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A PETA investigation found that coconut companies enslave monkeys in Thailand and force them to live in isolation while toiling under abusive conditions. PETAMonkeys are kidnapped as infants and harshly trained to pick coconuts. Deep in the jungles of Thailand, macaque monkeys are held in captivity, tortured, and forced to pick coconuts for food supply companies. An investigation led by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has found that, despite these cruel practices, several well-known companies are still purchasing coconut milk sourced via abusive monkey labor....

Just as losing the bees would have a major impact on humankind, the loss of fireflies could also spell disaster. Katja Schulz/FlickrA new study cites severe loss of habitat and manmade light pollution as the biggest threats to fireflies. Although the declining population of bees has received the bulk of attention when it comes to threatened insects, a new study reveals another popular bug is getting the short end of the survival stick due to severe environmental changes caused by human behavior....

Elvis Francois survived for 24 days in the Caribbean with only ketchup, garlic powder, and bouillon cubes to eat. Twitter/Última Hora CaracolElvis Francois describes his 24-day ordeal to his rescuers. The Caribbean is known for its beautiful beaches, crystal clear water, and laid-back lifestyle. But for one man, paradise quickly turned into a nightmare after he was lost off the coast of Saint Martin with only ketchup to eat. Elvis Francois, 47, was found 120 nautical miles from Colombia’s Puerto Bolívar on Jan....

The former gym teacher shipwrecked on the uninhabited Sardinian island while attempting to sail to Polynesia in 1989 — and decided to stay. But now, the 81-year-old is being forced to leave. FacebookMauro Morandi, a.k.a. “the Italian Robinson Crusoe.” Mauro Morandi led a comfortable life as a gym teacher in Modena, Italy, before his sense of adventure took him to sea in 1989. But when his expedition failed and he landed on the remote Isle of Budelli off the coast of Sardinia, he decided to become the deserted island’s caretaker — and has voluntarily lived alone there ever since....

In 1932, a reclusive hunter named Albert Johnson opened fire on Canadian police — and then tried to flee into the icy mountains of the Northwest Territories. To this day, no one knows why. Wikimedia CommonsPhotos of Albert Johnson’s dead body, taken by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. On Dec. 31, 1931, Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers Alfred King and Joe Bernard returned to the cabin of Albert Johnson, deep in the forests of Canada’s Northwest Territories....

Regularly compared to Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, Dr. Wouter Basson was in charge of a top-secret South African biological warfare program behind numerous killings, poisonings, and kidnappings in the 1980s. “Medicine is my profession; war is my hobby.” While you might not expect words like these to come from the mouth of a cardiologist, Dr. Wouter Basson of South Africa is no ordinary medical practitioner. In fact, when Basson oversaw his government’s top-secret Project Coast during the 1980s, it was his job to develop biological weapons intended to initiate a state-sponsored genocide....

Mildred Harnack moved to Berlin with her German-born husband in 1929 and joined a Nazi resistance group — and was later sentenced to death by Adolf Hitler himself. Wikimedia CommonsMildred Harnack’s mugshot, taken in 1942. “Despite our being separated, let’s not be worried and anxious,” Mildred Harnack wrote to her family back home in Wisconsin in August 1942. But her family had reason to worry – war raged in Europe, and Harnack had moved to Berlin over a decade earlier....

Perhaps no pagan deity was as reviled as Moloch, a god whose cult reportedly sacrificed children in a furnace set inside the belly of a bronze bull. Throughout antiquity, sacrifice might have been utilized in times of great strife. But one cult stands out from the rest for its brutality: the cult of Moloch, the alleged Canaanite god of child sacrifice. The cult of Moloch, or Molech, is said to have boiled children alive in the bowels of a big, bronze statue with the body of a man and the head of a bull....

“The remains are highly evocative because they enable us to make almost face-to-face connection with animals that are tens of thousands of years old.” Government of YukonLeft: Wolf pup head, Right: Caribou A group of miners digging for gold in Canada hit an archaeological jackpot when they discovered two amazingly well-preserved ice age animals. According to a Yukon government statement, the mummified remains of a wolf pup and caribou were first unearthed in 2016 from the Klondike region of Canada and were unveiled on Sept....

This discovery hints at the potential of finding extraterrestrial life in places just as inhospitable to life as these caves. Alexander Van Driessche/Wikimedia Commons Giant crystals inside the Naica mine in Chihuahua, Mexico contain microbial life-forms that have been trapped for up to 50,000 years. NASA scientists have discovered never-before-seen microbial life forms in crystal caves located deep below the surface in Mexico. Dormant for thousands of years, the researchers found the microbes hiding in tiny pockets of liquid buried inside the giant crystals residing within Mexico’s enormous Naica Mine....

The sea is basically the Pacific version of the Bermuda Triangle, complete with mysterious disappearances, sea monster sightings, and ship sinkings. MarineInsight.com A map of the Dragon’s Triangle, also known as the Devil’s Sea, south of Japan. Kublai Khan never saw it coming, but two storms in 1281 supposedly protected Japan from being conquered by Mongol hordes. The Japanese legend says that kamikaze, or “divine winds” called upon by the emperor of Japan, sank a fleet of 900 Mongol ships carrying 40,000 soldiers....

After a hijacking of an airplane turned into a week-long hostage situation in Uganda, Israel launched one of the most daring operations in military history. Wikimedia CommonsA police officer clears the way for rescued Operation Entebbe hostages returning from Entebbe Airport in 1976. The Entebbe raid was a bold military operation that cast Israel into the international spotlight and signaled a high point in Israeli history, as it earned admiration on a global scale....

“It was weird,” said Morgan Geyser of the Slender Man stabbing of Payton Leutner. “I felt no remorse. I thought I would… I actually felt nothing.” On May 31, 2014, a man on a morning bicycle ride in Waukesha, Wisconsin happened upon a young girl lying in the grass, drenched in her own blood. As he would soon find out, this 12-year-old was Payton Leutner, the survivor of the Slender Man stabbing....

Mystery of noseless Egyptian statues solved, rare portrait of Harriet Tubman found, America’s largest mass lynching to finally get an apology. New Study Finds That So Many Egyptian Statues Have Broken Noses Because Of Intentional Defacement Wikimedia CommonsThe Great Sphinx of Giza, perhaps the most famous Egyptian statue with a glaringly missing nose. As curator of the Brooklyn Museum’s Egyptian art galleries, Edward Bleiberg fields a lot of questions from curious visitors....

Remains of 19th-century cannibal shipwreck yields new clues, Germany’s overlooked genocide creates controversy a century later, Vietnam seeks reparations for American chemical attacks. New Study Sheds Light On Infamously Mysterious 19th-Century Cannibal Shipwreck Seriously Creepy Stuff/YouTubeBody of John Torrington, crew member on the Franklin Expedition, found perfectly preserved in the Arctic ice in 1984. New research into the infamous and deadly Franklin Expedition shipwreck is shining light on how the 128 crewmen lost their lives more than 170 years ago....

These photos reveal how the Salton Sea went from vacation to ghost town and now remains a forgotten piece of Americana. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 23 Eerie Photos Taken Inside Burj Al Babas, The Turkish Ghost Town Filled With Fairytale Castles Salton Sea: The Rise And Fall Of A Toxic California Lake Inside Crumbling Craco, Southern Italy’s Medieval Ghost Town...

Though hilariously and tragically absurd today, these vintage cigarette ads helped keep the tobacco industry booming just a few decades ago. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 100-Year-Old “Life Hacks” Found On Vintage Cigarette Cards History’s Most Ridiculous Cigarette Ads “Girl Baseball Players” Cigarette Pack Cards Of The 1880s 1 of 34 2 of 34 3 of 34 4 of 34 5 of 34 6 of 34 7 of 34 8 of 34 9 of 34 10 of 34 11 of 34 12 of 34 13 of 34 14 of 34 15 of 34 16 of 34 17 of 34 18 of 341946 19 of 341882 20 of 34 21 of 34 22 of 341932 23 of 34 24 of 34 25 of 341940 26 of 341927 27 of 34(undated) 28 of 341959 29 of 341946 30 of 341930 31 of 341932 32 of 34 33 of 34 34 of 34Like this gallery?...

More than 1,000 prisoners were held at the Nazi concentration camp. However, details of its past have been kept buried — physically and figuratively. Centre of Archaeology/Staffordshire University/FlyThruAerial view of the Sylt concentration camp site in 2017. A memorial plaque can be seen at bottom center. During World War II, on Alderney, a small piece of land in the British Channel Islands, stood the Nazi concentration camp known as Sylt. It is the only known Nazi concentration camp to ever stand on British soil....

The funerary complex is complete with a mummification workshop featuring natural ventilation. National GeographicThe funeral complex was found at the bottom of a 40-foot shaft, from which archaeologists had to remove 42 tons of fill before entering. In July 2018, archaeologists unearthed a sprawling, ancient Egyptian “funeral home” beneath Saqqara. The trove of discoveries pointed toward a substantial funeral industry in ancient Egypt and has since allowed researchers to document evidence of this business for the first time....

Many of the masks were discovered at digs in 2013 and 2018, and represent numerous underworld deities. INAHA small sampling of the stucco masks found at the Toniná archaeological site. The Toniná archaeological site in southern Mexico is proving to be a treasure trove of pre-Columbian Maya relics, as a team of archaeologists working in the region recently unveiled a large number of carved stone masks worn by the ancient population....