanilla was on top of the world. Widely adored for her Tejano music and stunning fashion, Selena was on her way to becoming a superstar in America. But it all came to a screeching halt with Selena’s murder at the hands of Yolanda Saldívar....

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Professor Stephen Hawking is likely the most famous scientist since Albert Einstein (in fact, Einstein was Hawking’s nickname in grade school.) As the theoretical physicist, author and professor turns 75 this week, here are some facts you probably didn’t know about his amazing life: 1. His birthday coincides with another special event. Hawking was born exactly 300 years after the death of a similarly space-inclined scientist: Galileo Galilei....

“He won’t know anything about the pandemic as he’s been asleep for 10 months. His awareness is starting to improve now but we just don’t know what he knows.” GoFundMeOn Joseph Flavill’s most recent birthday, his mother had to visit him at the hospital in full PPE gear. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed every aspect of our lives. Countless stores have shuttered, jobs have become remote, and millions of people have died....

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Ashanti Empire ruled over much of modern-day Ghana — and tirelessly fought back against British colonization. Out of the dense forests of West Africa rose the Ashanti Empire, a kingdom that grew to an unprecedented position of power in the 1700s and 1800s. Though the Ashanti state first emerged as a tiny outpost, it eventually evolved into a complex and wealthy kingdom that held dominion over millions of subjects and an area the size of Wyoming....

The tiny town of Story is historic, peaceful, and on the market for just $3.8 million Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 44 Historic NASA Photos From The Glory Days Of Space Exploration The Story Of Belle Gunness, The Meat Cleaver-Wielding Serial Killer Of Turn-Of-The-Century Indiana 33 Haunting Photos Of Gary, Indiana — ‘The Most Miserable City In America’...

Jesus’ possible use of cannabis oil, the mystery of “art’s most scandalous vagina,” and an unearthed medieval board game. Experts Believe That Jesus May Have Used Cannabis Oil To Perform His Miracles GettyA depiction of Mary Magdalene anointing the feet of Jesus Christ. Jesus and his apostles might have used cannabis oil to perform his healing miracles — a controversial theory that is being championed by a number of experts....

According to an arrest affidavit filed by the reporting officer, the customer told the employee: “If I had a gun or knife you would be the first to go.” Working in costumer service can often be aggravating, but there is a distinct group of people that make the experience sometimes unbearable. One such man entered a Wendy’s in New Holland, Penn. earlier this week. Last Sunday, Theodore L. Gunderson Jr. of Lansdale, Penn....

First proposed in 1977, Indigenous Peoples’ Day aims to replace the increasingly controversial Columbus Day by honoring Native American history. Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesA demonstrator marches in Boston during an Indigenous Peoples’ Day rally on October 10, 2020. For decades, the United States has celebrated Columbus Day on the second Monday in October. Businesses close, some employees have the day off work, and there’s a general acknowledgment of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the so-called “New World....

Between April 11 and April 12, 1981, Glenna “Sue” Sharp and three others were brutally killed in the resort town of Keddie, California. To this day, the murders remain unsolved. Plumas County Sheriff’s Office Cabin 28 at Keddie Resort, 1981. The former Sharp home was condemned and demolished in 2004 On the morning of April 12, 1981, Sheila Sharp returned to her home at Cabin 28 in the Keddie Resorts in California from the next-door neighbor’s house....

The species was one of the largest coastal predators of the Jurassic period. Marton Szabo/EurekAlertAn artists rendition of Magyarosuchus fitosi. A new study has shed light on how ancient crocodiles have evolved into dolphin-like creatures. The study, published in the PeerJ journal, revolved around a specimen discovered in 1996 in north-west Hungary. The fossil was the first of its kind and a major breakthrough for the team of paleontologists that took over the research....