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In 2012, a Kentucky woman named Shayna Hubers shot her boyfriend Ryan Poston six times and claimed that it was in self-defense — though two juries would later convict her of murder. Instagram Shayna Hubers and Ryan Poston in an undated photo, before she took his life during an argument in 2012. Shayna Hubers’ life changed forever in March 2011. Then, she received a friend request on Facebook from a handsome stranger who liked a bikini picture she’d posted....

King Edward II presided over a tumultuous reign that ended with his execution in 1327. Zachary Culpin/BNPSArchaeologists uncovered a 700-year-old stone head believed to be King Edward II in the ruins of Shaftesbury Abbey. There’s a lot that can be learned simply by looking at the ruins of an old site. After finding the partially destroyed stone head of a British king, archaeologists have surmised the original layout of one of the oldest nunneries in Britain....

From the longest ear hair in the world to the most rattlesnakes held in a human’s mouth, these slightly insane human records will blow your mind. Think you’ve got a party trick worth boasting about? It probably couldn’t compete with these absolutely crazy and insane human records: Insane Human Records: Longest Ear Hair Indian citizen, Anthony Victor, holds the record of the most ear hair. We’re not quite sure how proud one should be about this fact, but Victor has hair measuring up to 7....

One of WWE’s most iconic wrestlers of the early 2000s, Chris Benoit died by suicide in 2007 after he strangled his wife to death and suffocated his young son at his home. Kevin Mazur/WireImageChris Benoit’s death has profoundly impacted his legacy as a professional wrestler. Before Chris Benoit’s death, he seemed to have it all. The professional wrestler known as the “Canadian Crippler” was world-famous and beloved by his fans. But on June 24, 2007, the wrestler killed his family, then himself....

This family fought school segregation in the Deep South — but not for the reasons you might think. It’s a surprising headline and at first it seems nice: An Asian-American family tries to fight school segregation decades before Brown vs. Board of Education made it illegal. But upon further inspection, the Lum family’s court battle may not have been as noble as it sounds. It was the Jim Crow era in rural Mississippi – a time and place rarely associated with Chinese-American history....

Climate change might be reason for this new grizzly-polar bear hybrid, but could it spell the end of the polar bear species as we know it? Stefan David/Flickr A grizzly-polar bear hybrid, known as the pizzly or the grolar, has recently been spotted around Western Canada and Alaska — and some think climate change is behind it. This strange, fearsome hybrid first came to the attention of many last week when a man shot just such a bear roaming around his property in Nunavut, a remote region of Canada’s Hudson Bay....

On April 5, 1994, the world lost Kurt Cobain forever. These are the crime scene photos taken after the grunge star’s body was found, though many images of his death have never been released to the public. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Inside The Text Of Kurt Cobain’s Heartwrenching Suicide Note Why Some People Think Kurt Cobain’s Suicide Was Actually Murder...

Both stylish and environmentally friendly, we take a fantastic look of some of today’s best green designs that are helping build for a sustainable future and combat climate change. Source: SM Wall These days, environmentalists aren’t only interested in saving the earth. They’re also consumed with finding ways to make green living affordable, stylish, and fun. From moss bathmats to re-imagined architecture, eco-friendly designs now rival traditional design schools of thought in appearance and functionality....

Xin Zhui died in 163 BC. When they found her in 1971, her hair was intact, her skin was soft to the touch, and her veins still housed type-A blood. David Schroeter/FlickrThe remains of Xin Zhui. Now more than 2,000 years old, Xin Zhui, also known as Lady Dai, is a mummified woman of China’s Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) who still has her own hair, is soft to the touch, and has ligaments that still bend, much like a living person....

From wife selling to mummy unwrapping, these Victorian era facts will make you so glad you live in the 21st century. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 33 Ancient History Facts You Definitely Didn’t Learn In School 33 Little-Known Facts About Black History That You Didn’t Learn In School 55 Interesting History Facts You Won’t Learn Anywhere Else...

Hustle into the 1970s with these eye-popping pictures from when the disco era took over clubs around the world. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Nostalgia-Inducing ’70s Pictures That Show What Real Life Was Like In The Decade Of Disco New York Disco Clubs In The 1970s: When Exclusivity Was About Inclusivity Relive The Decadence Of Studio 54 With These Vintage Photos...

On the eve of World War I, Albert Kahn hoped he could bring about world peace with the power of the color photograph. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 44 Old Color Photos Made With Autochrome That Remain Stunning A Century Later 31 Imperial Russia Photos That Reveal History In Stunning Color 27 Vintage Photos Of Woman Criminals Brought To Life In Stunning Color...

As soldiers fought in the trenches of Europe, Arthur Mole looked out to the grounds of Camp Sherman, Ohio and bellowed into a megaphone. From atop an 80-foot tower, Mole commanded a crowd of military officers to get in formation. Share Flipboard Email No, Mole was not leading a military training on this day; rather, he was attempting to bring his sketch of President Woodrow Wilson to life. The people obeyed, and soon Mole had formed a silhouette of Wilson — one made of 21,000 people....

Forty years before the British fought the Nazis, they used history’s first concentration camps to commit genocide during the Boer War. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 33 Holocaust Victims Pictures That Reveal The True Horrors Of The Concentration Camps 44 Tragic Photos Taken Inside The Nazis’ Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp 24 Photos Of Life Inside Ravensbrück, The Nazis’ Only All-Female Concentration Camp...

Edward Paisnel committed more than a dozen rapes and assaults in the Channel Islands between 1957 and 1971, cementing his place in the annals of true crime as the “Beast of Jersey.” For over a decade, residents of the remote Channel Island of Jersey feared finding a masked intruder in their homes. There were no alarm systems at the time and hardly any policemen at hand. Home telephones were easily destroyed by a cut of the cord....

Some people suffer from occasional insomnia, but for those with this disease, sleepless nights lead to death. They’ve watched it take members of their family for generations, torturing elder relatives night after night. When it’s their turn, they lie awake in wait of eternal sleep, gripped by a disease for which there is no known cure. Called fatal familial insomnia (FFI), the illness starts with sleeplessness and ends in death, usually within less than a year....

At the age of 101, Josef Schütz is the oldest person to ever stand trial for Nazi war crimes. Fabian Sommer/DPA/GettyJosef Schütz is brought to the Neuruppin Regional Court by DRK staff to hear the verdict. A 101-year-old German man has been found guilty of being an accessory to more than 3,000 murders during the Holocaust, when he served as a Nazi camp guard for three years. Josef Schütz had claimed he never worked at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, but a Brandenburg-an-der-Havel court found otherwise....

This discovery has scientists suggesting that not all ancient reptiles laid eggs. Turns out that at least some ancient “sea serpents” didn’t lay eggs. Researchers have uncovered a fossilized long-necked marine reptile called a Dinocephalosaurus that is older than the dinosaurs. And inside its belly was a developing embryo, frozen in time, according to new research published in Nature Communications. “I think you’d be amazed to see it, with its tiny head and long snaky neck,” said University of Bristol paleontologist Mike Benton, who was part of the research team that found the sea serpent, to Reuters....

On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip fired two shots that would change the course of history, sentencing 40 million to die in war while leaving the entire continent in tatters. Considering the disastrous chain of events that occurred from two bullets fired by Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914, it could be said that this was the single deadliest moment in history. Gavril Princip’s Early Life And Radicalization The man who arguably single-handedly reshaped the course of the 20th century was born in the tiny town of Obljaj in Bosnia in 1894....

From 1917 to 1925, Dr. Harold Gillies performed more than 11,000 operations for over 5,000 wounded World War I veterans in Britain. World War I left millions of soldiers dead and millions more wounded. New and advanced battlefield technologies pummeled human bodies, often leaving behind horrific scars. And around 280,000 soldiers came home from the war with brutal facial injuries. The FacemakerA soldier identified as Winch, who was treated by surgeon Harold Gillies after experiencing a facial injury on the battlefield....