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The fossil is about 540 million years old. Feast your eyes on your great-great-great-great-times-about-540-million, grandparent. It’s a millimeter-sized, anus-lacking blob that mostly consisted of a giant mouth — and it’s said to be the “oldest human ancestor.” The Saccorhytus was a tiny sea creature that lived between grains of sand in the ancient oceans. It had a bag-like, vaguely symmetrical body covered in muscles and thin skin, and a big mouth surrounded by four tiny cones....

A small-time hustler from Vancouver, Paul Snider thought he’d struck it rich when he met model Dorothy Stratten — but when she left him, he killed her. Paul Snider wanted glitz, glamour, fame, and fortune — and he would do anything to get it. Meanwhile, Dorothy Stratten was on the verge of getting everything that Snider wanted when the two met in 1978. She was beautiful, photogenic, and soon caught the eye of Hugh Hefner as the next superstar Playboy model....

Bizarre Beauty Trends: Neck Rings It was Marco Polo who first commented on this bizarre, lifelong beauty treatment in 1300. But in the 700 years that have passed not much has changed. The donning of the neck ring, somewhat commonplace in Asian and African cultures, can occur as early as the age of two. Women, in their pursuit of “beauty,” sport the metal coils, which compound annually–sometimes to the point that it looks as if these women bear a metal snake wrapped twenty times around their neck....

The suspect deliberately coughed her way through the supermarket’s aisles, possibly contaminating the store’s fresh produce, meats, and bakery items. Gerrity’s Supermarket/FacebookEmployees at Gerrity’s Supermarket in Pennsylvania had to throw out thousands of dollars worth of produce after a woman intentionally coughed all over the items. A supermarket in Pennsylvania was forced to throw out thousands of dollars worth of fresh produce after a local woman deliberately coughed on the store’s items....

Source: Blogspot Politics makes strange bedfellows, the old saying goes, and the aphorism is certainly true when you look at some of the strange visitors who have been invited to the White House by various presidents from Lincoln to George W. Bush. Celebrities have long been an asset to politicians whether they are adding star power to a campaign or glamour to an event. Over the years, there have been some odd pairings between presidents and well-known personalities of the era....

On February 19, 1980, Bon Scott died in London after a night of partying. The official cause was acute alcohol poisoning — but some believe there’s more to the story. On a fateful night in 1980, Bon Scott, the frontman for the Australian rock band AC/DC, climbed into the backseat of a parked car in London. Scott had always been a heavy drinker, even by rockstar standards. And on this particular night, he’d been indulging in his habit at a local club....

The story of Ken McElroy had to do with frustration over law enforcement’s shortcomings, the solidarity of a town, and a man who got what was coming to him. YouTubeKen Rex McElroy “I heard shooting and got down. Didn’t see a thing.” That’s the response investigators repeatedly received when they questioned people over the death of Ken McElroy. Born in 1934, Ken Rex McElroy was a resident of Skidmore, Missouri. To the residents of the small town, he was the town bully....

Tom Hanson cooked up a contest where people had to fill out a card for a sweepstakes entry to win a Kawasaki motorcycle that was displayed in the lobby. The cards served as handwriting samples to compare to the Zodiac’s notes he sent to the newspapers. Tom Hanson just wanted to run his chain of pizza joints and KFCs in San Francisco in the late 1960s. Then the Zodiac Killer case brought the city to its knees, and the aspiring actor hatched an idea to try to catch the serial killer....

Fifty years ago this summer, half a million hippies, beatniks, and long-hairs descended upon upstate New York for the Woodstock music festival. The world would never be the same. Max Yasgur probably never imagined that he would host at least 400,000 people on his 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York. But for three straight days in August 1969, his bucolic pastures became a hub for sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll during Woodstock — the music festival that changed the world....

Photo shows Amelia Earhart alive after crash, tattooed mummy recreated, Aztec skull tower discovered, Emmett Till memorial destroyed, Congressman films promo in Nazi gas chamber. Newly Uncovered Photo Appears To Show Amelia Earhart Alive After Crash The fate of famed aviator Amelia Earhart remains one of the great unsolved mysteries of the 20th century. But now, one recently discovered photo may finally shed new light on the matter. NBC News reports that a photo appearing to depict Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, in the Marshall Islands after their disappearance has been discovered in a forgotten file in the U....

Blake Fischer killed 14 animals, including a giraffe, leopard, and a family of baboons — and sent the photos to 100 friends and colleagues. TwitterBlake Fischer with the baboon family he killed. Blake Fischer, an Idaho’s Fish and Game commissioners, is facing intense backlash after sending an email to about 100 of his friends and colleagues in which he bragged about a recent game hunting trip to Africa. The email contained several macabre images, including one where Fischer is seen posing with a family of baboons that he claimed to have killed....

Not only did Veleda prophesy her people’s victory against Rome, she was also worshipped as a goddess. Priestess. Prophetess. Rebel leader. In 69 and 70 A.D. — after Augustus became the first emperor of the Roman Empire, but before the completion of the Roman Colosseum and the volcanic destruction of Pompeii — Veleda was all of these things. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesVeleda, priestess and prophet of the Germanic tribe of the Bructeri, swearing vengeance on the Roman invaders, 69-70 AD....

Richard Glossip is on death row for murder — based on the murderer’s word alone. Change.org Richard Glossip A total of 49 people sit on Oklahoma’s death row. Sixteen of them have lost their ability to appeal their cases. One of those 16 is Richard Glossip, who appealed his case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. His appeal was not just about the possible consequences of executing prisoners, but also because the evidence against him is slim....

Jemma Lilley strangled the autistic teen with a wire until it broke, and then stabbed him with various blades until he died. Facebook/Personal PhotoMurderer Jemma Lilley and her victim, Aaron Pajich. A British woman who strangled, stabbed, and buried the body of an autistic teenager in Western Australia says she did so to scratch murder off of her “bucket list.” And now she’s been sentenced to life in prison, according to the BBC....

While “hell ants” have been found in amber fossils before, this is the first time humans have seen how these extinct insects fed. Barden et alA 99-million-year-old fossilized amber specimen of an extinct ant species captured while devouring its prey. During the age of the dinosaurs, prehistoric ant species had an unusual feature on their heads: a horn which scientists suspect was used to clamp down on prey, in conjunction with its lower mandible which faced upright....

From Jimi Hendrix jamming in the Army to Lady Gaga playing dive bars, see some of history’s most iconic rock stars on the cusp of fame. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 33 Vintage Backstage Photos Of History’s Most Famous Musicians 44 Glamorous Photos Of Dolly Parton, Country Music’s Greatest Diva The Woodstock 99 Disaster, In 33 Photos Of Chaos And Destruction...

Declassified reports and modern reexaminations reveal the widely covered-up horrors of the Tiananmen Square massacre that left as many as thousands dead in Beijing on June 4, 1989. In the spring of 1989, thousands of Chinese troops entered Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and opened fire on unarmed protesters. As many as 1 million demonstrators — mostly university-age liberals — had gathered there in the weeks prior, campaigning for far-ranging political and economic reforms....

In 1972, seven-year-old Steven Stayner was kidnapped by a pedophile named Kenneth Parnell in Merced, California — and held captive for the next seven years. Three weeks before Christmas 1972, the course of Steven Stayner’s life would change forever. Raised in the peaceful suburbs of Merced, California, the 7-year-old was shuffling home from school on just another Monday — when he was kidnapped by Texas-born drifter Kenneth Parnell and held captive for seven years....

On March 8, 1994, hundreds of people called 911 to report eerie lights above Lake Michigan — but their true origin remains unknown to this day. On March 8, 1994, residents living along the shore of Lake Michigan witnessed one of the most widespread UFO sightings in history. Bright, multi-colored orbs appeared over the water and could be seen as far south as the Indiana state line, dancing erratically across the night sky....

As the grandson of one of the richest men in the world, John Paul Getty III spent months being tortured and beaten until a ransom was negotiated with the Italian mafia. At 3 AM on July 10, 1973, 16-year-old John Paul Getty III was snatched up by members of an Italian organized crime ring called the ‘Ndrangheta while lounging around at the famous Piazza Farnese in Rome. While the ‘Ndrangheta, a Calabrian Mafia-style organization, had been kidnapping people for ransom in Northern Italy for years at this point, this time they thought they had finally hit the jackpot....