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“She panicked and didn’t know what to do and didn’t want to get into trouble, and then she proceeded to stomp on the 6-month-old’s head.” KSTP/ABC NewsThe 10-year-old girl is escorted by her parents during her first appearance in an adult Wisconsin court. A 10-year-old girl in Wisconsin has been accused of intentionally killing a six-month-old baby — and has now made her first appearance in adult court. According to the New York Post, the girl (who has not been identified due to her age) is facing a first-degree intentional homicide charge in the death of a six-month-old baby boy (also not identified) in Chippewa Falls, Wis....

Pick your stat: 57 percent of Americans have had sex outdoors; 14 percent have had a threesome; about 15 percent have had sex with a total of more than 15 partners. Whether you’re surprised or not by those numbers, they help reveal the ever-increasing level of sexual freedom 99 percent of us now enjoy. Nevertheless, outrage over sexual freedom crops up with every bill that seeks to ban anything that isn’t heterosexual, marital sex in the missionary position....

Discover some of the ocean’s weirdest creatures, from the parasitic anglerfish to the ogreish goblin shark — indeed, you’ll be glad that these scary ocean animals don’t live on land. Earth’s oceans are a collection of vast and varied ecosystems that remain largely a mystery to this day. Indeed, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, only about five percent of the world’s seas have been explored. And yet, humankind has nevertheless uncovered a staggering array of sea animals that are as bizarre as they are beautiful....

Despite all of our worldly excesses, the sandwich is proof that at our core, people are pragmatic. Before the term “sandwich” was coined, this portable food was simply called “meat on bread,” which frankly doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. Hot or cold, savory or sweet, finger-food or foot-long, this layered culinary staple isn’t leaving the world’s collective menu anytime soon. In honor of National Sandwich day, November 3rd, here’s a look at how the history of the sandwich stacks up:...

Pacquiao earned more than $100 million for his highly-anticipated 2015 “Fight of the Century” against Floyd Mayweather Jr. Wikimedia CommonsManny Pacquiao in 2015, during the official weigh-in for his match against Floyd Mayweather Jr. Manny Pacquiao is a world champion boxer, a senator of the Philippines, and one of the highest-paid athletes in the world. While it may seem like he has everything he could ever want, he remembers what it’s like to have nothing at all....

The 2020 “gender reveal party” sparked the El Dorado wildfire which spread over 22,000 acres and killed a firefighter. TwitterA harrowing scene from the El Dorado wildfire in 2020./span> The young couple wanted to celebrate the birth of their new baby. Instead, their “gender reveal party” birthed a fearsome fire that tore across Southern California. The couple now faces charges for 30 crimes including involuntary manslaughter. “You’re obviously dealing with lost lives, you’re dealing with injured lives, and you’re dealing with people’s residences that were burned and their land that was burned,” stated San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson during a news conference....

Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 26RMS Olympic (the nearly identical sister ship of the Titanic, 1919.Wikimedia Commons 2 of 26The Zealandia in Sydney, Australia, 1914.Wikimedia Commons 3 of 26HMS Polyanthus, circa 1917-1918.Wikimedia Commons 4 of 26RMS Olympic, 1915.Wikimedia Commons 5 of 26The RMS Mauretania arrives in New York City, bringing troops home from Europe after World War I, on December 2, 1918Library of Congress 6 of 26USS Alloway, San Francisco Bay, 1918....

For years, stories have circulated about a line of dogs named Gunther who inherited the fortune of a wealthy countess in 1992 — but is it all a hoax to help sell real estate? Twitter/WSVNGunther VI relaxing on a velvet bed in his former Miami mansion. At first glance, Gunther VI seems to have it all. The so-called “richest dog in the world” is the proud owner of mansions, yachts, and jets, and he is waited on by a team of doting human caretakers....

More than 30 years after Michaela Joy Garecht was abducted in her hometown of Hayward, California, authorities finally arrested David Misch and charged him with kidnapping and murder. Wikimedia CommonsMichaela Garecht was abducted on November 19, 1988. On a crisp Saturday morning in November 1988, 9-year-old Michaela Garecht and her friend jetted down the sidewalks of Hayward, California on their scooters. Moments later, Garecht was pulled into a car by a man who would later be identified as David Misch, never to be seen again....

Anatomist Gunther von Hagens invented the process of plastination with the idea being to preserve human tissue in ways never thought possible. Plastination preserves human bodies in startling detail and with life-like results. The chemical process doesn’t change the human tissue whatsoever, and the flesh doesn’t degrade over time. Von Hagens’ idea is to use his technique for educational purposes towards the general public. The painstaking process starts with traditional formaldehyde or other body-preserving chemicals....

Imagine a society where women, not men, hold most of the household power: property is passed from mother to her youngest daughter and husbands move in with their mother-in-laws after marriage. Now imagine that place existing in India, a country that’s frequently criticized for ongoing violence and discrimination against women. Located in the jungle of the Indian state of Meghalaya, Mawlynnong provides a lush, forested landscape that the indigenous Khasi people call home....

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Climate change and rising temperatures in the country have resulted in Sweden experiencing extreme weather conditions that they’ve never seen before. Wikimedia CommonsThe Kebnekaise glacier. The Kebnekaise mountain’s southern peak was once the tallest peak in Sweden, but because of a summer of extreme heatwaves across Europe, it’s now melted to the second-tallest. Its southern peak is a whopping 14 feet lower that usual. It used to be 6892.4 feet — but now the ice atop the peak has melted it down to only 6879....

Linda Lovelace rose to fame after starring in “Deep Throat.” But the story behind the scenes was even more shocking than the film that made her a household name. Linda Lovelace was a cultural revolutionary largely forgotten to time. Her foray into the adult film industry saw it crawl out of the muck and explode into the mainstream, ushering in the “Golden Age of Porn.” Her starring role in the 1972 movie Deep Throat made her America’s biggest porn star — when the internet was science-fiction and free porn was a myth....

After studying Polynesian oral histories, unpublished research, and wood carvings, experts now believe that the Māori sailors arrived in Antarctica more than a millennium before anyone else. Wikimedia CommonsAn illustration of Māori warriors mid-voyage from 1769. The first recorded attempts to reach Antarctica came in the 1820s, with Russian sailors describing a barren landscape and treacherous frozen seas. But new research now suggests that Māori sailors got there before anyone else — 1,200 years ago....

After three bodies were discovered on her property in 1895, Minnie Dean became the first and only woman to be executed for her crimes in New Zealand’s history. Wikimedia CommonsThe death certificate of Minnie Dean after she became the first woman to be hanged for her crimes in New Zealand. In 1895, Minnie Dean earned herself an infamous place in New Zealand history and folklore as the first woman to be hanged in the country....

For much of the Cenozoic Era, terror birds dominated South America and hunted with hatchet-like beaks — until they went extinct about 2 million years ago. M. Taglioretti and F. ScagliaAn incredibly intact skeleton of a species of terror bird called Llallawavis scagliai, first discovered in 2010. The ancient world was full of terrifying monsters. But while most know a thing or two about the dinosaurs, who ruled the animal kingdom until their extinction about 65 million years ago, few know about the predators who took their place: the aptly-named terror birds....

The pedophile allegedly threatened to upload footage of the attack to the dark web if the victim’s family went to the police. Rawalpindi PoliceAfter he was arrested, Sohail Ayaz reportedly confessed to at least 30 child rapes. A former Save the Children worker has been arrested in Rawalpindi, Pakistan for drugging and raping a 13-year-old boy. According to The Sun, Sohail Ayaz filmed the four-day assault and threatened to upload the footage to the internet should the child’s family go to the police....

Interesting people often have parents with fascinating lives. Many of these incredible people just so happen to be parents of celebrities. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 9 Shocking Stories Of Hollywood Stage Parents Who Exploited Their Own Kids 67 Revealing Photos Of Celebrities Before They Were Famous From Celebrities To Serial Killers: 48 Famous Mugshots Brought To Life In Vivid Color...

One customer was not satisfied with his copper purchase and wrote a harsh message to the businessman Ea-nasir, etching both the front and back of a clay tablet in cuneiform. Wikimedia CommonsThe first ever recorded customer complaint comes from Mesopotamia and is over 3,800 years old. Before customer service hotlines and social media existed, people dissatisfied with the service they received would inscribe their complaints onto stone tablets, with some of the oldest complaints on record date back to the Mesopotamian era....