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Zinaida Portnova was a typical teenager in Belarus, but when the Nazis invaded in 1941, she became a deadly Soviet resistance fighter who would be awarded the nation’s highest honor. BloomsburyZinaida Portnova when she was 14. Zinaida Portnova first joined the Soviet’s youth resistance after the Nazis invaded Belarus in the summer of 1941. In less than three years, the young fighter was promoted from spreading propaganda leaflets to weaponry and sabotage attacks against the Germans....

These incredible Antarctica facts and pictures prove how gorgeous and mysterious this icy desert (yes, it’s a desert) truly is. Antarctica is under stress: The frigid continent contains more than 90 percent of the world’s natural ice, but centuries of human industrialization may spell disaster for both Antarctica’s landscape and the world. Indeed, a new study suggests that an Antarctic ice sheet bigger than Mexico could disintegrate within mere decade, and raise sea levels by 12 feet or more in the process....

From the London beer flood to the Boston molasses disaster, these are the strangest, deadliest food disasters in history. Boston Molasses Disaster On January 15, 1919, a devastating incident occurred in Boston when a huge storage tank burst at the Purity Distilling Company and a giant wave of molasses surged through the streets, killing 21 people and injuring 150 others. Locals insisted they could smell molasses on warm days for decades to come....

During his single deployment in Vietnam, Staff Sergeant Adelbert F. Waldron III made 109 confirmed kills in just six months, making him the most lethal sniper in the history of the U.S. Army. Adelbert Waldron preferred working in the shadows. During the Vietnam War, he became the conflict’s most prolific sniper while fighting in the dense jungle as a sergeant in the U.S. Army. And after returning home, he didn’t discuss his record-breaking 109 kills....

“I do wonder if it has something to do with rebirth, and if these children could have been important symbols of that.” Sara Juengst/University of North Carolina CharlotteThe excavation was a collaborative effort between the Salango community and the research team. Archaeologists at an Ecuadorian historical site have revealed that two individuals they unearthed were infants that had “helmets” made from the skulls of other children wrapped around their heads....

Once a thriving fishing village in southwest Japan, Aoshima is now home to only six humans but hundreds of cats, earning it the moniker of “Cat Island.” A ferry from Ozu, Japan, will take you to Aoshima Island in less than 20 minutes. The sparsely populated island has become a booming tourist attraction, but there are no stores or restaurants here. What Aoshima does have are cats — lots and lots of cats....

Before the Inca conquered the Chimú, the coastal Peruvian civilization built the largest mud-brick city in the world. They also partook in the ritualistic mass sacrifice of children. AFPResearchers believe the mass sacrifice was a ritualistic offering to the Chimú’s moon god, in order to ward off El Niño-related weather. Archaeologists in Peru have just discovered what is likely to be the largest mass child sacrifice site in recorded history. The 227 victims were found north of Lima, near the coastal town of Huanchaco....

Saint Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria between 414 and 444, was a leg breaker for Jesus. Source: Wikimedia Saint Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria between 414 and 444, was a leg breaker for Jesus. During his career, he outmaneuvered and ruined pagan philosophers, Roman politicians, and rival Christians in his quest for ideological purity and ever-greater power within the early Church. That he was eventually canonized for his characteristic single-minded brutality speaks volumes about the spirit of his age....

While metals that are malleable and conductive have already been discovered, this particular discovery provides a whole new world of potential uses for the tech industry. ACS PublicationsThe liquid metal being stretched by two magnets. Some of the most rewarding technological breakthroughs are made when life imitates art. In this case, scientists from Beihang University in China managed to create a highly malleable, magnetic liquid metal seemingly right out of a Terminator movie....

The time capsule included rave pacifiers, lists of the most popular shows and songs, and a condom that expired in 1997. YouTubeThe Shenandoah University time capsule. Students at Shenandoah University in Virginia were recently treated to a trip back in time with the opening of a time capsule that was left to them by former students in 1993. The students left the time capsule buried underneath a plaque that instructed the students of 2018 to open what they’d buried, and when they did, the university decided to capture the entire event on video....

The driver, Joandrea McAtee, not only let the students drive the bus but also gave them instructions on how to do so. Left: Porter County Sheriff’s Office, Right: TwitterLeft: Joandrea McAtee’s mugshot, Right: One of the young students driving the bus. A group of Indiana students experienced an unusual and potentially dangerous bus ride home from school – and the driver is under arrest. 27-year-old Joandrea McAtee was arrested on Sept....

Hosted by Baroness Marie-Hélène de Rothschild and her husband Guy, this eccentric evening featured otherworldly costumes, bizarre decorations, and allegedly Satanic symbolism. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Surrealism Art: Seven Famous Surrealist Artists And Their Most Iconic Paintings Golf Ball Whacked On The Moon By Apollo 14 Astronaut Alan Shepard Rediscovered 50 Years Later...

Despite this ridiculous training method, ISIS remains a serious problem in Yemen, attacking both sides of the civil war raging in the small nation. TelegramThe ISIS instructor kicks one of his trainees between the legs in propaganda picture. In a recently released image from ISIS, new recruits can be seen being kicked in their balls as part of their training. A newly released propaganda image from the Yemeni branch of ISIS depicts new recruits being kicked in the groin as part of an odd training exercise, reports The Sun....

Discover Indonesia’s shocking tobacco epidemic as this nine-year-old allows us to join him for a smoke. “Cigarettes taste better [than candy].” Indonesia, the fourth most populous country on Earth, has found itself in the throes of a smoking epidemic. And the smokers are as young as four. When filmed in Jakarta, Indonesia, then-nine-year-old Aldi Ilham had been smoking cigarettes since he was four. In most countries around the world, this news would not only be outrageous, but illegal....

“We’ve known for a long time that modern humans originated in Africa roughly 200,000 years ago… but what we hadn’t known until the study was where exactly this homeland was.” Joachim Huber/FlickrA new study suggests the common ancestors of modern-day humans came from Botswana. Each individual human being has a unique ancestral history, but a group of researchers set out to answer the ultimate question: Where do all humans come from?...

Whether they go by ISIL or ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, respectively—although we prefer to call them Daesh), the Sunni jihadist group in the Middle East is a terror group unlike any other. In fact, they have committed crimes so disturbing and heinous that even al-Qaeda distanced itself from the group after they publicly disobeyed orders to kill fewer civilians in Syria....

In August of 1925, 60,000 Ku Klux Klan members marched to the White House to display their ever-increasing numbers across America. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Photo Of The Day: How 41 Ku Klux Klan Members Ended Up On A Ferris Wheel 33 Powerful Photos Of The March On Washington That Changed Civil Rights In America...

Brittany Murphy was married to Simon Monjack for just two years before she met an untimely death in December 2009. Eerily, he would also die five months later. Brittany Murphy’s husband Simon Monjack had few fans throughout his marriage with the actress. By the time the pair wed in 2007, Monjack already had a seedy past that involved allegations of credit card fraud and theft, evictions from multiple homes, and rumors of secret children....

Source: Messer Smith Madang Lighthouse, Papua New Guinea Source: Peace On Earth Also known as the Coastwatchers’ Memorial, this imposing lighthouse was built in 1959 to pay homage to the brave coast watchers of World War II, or the men stationed on remote Pacific islands with the task of observing enemy movements. The 90-foot high alabaster structure is designed to resemble an everlasting torch, and yet it is the building’s four fins that transform the lighthouse into a crucifix in memory of those who lost their lives during the war....

Thomas Dillon shot and killed five men in rural Ohio between 1989 and 1992, but he was only caught when his friend turned him in to the FBI because he’d been acting so unhinged. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, police in Ohio were baffled by the seemingly random murders of hunters and fishermen across several rural counties. Someone was driving the state’s wooded backroads and hunting humans with a high-powered rifle — and that someone was Thomas Dillon....