William James Sidis spoke 25 languages and had an IQ 100 points higher than Albert Einstein’s, but the smartest man in the world just wanted to live his life in seclusion. In 1898, the smartest man who ever lived was born in America. His name was William James Sidis and his IQ was eventually estimated to be between 250 and 300 (with 100 being the norm). His parents, Boris and Sarah, were pretty intelligent themselves....
The forgotten burial ground was discovered at a redevelopment site where four skyscrapers are slated to be built. Osaka City Cultural Properties AssociationOne part of the cemetery held multiple bodies in each pit, while the other had people buried in wooden coffins or in urns after cremation. Archaeologists in Osaka, Japan have unearthed a historic cemetery containing more than 1,500 bodies. According to Fox News, excavation surveys in Osaka’s Kita Ward began in 1991 — and the remarkable Umedahaka burial grounds have been dated to the Edo period between 1603 and 1867....
A world filled with so many larger-than-life people and events is bound to generate a lot of myths. And some of them can be quite disturbing. Hollywood might be the land where dreams come true, but it’s not all glitz and glamour. A world filled with so many larger-than-life people and events is bound to generate a lot of myths. And some of them can be quite disturbing. 1. The ghost in Three Men and a Baby HD could have prevented a lot of these tales....
He’s known for his deranged rambling, but these Charles Manson quotes will have you questioning how wise this murderous cult leader may have actually been. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Linda Kasabian Was Charles Manson’s Lover Until She Brought The Whole Manson Family To Justice Charles Manson Facts That Reveal The Man Behind The Monster...
These vintage posters come from a time when syphilis was rampant, and people were expected to eat their eggs and cheese every day. If you’re going to invoke hyperbole, it might as well be in the name of public health — at least that was the logic of public health workers in the early-to-mid 20th century. Reminiscent of propaganda posters, these occasionally (unintentionally) funny vintage posters actually made quite an impact on everything from slowing the spread of infectious disease, to bringing home the importance of vaccinations:...
“I’ve just had a nullification surgery, had a lot of bleeding but luckily no need for a blood transfusion.” Jam Press/The Straits TimesAdam Curlykale started tattooing his entire body after he survived cancer. Adam Curlykale got his first tattoo when he was 20-years-old. It was a small two-word, three-letter message on his arm: “I am.” Curlykale, now 32, has undergone a major transformation. In the 12 years since that first tattoo, he’s tattooed almost his entire body (at least 90 percent of it) – including his face and eyeballs – with jet black ink....
When it comes to alcohol consumption by country, how does your stack up? Alcohol consumption by country. Source: World Health Organization Which of the world’s countries drink the most and which drink the least? This year’s annual World Health Statistics report from the World Health Organization (WHO) has the answers. While the variability in alcohol consumption by country around the world is rather high, the new data does reveal some strong regional trends....
In the late 1800s, Bill Pickett popularized an efficient — and perilous — way to subdue cattle by biting their upper lips. The daring stunt soon became one he performed all over the world. Wikimedia CommonsIn the early 20th century, Bill Pickett was famous for his bulldogging technique. Bill Picket was fearless — in more ways than one. The inventor of bulldogging, or the sport of cattle wrestling, Pickett found success despite the fact that many rodeos banned Black performers like him....
Known as Black Shuck, Old Shuck, or sometimes just Shuck, this “devil dog” with glowing eyes has supposedly terrorized England for centuries. People in Bungay, England, know all too well what the creature known as Black Shuck can supposedly do. One bit of town folklore from 1577 says this giant hellhound killed two people who were kneeling in prayer after knocking down the church doors amid a flash of lightning....
El Chapo’s safe house in the Sinaloa capital of Culiacán is located across from a school with a neighbor on only one side and has been unoccupied since his 2014 escape. NetWorthSpace/TwitterAt 2,800 square feet, the home was estimated at $183,000. Currently serving a life sentence in the United States for kidnapping, drug trafficking, and murder, Joaquín Guzmán is best known as “El Chapo,” the former leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel....
The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama was named after a former Confederate general in 1940. But in 1965, the bridge became the site of a historic civil rights protest. Alabama Department of Archives and HistoryA portrait of Edmund Pettus taken in the 1860s, when he served as a Brigadier General for the Confederacy. It was the site of one of the bloodiest days in the civil rights movement: The Edmund Pettus Bridge, which crosses the Alabama River in Selma and became the backdrop for the brutal beating of peaceful protestors by state troopers....
The news will be unwelcome for millions of people, but there are things they can do to mitigate the ill effects. Web MDNot sleeping at night can actually change your blood chemistry. For those who work the nightshift, becoming nocturnal changes them. Their sleeping habits are disrupted, their social lives are altered, and time slowly begins to lose all sense of meaning. Of course, that’s all just psychological, right? After all, they’re still sleeping eight hours a day, and eating three square meals, so how much does it really matter?...
The Eugene Police Department used genetic genealogy technology to identify an Oregon serial killer — nearly four decades after his murders. Salt Lake County John Charles Bolsinger murdered at least four women in total before taking his own life. In the late 1980s, a string of seemingly connected murders left police in Eugene, Oregon baffled. While it was clear the victims were female and had been sexually assaulted before dying of “brutal homicidal violence,” their killer was never found — until now....
Major Richard “Dick” Winters led his men in the 101st Airborne Division through the Normandy Invasion and the Battle of the Bulge before being immortalized in “Band of Brothers.” U.S. Army/HBORichard Winters (left) and Damian Lewis portraying him (right) in Band of Brothers. The Greatest Generation was got its name from the spirit of young Americans like Major Richard “Dick” Winters. Death never seemed more certain for many newfound soldiers than in 1944, at the height of World War II, as they infiltrated Nazi-occupied France — led through hell by men like Winters....
Mary Phagan was just 12 years old when she was found dead in a factory. The hate speech her case incited would help launch an organization meant to combat it. At this point, it’s common knowledge that going to work in the early 20th century could easily kill you. But the story of Mary Phagan, a young girl who was brutally murdered in the factory where she worked for pennies an hour, puts a much more macabre spin on the tale....
In the 1920s and ’30s, Alice Frank Stock lived on the same block in Munich as Adolf Hitler while he was rising to power. Alice Frank StockAlice Frank Stock, now 102 years old and living in Bristol, U.K., was Adolf Hitler’s neighbor for nearly a decade. A 102-year-old Jewish woman named Alice Frank Stock recently opened up about her experience as Adolf Hitler’s neighbor in the decade prior to World War II....
A new report conducted by NASA’s Office of the Inspector General pointed out flaws in the agency’s procedures regarding historical artifacts. RR AuctionOne of the hand controllers used to steer the Apollo 11 spacecraft. Many irreplaceable pieces of outer space history have been lost due to poor management from NASA, a new report says. The startling report was conducted by NASA’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which took a comprehensive look at how the agency managed its historical assets and concluded that multiple priceless space artifacts have been lost due to NASA’s poor record-keeping and follow through....
Researchers found nuclear particles inside crustaceans living seven miles below sea level, including in the remote depths of the Mariana Trench. Getty ImagesResearchers found nuclear particles inside amphipods that live in some of the deepest known depths of the ocean. The effects of nuclear bomb tests during the Cold War continue to influence our planet, including even those creatures living 36,000 feet below sea-level. According to a new study, researchers discovered that amphipods, a sort of deep-sea crustacean, had more radioactive carbon in their muscle tissue than there is radioactive carbon in their surrounding environment....
Since at least the 1960s, with the publication of Hunter S. Thompson’s Hell’s Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, Americans have been both fascinated and terrified by the leather-clad mystery surrounding outlaw biker gangs. Share Flipboard Email First springing up at the end of World War II, the motorcycle club and particularly the outlaw motorcycle club, is a purely American entity. These newly formed clubs often served as a way for American veterans who longed for the camaraderie of the military to connect with a group of like-minded men and forge a new brotherhood....
In 1937, 20-year-old Patricia Douglas was brutally attacked and raped at an MGM party. And when she tried to get justice, the film studio did everything in its power to silence her. Wikimedia CommonsTrained as a dancer, Patricia Douglas acted as an extra in several 1930s films. It seems the history of Hollywood is marred with scandal — and its glorious Golden Era of the early 20th century was no exception....
