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If you think terrestrial life these days is crazy, that’s only because you haven’t seen what’s going on underwater. Russian deep sea fisherman Roman Fedortsov has been making the rounds on social media recently with the photos he has taken of his truly bizarre underwater finds. According to The Moscow Times, who first shared Fedortsov’s terrifying Twitter uploads with the masses, the fisherman is based in Murmansk, a port city in northwest Russia....

“He told deputies he only came to the meeting place because he believed it was an undercover sting and he thought it would be cool to see it in action.” VCSO/FlickrJames Bowen, 34. A barbershop owner from Gainesville, Florida was arrested after he was caught in a sting operation intended to capture men looking to have sex with children. James Bowen, 34, was caught alongside six other men. But what made Bowen’s arrest different from the others was his defense....

Artists can create portraits using a variety of mediums including painting, drawing, photography, and more. Yet the finished product is more than just a physical copy of the subject, it is an interpretation or specific representation of that person. A good portrait will stir emotion and interaction among viewers. By modifying a photograph’s lighting, location, post production, angle, and other features, a photographer can tell a story with a portrait. Here are some of the most intense, creative portrait series from the past few years:...

Elisabeth R. and her cohorts allegedly believe that the Treaty of Versailles is invalid and that Germany is still a monarchy. TwitterThe alleged “terror granny,” known only as “Elizabeth R.” Secret plots to restore the German kaiser sound like something from the history books. But a 75-year-old “terror granny” was arrested on October 14 in Saxony, Germany, for allegedly planning to incite a civil war and bring back the Prussian monarchy....

Blissfully unable to even understand the concept of dying, Joe Arridy was described by his prison warden as “the happiest man who ever lived on death row.” Joe Arridy had always been highly suggestible. A mentally handicapped young man with an IQ of 46, Arridy could be coerced into saying or doing almost anything. And when the police coerced him into confessing to a grisly murder he didn’t commit, his short life came to an end....

Researchers discovered ancient texts hidden beneath years of writing in the manuscripts at St. Catherine’s Monastery. JTB Photo /UIG via Getty ImagesSt Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt. At the foot of Mount Sinai, the mountain atop which God is said to have given Moses the Ten Commandments, lies St. Catherine’s Monastery, one of the world’s oldest continuously running libraries. St. Catherine’s is home to some of the world’s oldest and most valuable books and manuscripts, and the monks that watch over them....

Alferd Packer is the wild west’s most famous cannibal, who attacked several of his fellow miners during a trip through the Rocky Mountains. Wikimedia CommonsAlferd Packer in his military uniform, while serving before becoming a prospector. On April 16, 1874, prospector Alferd Packer arrived at the Los Pinos Indian Agency in Gunnison, Colorado, broke, freezing, and most notably – alone. The five-man group with whom Packer had been traveling through the mountains were nowhere to be found....

When suitcases containing human body parts began washing ashore along the Chesapeake Bay in May 2004, police quickly followed the bloody trail of evidence to Melanie McGuire, who they believe killed her husband Bill to start a new life with her secret lover. Over a period of 12 days in May 2004, three dark green suitcases were discovered in and near the Chesapeake Bay. One contained legs, another a pelvis, and the third a torso and head....

The lioness nursed the baby leopard and fed it meat from her hunt, while also shielding it from other lions in the area. Dheeraj MittalResearchers documented the first case of interspecies adoption in the wild between lions and leopards. Stotra Chakrabarti has been closely studying lions at India’s Gir National Park for seven years. But about a year ago, the animal behaviorist noticed something extremely unusual: One of the park’s lionesses had adopted an orphaned baby leopard as her own....

According to local myth, this Deep South plantation was home to multiple murders and other tales of great suffering, inspiring ghost sightings that continue to this very day. Mr. Jason Hayes/FlickrMyrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana at night. There’s something eerie about plantations. Relics of America’s earlier age, they evoke images of tragedy and human suffering. It’s not surprising that some plantations are believed to be haunted by the people that toiled in their fields or happened to perish on their grounds....

The idea for “Naked Came the Stranger” came from Mike McGrady’s disappointment with the current state of literature in America. In August of 1969, the women in the audience of the David Frost Show waited with anticipation for the guest star to appear –Penelope Ashe, a demure Long Island housewife who had just published one of the most erotic novels the world had ever seen. It was called Naked Came the Stranger....

Discover the oddest news headlines of 2020, from a New Orleans pastor’s demonic threesome to the Pentagon’s shocking admission that UFOs are real. This year saw some of the weirdest headlines, from a determined daredevil who died while trying to prove the Earth was flat to a horde of 600-pound feral hogs that ravaged the Canadian countryside. These odd news stories prove that 2020 wasn’t just unprecedented, but also totally bizarre....

Project Habakkuk was an ill-fated projected designed to harness natural resources into weapons of war. It did not go well. In 1942, British ships were facing major threats from German U-Boats. Supplies were scarce, and German submarines were taking down British supply ships, preventing them from reaching their final destinations. British planes provided effective cover for the supply ships, but were limited in how far they could travel over open ocean without needing to land and refuel....

“The higher you are in the social hierarchy of Tudor England, the messier you can let your handwriting become. For the queen, comprehension is somebody else’s problem.” Public DomainA new study has revealed Queen Elizabeth I as the unknown translator of a historical Roman text. In a stunning historical discovery, Queen Elizabeth I has been identified as the anonymous translator behind the English translation of a historical Roman text. And, funnily enough, it was the monarch’s sloppy handwriting that gave it away....

Legend has it that the infamous Roman emperor Caligula was unhinged to the point that he sentenced people to death for forgetting his birthday. But stories like this may have been more fiction than fact. Gaius Caesar Germanicus, better known as Caligula, was 24 years old when he became the third Roman emperor in 37 A.D. But the young man ruled for only four years until he was brutally slain alongside his wife and daughter by a group of guardsmen and dumped into a shallow grave....

“Every turn you do, it’s a new wall of paintings.” Ella Al-ShamahiThe discovery will be aired as part of a documentary series in December. Archaeologists have discovered tens of thousands of ancient paintings dating back some 12,500 years in the Colombian jungle. These prehistoric depictions of animals and humans were found adorning cliff faces that stretch across nearly eight miles. On top of that, some depict long-extinct ice age animals....

From roasted cat to hedgehog, it’s safe to say that you probably wouldn’t be able to stomach most of these medieval foods. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: What Did People Actually Eat In Medieval Times? Gross! William The Conqueror’s Corpse Exploded On People At His Funeral Godawful Foods From Around The World 1 of 16BeaversDuring the Middle Ages, it was believed that beaver tails were “cold” and thus could be eaten on fast days....

From items recovered at Ground Zero to tributes from victims’ families, these artifacts from September 11th reveal the true scope of the tragedy. The pain endured by countless Americans on 9/11 still echoes years after the terrorist attacks. This immeasurable loss is reflected in many of the 9/11 artifacts collected during the recovery and clean-up operations. The tragedy is also displayed in many memorial trinkets created by the families of the 2,977 victims who died on Sept....

In times of crisis, people tend to look toward immigrants as the source of their problems — here are the facts to debunk today’s most pervasive anti-immigrant myths. As the race for the Republican Party presidential nomination speeds up, one topic has consistently reverberated across TV and online news channels: migration. From Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall across the entire U.S.-Mexico border (and make Mexico pay for it) to the slew of conservative politicians motioning to keep Syrian refugees out of the U....

From the 1969 Berkshires UFO incident to the eerie tale of Barney and Betty Hill, these alien abduction stories might even make skeptics believe that the truth is out there. On Sept. 20, 1961, Betty and Barney Hill were driving through the White Mountains of New Hampshire when they said a bright light came out of the sky. Two hours later, they were back in their driveway, with no memory of what had happened or where they’d been....