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A toxicology report has not yet been released on the deceased birds, but veterinarian professionals suspect poisoning of some kind. Caspers Bird Rescue/FacebookRescuers posted photos of the avian corpses, bloody from their grisly deaths caused by poisoning. In a scene straight out of an Alfred Hitchcock film, dozens of birds suddenly fell out of the sky and dropped dead in a small town in Adelaide, Australia. According to a report by The Guardian, 60 corella birds native to the country were found bleeding out of their eyes and mouths and squawking loudly before eventually dying on the ground....

Angelo Bruno transformed the Philadelphia mob into a booming criminal operation, but did he also have a hand in the mysterious disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa? In Martin Scorsese’s new film The Irishman, infamous mobsters from American history are in abundance. One of the most notorious, however, is Angelo Bruno, the reputed boss of Philadelphia who will be played by Harvey Keitel. Bruno ruled over the Philadelphia mob for two decades and transformed an underworld of chaos and violence into one of order and, most importantly, profit....

The tongue-eating louse is the only known parasite that can functionally replace a host’s organ. Kory Evans/TwitterBiologist Kory Evans found a parasitic tongue-eating louse inside one of his fish specimens’ mouth. These organisms are known as ‘fish lice.’ The tongue-eating louse is causing a stir online after a biologist found it inside of a fish’s mouth. The parasite had eaten a fish’s tongue and had burrowed itself inside the animal’s mouth....

Chris McCandless was an ambitious young man who insisted on trekking into the wilds of Alaska on his own. A few months later, he was found dead. To date, the circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear. Into The Wild, the 2007 movie about the Alaskan wilderness adventure of college grad Chris McCandless, seems like a work of fiction. However, it’s based on a true story: on September 6, 1992, a pair of moose hunters came across an old, rusted bus just outside of Denali National Park....

“I told my husband, ‘If Blue doesn’t make it, you might as well dig a hole big enough to put both of us in.’ I just don’t know if I can handle life without her.” FacebookSeleta Nothnagel first bought Blue at a local store for $12, but now it’s taken $10,000 worth of medical expenses to save its life. Sometimes, a person’s love for their pet can overcome any obstacle or financial hurdle....

Archaeologists say that the procedure bears striking similarities to ear surgeries still performed today, but that the patient would have likely endured “unbearable pain.” Scientific ReportsThis pile of ancient remains held evidence of the earliest ear surgery in history. When archaeologists unearthed the Dolmen of El Pendón in 2016, they discovered the human remains of more than 100 people. Radiocarbon dating would reveal that the dig site in Burgos, Spain, had been used as a funerary chamber as far back as the fourth millennium B....

Built 11,000 to 12,000 years ago in modern-day Turkey, Gobekli Tepe predated writing, metal tools, and even pottery. Other archaeologists had dismissed the site, but not Klaus Schmidt. When he came to Gobekli Tepe in 1994, he suspected that the unassuming hill hid an ancient secret. And he was absolutely correct. Soon after Schmidt arrived at the site in southeastern Turkey, he uncovered a stunning, sprawling temple. This alone was an archaeologist’s dream come true — but Gobekli Tepe was more than just ancient ruins....

While most people know her as a master chef, Julia Child also served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services, where she collected and analyzed top-secret intelligence. To this day, Julia Child is remembered for her love of French cooking and her TV show that brought fine cuisine to the masses. Even more than her exquisite cooking, her sing-song voice and contagious enthusiasm endeared her to fans around the world....

Though Anne’s diary, friends, and family have shed some light on who Margot was, her own diary was lost and so were her own words. YouTubeMargot Frank The biggest difference between Anne Frank‘s diary and her sister Margot Frank’s diary is that the latter was never found. Loose sheets of papers strewn across the floor of the Achterhuis, the secret hiding place above Otto Frank’s office that the family hid in from July 1942 to August 1944, made up the manuscript of Anne Frank’s diary....

Police found everything from disturbing photos to remains in jars to even a video titled “video lessons for cannibals.” A couple in Russia have been arrested for murder, after admitting to killing up to 30 people– and then eating them. Dmitry Baksheev and his wife Natalia were arrested after a dismembered body was discovered at their home, a hostel-community on a military base in Krasnodar. Police were first led to the Baksheev’s home when a cell phone was found on a street near the Baksheev’s military base earlier this month....

Yuncheng Salt Lake is loaded with salt-tolerant algae that react to the mineral, producing a beautiful spectrum of color. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 19Yuncheng Salt Lake is a world-renowned inland salt lake known as the “Dead Sea of China”.Shang Jianzhou/Visual China Group via Getty Images 2 of 19Aerial view of the colorful salt lake on May 22, 2019, in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China....

In 2013, a synthetic stimulant called flakka emerged in Florida — and wreaked havoc on users with its horrific side effects. Drug Enforcement AdministrationThe effects of flakka are so gruesome that the U.S. put a ban on 116 different Chinese substances used to make it. It started in Jupiter, South Florida, on Aug. 15, 2016. That evening, 19-year-old college sophomore Austin Harrouff was dining with his family at a restaurant....

Charles Jenkins spent 40 years as a North Korean prisoner after defecting from the U.S. Army in 1965. U.S. sergeant Charles Jenkins, who defected to North Korea in the 1960s and was held prisoner in Pyongyang for 40 years, has died. Jenkins was 77 and living in Japan where he had settled with his family after being released from North Korea in 2004. In 1965, the United States was smack dab in the middle of the Vietnam War....

With mounting tensions between Italians and the rest of New Orleans’, all it took was a murdered police chief to send the city into a mob frenzy. Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty ImagesThe New Orleans’ lynchers breaking into the prison. In the mid-nineteenth century, Sicilian peasants began to leave Italy’s countryside in search of opportunity and wealth. Immigration was stoked in part because the reunification of Italy resulted in their impoverishment — the new Italian government taxed the peasants so heavily that the poor were left no option but to starve or flee....

Most of the time Mother Nature can be pretty boring: a hill here, a tree grove there, the occasional berry patch. Every once in a while the natural processes at work can meet at bizarre angles, forming landscapes that bewilder and beguile — Mother Nature’s believe-it-or-nots. With no further ado, we present the six most bizarre landscapes: The World’s Most Bizarre Landscapes: Rio Tinto River, Spain The blood-red waters of the Rio Tinto River run through the mountainous terrain of Andalusia....

Alleged thief Carlos Alonso sliced himself on a sword wielded by St. Michael the Archangel, prompting witnesses to call for help. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesStatues of St. Michael, like the Italian one pictured here, often have swords because the archangel is seen as a defender of the heavenly host. Call it holy retribution. While trying to steal a statue of St. Michael the Archangel from a Mexican church, a drunken thief tripped and seriously injured himself on the statue’s sword....

In 2007, the small town of Urueña in northwest Spain decided to become a Villa del Libro, or a town of books. This is what it looks like. FlickrOne of the old medieval gates leading out of Urueña, Spain’s Villa del Libro. Imagine a small medieval town behind a high wall. A castle stands on one end, and all around are vineyards and fields of wheat. Imagine that within the walls, the entire town is devoted to reading and writing....

Men and women have done all sorts of strange things in the name of their nation — and this may be one of the strangest. Sometimes people look back on their youth and wonder, “What was I thinking?” Like: “Why would I ever wear such giant shoulder pads?” Or, maybe: “Why did I volunteer to stand right under an exploding atomic warhead?” The former, some of you can probably relate to....

Everything you wanted to know about equerries but were afraid to ask. Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II in 2015, when she became the longest reigning monarch in British history overtaking her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria. Being a royal is hard work. While you’re gently waving at your subjects, riding around in carriages and wearing rather elaborate head gear, you need someone dependable by your side so you never have to do anything for yourself....

Considering wrestling for a moment. You’re probably thinking of sumo or muscular guys in unitards…Unless you’re from Turkey, in which case, you might have thought of the country’s celebrated camel wrestling festivals. Yes, you read that right. Dating back more 2,000 years, these festivals pit two bull camels against each other for the right to mate with a female camel in heat — and a lot of prize money. Here are 17 unbelievable photos from those festivities:...