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From its 3,000-year-old origin story to its putrid stench, these Bigfoot facts might make a believer out of you. Astounding Bigfoot Facts That Delve Into The Legend Of The Notorious Ape-Man View Gallery While deeply embedded in modern American culture, the legend of Bigfoot originates long before the 21st century. Indigenous tribes across Northwestern America have spoken for centuries of a furry, bipedal beast that stole from fishermen and lived in isolation....

Weighing in at more than 6,000 pounds and 11 feet long, this giant sunfish found near the Azores is the largest bony fish ever caught. Atlantic Naturalist AssociationThe biggest fish ever caught, this sunfish smashes the previously held record by almost 1,000 pounds. Researchers in Portugal have made a monster discovery. While at work off the coast of the Azores, they reeled in a mammoth sunfish which, at over 6,000 pounds, is the biggest fish ever caught....

Since its discovery, scientists have been puzzled by the red liquid seeping from Antarctica’s Blood Falls. A new study provides an explanation. Wikimedia CommonsBlood Falls, Antarctica. Since its discovery more than a century ago, scientists have been puzzled by the deep red liquid seeping out of Antarctica’s Blood Falls. A new study, however, finally provides an explanation. Following Australian geologist Griffith Taylor’s discovery the falls in 1911, most adopted his theory that the strange red liquid was water tainted with red algae....

In 1963, a British dancer named Christine Keeler found herself at the heart of a national debacle known as the Profumo Scandal — which nearly destroyed her life. Getty ImagesChristine Keeler was a struggling dancer when she met one of Britain’s most powerful politicians, John Profumo. At a pool party at a grand country estate outside of London in 1961, Britain’s Secretary of War John Profumo fatefully met Christine Keeler, a 19-year old showgirl and aspiring model....

“My 4year-old had a febrile seizure at only temp of 102. The doc prescribed tamaflu I did not pick it up.” GoFundMeNajee Jackson Jr., the four-year-old who recently died after his mother was convinced by anti-vaxxers to deprive him of proper medication. A four-year-old Colorado boy named Najee Jackson Jr. died from the flu this week after his mother declined to fill his Tamiflu prescription. According to NBC News, mother Geneva Montoya was so suspicious of modern medical science that she used home remedies involving the likes of cucumbers and thyme instead....

After an estranged father and daughter reunite, they’re arrested for having a baby and planning a wedding together. The saying goes you can’t choose who you love. But that doesn’t mean there’s no such thing as bad choices. This proves especially true when it comes to the story of Steven and Katie Pladl. Steven Pladl is the biological father of Katie Pladl and on January 27 2018, after having a baby and planning on getting married, the two were arrested at their home in Knightdale, North Carolina....

A teenager in India was using his smartphone to watch porn and his father didn’t approve. To remedy the situation, he chopped his son’s hand off. The Indian Express Mohammad Qayyum Qureshi, a professional butcher, was arrested on March 6, 2018 in Hyderabad, India, for cutting off his son’s hand after he had warned him to stop watching pornography on his phone. The incident began on Sunday, March 4, 2018, When Quereshi found his 18-year-old son, Mohammad Khalid Qureshi, using his smartphone to watch porn....

Jack The Ripper Identified? Diary Containing Confessions Proven Authentic, New Research Claims Hulton Archive/Getty Images For the last 120 years, his crimes have endured as some of the most grisly in the history of serial killing, and his identity has remained one of the great unsolved mysteries of its time. But now, thanks to groundbreaking new research, Jack the Ripper’s identity may be a mystery no more. Author Robert Smith is set to publish a new book, 25 Years of The Diary of Jack the Ripper: The True Facts, in which he claims to have verified the authenticity of a document containing one man’s confession to being Jack the Ripper....

Even after notifying their son five times and offering him cash, he still refused to leave – so they took him to court. CNNMichael Rotondo, who represented himself, waits for the verdict while his parents confer with their lawyer in the gallery. Even after five notices and an offer of cash to move out of his parents’ home in Camillus, N.Y., Michael Rotondo pulled a real-life Failure to Launch and refused to leave....

Lord Tennyson said it was better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, but he probably wasn’t referring to these horrific Valentine’s Day murders. Some of these crimes remain unsolved and others have been closed by authorities. All are a grim reminder that not everyone is buying chocolates for loved ones on Valentine’s Day. Another Columbine High Tragedy Source: Find A Grave In 2000, Columbine High School sweethearts Stephanie Hart, 16, and Nick Kunselman, 15, were gunned down in Jefferson County, Colorado at a Subway restaurant on Valentine’s Day....

For two years, Charles Ng and Leonard Lake enslaved and brutalized upwards of 11 people — until Ng tried to steal another torture device. “You can cry and stuff, like the rest of them, but it won’t do any good. We are pretty…cold-hearted, so to speak.” This is what sexual sadist Charles Ng muttered to his victim, 19-year-old mother Brenda O’Connor, as she was pleading for her life in his homemade snuff video....

Just south of Mexico City, you’ll find la Isla de las Muñecas, a haunted island where countless decaying dolls hang in the trees. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 25 Paintings By Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy That Will Haunt Your Dreams Vintage Photos Of Creepy Dolls And The Factories That Made Them Haunting Photos Of Nagoro, The Japanese Village Where The Dead Are Replaced With Life-Size Dolls...

It didn’t take long for a group of apocalypse theorists to proclaim the end is nigh, soon after Planet 9’s discovery. Here’s how we’re all going to die. An image of what Earth’s unavoidable future looks like now that Planet 9 has been confirmed. Image Source: YouTube Bad news, everyone: The recently discovered “Planet 9” — which hides from view beyond Neptune — is going to destroy planet Earth. At least, that’s the theory that acolytes of late writer and conspiracy theorist Zecharia Sitchin are spouting....

These are the last thing you would expect from the author of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses. Cornell Joyce Collection/Wikimedia CommonsJames Joyce At first glance, that doesn’t seem like the sort of thing one of the greatest writers of all time would produce, does it? But that passage actually came from the pen of James Joyce in a letter addressed to his wife Nora Barnacle....

One man’s 1930 anti-marijuana propaganda campaign started a panic that would last for decades — and still isn’t over. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: The Most Fascinating Soviet Anti-Alcoholism Propaganda These 55 Pictures From The 1990s Perfectly Capture The End Of The 20th Century Children From Early 20th Century America Probably Worked Harder Than You...

A fascinating look at the history and the lineage of the British royal family. Here’s a little education on the current Royal Family – the house of Windsor – with some trivia and tidbits on the family that has reigned over the United Kingdom for over 1200 years. See below for a chart depicting the history and lineage of the British royal family: Fun Facts About The Lineage Of The British Royal Family Things you might not know about the Royal Family:...

Owning a terrible car is a rite of passage for most of us. It’s a rare, and very lucky, Westerner who hasn’t at some point been roped into buying a rolling lemon that’s three-quarters replacement parts and one-quarter rust. This is usually because we were dumb enough to buy used from a “like, totally reliable” dealer who was recommended by a soon to be ex-friend, but some cars were just bad to begin with....

Vintage celeb driver’s licenses, 1980s punk style, growing up in Chernobyl, animals saved from world’s worst zoo, and brutal scenes from Mexico’s drug war. The Most Badass Vintage Drivers’ Licenses Of Famous Icons The idolization of celebrities has been occurring since the beginning of Hollywood, often raising movie stars, musicians, and the likes on a pedestal. So it’s easy to forget that besides their fame, they’re just like us. They need to eat, rest, and take driver’s education, like everyone else....

In February 1995, Sally McNeil murdered her husband Ray, a fellow bodybuilder — then alleged that he’d been physically abusing her in a fit of rage brought on by his steroid use. NetflixSally McNeil in a promotional image for the Netflix documentary Killer Sally. Sally and Ray McNeil were far from a typical couple. For starters, they were both ex-Marines and world-class bodybuilders. Ray, 256 pounds of muscle, was named Mr....

A tragic flaw of most elementary history lessons is that we focus on teaching trivia. As it turns out, most of these “facts” are totally wrong. Every schoolchild (in the United States, at least) grows up with the so-called “Great Man” theory of history etched into his or her mind. Rather than teaching trends and contingencies, which is hard, much of history education takes the form of memorizing the names of whoever went to the Moon, won some battle, or chopped down a cherry tree....