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The year’s best stuff you may have missed: hippie communes, the women fighting ISIS, bizarre foods around the world, and more. Nothing is off-limits for examination at ATI. As people generally and genuinely curious about the world, we cover not just what is shareable, but substantive. This year, our curiosity covered the globe, history and even the universe. Below are some of the articles we had the most fun writing this year, and that you may have missed along the way:...

See the most awe-inspiring Harajuku fashion looks and discover the surprising history of this one-of-a-kind subculture. Source: Style By Deni The Harajuku district of Tokyo, Japan is the epicenter of street fashion. Collisions of colors, fabrics and aesthetics culminate in this single square mile, overloading the district with boutiques, clothing chains, and fashion malls all catering to the ever-growing sartorial scene. While Gwen Stefani may have introduced Harajuku to more Western audiences in 2004 (and somewhat contentiously, at that), Harajuku fashion has been a veritable institution for decades....

The state of Bulgaria cut its ties with the USSR and communist ideologies in the late 20th century, but its memory remains in the form of architecture. This former dairy farm looks to have been pulled directly out of a scene from a post-apocalyptic film. The ominous sign on the gate reads “No Entry!”Source: Bored Panda As the Soviet Union began to collapse in 1989, Bulgaria entered a new, challenging phase of its development....

Hollywood has a long history of whitewashing the past, and these outrageous casting decisions prove it. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 13 Shocking Examples Of Child Marriages Throughout The World And History 9 Shocking Stories Of Hollywood Stage Parents Who Exploited Their Own Kids How Many People Died On The Titanic? Inside The Shocking Death Toll From The Disaster...

Only three grizzly bear skulls of this kind have ever been found in Kansas, the last of which was discovered in the 1950s. The siblings donated their rare find to the Sternberg Museum. Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and TourismThe bear skull measured 16 inches long and 8.5 inches wide. It’s one of only three skulls of its kind discovered in Kansas — the last of which was found in the 1950s....

While John Gotti was the “Teflon Don,” he may not have been godfather at all if not for Aniello Dellacroce. Hal Mathewson/NY Daily News Archive via Getty ImagesAniello Dellacroce (right) leaves a hearing on February 12, 1970. Aniello Dellacroce’s Early Antics Aniello Dellacroce was born in 1914, the son of Italian immigrants in New York who grew up in Little Italy. He took to petty crime at a young age and, like many first-generation Italian-Americans at the time, found himself drawn into the world of the Mafia....

Throughout the 17th century, Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi created stunning works depicting female revenge in the face of male oppression. Artemisia Gentileschi/Casa BuonarrotiA self-portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi. As one of the most daring artists of the Baroque era, Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi didn’t stick to “feminine” topics in her work. She refused to take the submissive, docile position expected of a woman in her era. Instead, her paintings lashed out at the world around her with violence and anger fueled by her rage at living in a society that set rapists free — including her own....

“She gave me the willies. There aren’t any railings. I was not about to get that close to the edge. But she seemed comfortable.” Vishnu Viswanath/Facebook via APA photo of Vishnu Viswanath and his wife Meenakshi Moorthy posted to Facebook on June 26, 2017. A daredevil couple who jumped from planes, stood on the edge of cliffs, and traveled the world together has died while trying to take a selfie....

On D-Day, more than 160,000 Allied troops converged on a single stretch of coastline to begin the Normandy invasion — and turn the tide of World War II. “You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months,” began Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower’s order of the day for June 6, 1944. “The eyes of the world are upon you. The hope and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you....

Archaeologists found evidence of intricate Roman mining systems but also that the Romans may have lost the mines to a nomadic desert people. Roland Unger/Wikimedia CommonsThe Large Temple is part of the excavation at at the Roman site of Sikait. Centuries ago, Romans traveled to Egypt’s Eastern Desert with one goal in mind — to mine precious green emeralds. Now, archaeologists have put together a detailed topographic study of two of the most important mines, revealing the intricate work that once took place there....

When rangers arrived at the scene, all that was left behind was a mangled body and the man’s cell phone, which they are now using to find his accomplices. Wikimedia CommonsAn elephant at Kruger National Park, a popular safari destination. Last Thursday, Kruger National Park rangers in South Africa received an alarming call: there was a dead body on the expansive game preserve. Rangers quickly found the mangled corpse and identified the deceased as a suspected poacher — who had been trampled to death by an elephant....

The blow came without a warning, but a spokesperson said the director was violating safety precautions. The SunCarvalho; Gerald the giraffe Film director Carlos Carvalho, who won a Cannes Lion in 2003 for a South African Childline public service announcement, was killed after being headbutted by a giraffe. Carvalho was shooting scenes at the South African safari lodge Glen Afric, when he decided to get near a giraffe named Gerald to get closeup shots of the animal....

How and why did the pumpkin spice latte become a global phenomenon? Head to just about any college campus in the United States after Labor Day, and you’re bound to encounter someone — likely multiple someones — clasping a pumpkin spice latte (PSL). In a little over a decade, the drink has become a $500 million a year cultural mainstay, prompting retailers of all stripes to inject pumpkin or its flavor-enhancing spice into its offerings, no matter how odd that pairing may be (pumpkin-flavored vodka doesn’t necessarily whet the appetite, for instance, but apparently there is a market for it)....

“I was totally berated and accused of being a woman-hater. It was nonstop harassment; it never ended.” Svetlana Shkolnikova/NorthJersey.comThe Dairy Air logo. An ice cream shop in Montclair, N.J. is shutting its doors, for which the establishment’s owner blames “extremist radical liberals.” Anthony Tortoriello, the owner of Dairy Air Ice Cream Co., said that his business had been under scrutiny for close to a year now after garnering negative attention over his highly controversial logo....

White ball gowns, updos, fancy dinners, and father-daughter dances – all these things typically bring to mind a wedding, but that’s not the only place you might encounter them. They are also common fixtures at Purity Balls, a formal gala young women attend with their fathers that is intended to promote “purity” and sexual abstinence. Founded by the evangelical Randy Wilson and his wife Lisa in Colorado Springs, the idea has spread across 48 states and 17 countries since its founding in 1998....

Known as the “father of remote control,” John Hays Hammond Jr. built his dream palace with traditional medieval features, including a drawbridge, bell tower, and dungeon. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Explore Singer Castle, New York’s Turn-Of-The-Century Palace Filled With Secret Passageways And A Dungeon The Eerie History Of Houska Castle, The Gothic Fortress Built To Seal A ‘Gateway To Hell’...

In November 2021, teens Jeremy Goodale and Willard Miller allegedly ambushed their teacher, Nohema Graber, killed her, and hid her body in a nearby park. Law enforcement handoutJeremy Goodale, left, and Willard Miller, are accused of first-degree murder in the death of their teacher, Nohema Graber. On Nov. 2, 2021, high school Spanish teacher Nohema Graber of Fairfield, Iowa, was reported missing. Before the end of the day, her remains were found in a wooded park, hidden under a tarp, wheelbarrow, and railroad ties....

Jesse Harding Pomeroy was only 14 years old when he killed two children in South Boston, but he had been brutally beating and disfiguring others for years before. Flickr/Boston Public LibraryJesse Pomeroy at the age of 69, being transferred to Bridgewater hospital in 1929. In 1874, Jesse Pomeroy became the youngest person ever convicted of first-degree murder in Massachusetts. He was only 14 years old, but his crimes were horrific, violent, and bloody, and he would spend the rest of his life in jail before dying in 1932....

“I just felt like I wanted to be able to fight for people who have paid their dues to society. I just felt like the system could be so different, and I wanted to fight to fix it, and if I knew more, I could do more.” Wikimedia CommonsKim Kardashian West met with President Trump in May 2018 to discuss the release of Alice Marie Johnson, who was serving a life sentence for a first-time, non-violent drug offense....

She likely never said “Let them eat cake,” but Marie Antoinette’s extravagant spending plunged France into economic turmoil and led to her public execution in 1793. Queen Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France before the French Revolution took down the monarchy. Detestably nicknamed “Madame Déficit” by the public and her enemies at court, Marie Antoinette’s lavish lifestyle symbolized the unchecked extravagance of the French elite and led to her gruesome beheading....