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People have been getting sloshed, pissed, wasted, hammered, and bumpsy (as they would say in 1611) ever since an unknown genius discovered fermentation in ancient times. And with these millennia of drunken nights inevitably came millions of seriously brutal mornings. With that in mind, here are some of the craziest ways history’s drinkers have dealt with hangovers. Fascinated by this look at hangover remedies? Next, learn about when hangover-free alcohol might be a reality, or the South Korean ice cream bar specifically designed to cure hangovers....

In the mid-20th century, Harry Harlow conducted cruel experiments on baby rhesus monkeys to prove that the bond between mother and child went far beyond the need for food. University of Wisconsin-Madison Harry Harlow with one of the rhesus monkeys and its surrogate cloth “mother.” Harry Harlow was fascinated with the idea of love. Specifically, he wanted to explore how infants develop loving connections with their families. And he did so with a number of controversial experiments involving baby rhesus monkeys and surrogate “mothers” made of cloth or wire....

Believe it or not, he kept it in his backpack. Stan Larkin with the artificial “backpack heart” he now no longer needs after finally receiving a heart transplant. University of Michigan Health System Last month, Stan Larkin finally received the heart transplant he so desperately needed — after surviving a staggering 18 months without a heart. Nine years ago, the 25-year-old Michigan resident collapsed unexpectedly on the basketball court and was soon found to have familial cardiomyopathy, a genetic condition that stretches the heart muscle in a way that prevents efficient blood flow....

The team employed the research technique of “Provando e riprovando,” which roughly translates as “trying and trying again.” Thomas Schweighofer/UnsplashThis looks like a perfect pizza, but unless it follows this science-backed recipe, it may not be. Pizza lovers rejoice! A team of researchers have done away with any culinary woes and created a formula that will churn out a perfect pie every time – and yes, this can be done at home....

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As founder of the California-based Heaven’s Gate cult, Marshall Applewhite and 38 of his followers died by suicide in March 1997 to ascend to an Earth-saving spaceship. On March 21, 1997, 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult sat down for a final meal together. As they dined, the Hale-Bopp Comet blazed in the sky, which the cult’s leader Marshall Applewhite claimed would offer them all an escape from the planet....

Last year, Sally “Redoshi” Smith was identified as the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade. New research reveals Matilda McCrear lived three years longer — and led an extraordinary life. Public DomainMatilda McCrear married a German man and had 14 children after her enslavement in the U.S. Only a year ago, Newcastle University’s Hannah Durkin identified the last known survivor of the transatlantic slave trade as former slave Sally “Redoshi” Smith....

The wife of American traitor Benedict Arnold, Peggy Shippen played a crucial role in her husband’s espionage ring during the Revolutionary War. John André/Historical Society of PennsylvaniaA sketch of Peggy Shippen drawn by British officer John Andre. At 15 years old, Peggy Shippen dined with the likes of George Washington, as well as British General Thomas Gage. Little did the teenager know at the time that she would play a central role in the coming revolution — and become part of one of the most legendary acts of treason in American history....

After surviving a near-fatal fever at 23, the Public Universal Friend awoke claiming to be reborn a genderless prophet of God who preached women’s rights and abolition. Yates County History CenterThe Public Universal Friend was the first non-binary preacher in American history. In colonial America, gender lines were clear: Men worked the fields while women kept the homes. Men pursued careers while women raised children. But one figure challenged those gender norms by rejecting gender completely....

Child survivors of Auschwitz, photographed by the Soviet army United Nations files documenting the scale of the war crimes committed during the Jewish Holocaust have been sealed for 70 years. Recently opened, they prove the Allies knew that millions of civilians were being killed and tortured by the Nazis as early as 1942 — two-and-a-half years before the modern narrative assumes. It’s long been thought that U.K., U.S., and Russian forces only realized the scale of the human rights violations when they discovered and liberated the concentration camps in 1944....

Roy Sullivan was either the luckiest or the unluckiest man in the world, depending on how you look at it. National Park ServiceRoy Sullivan holding his hat, damaged by a lightning bolt. Roy Sullivan was born in Greene County, Va. in 1912. The fourth of eleven children, he grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains and was accustomed to the outdoors. Education wasn’t a priority in his childhood, and he never graduated from high school, but he put his knowledge of the outdoors to good use....

Learn the surprising story behind the first photograph ever taken. You won’t believe how complicated it was to create this historic image. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons What looks at first like a rudimentary charcoal sketch or some kind of strange Rorschach test is actually one of history’s most important images: the very first photograph ever taken. The earliest known photograph was taken by Frenchman Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in either 1826 or 1827....

On October 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette was beheaded — just months after her husband King Louis XVI met the same fate. Marie Antoinette: the very name of the doomed queen of France, the last of the Ancien Régime, evokes power and fascination. Against the poverty of late 18th-century France, the five syllables evoke a cloud of pastel-colored indulgence, absurd fashions, and cruel frivolity, like a rococo painting, sprung to life....

These secret gardens are sure to make you long for the imagination-filled days of your childhood. Source: Random Musings Lady Lost Gardens of Heligan Remember those childhood tales about sleeping giants who could wake the town with their yawn, and woodland faeries who danced along tree branches lighter than a feather? Well, most of those fables probably came from the Lost Gardens of Heligan. Hidden away in Cornwall, UK, the gardens are a playground for myth and magic....

For nearly 30 years, Genovese crime boss Vincent Gigante pretended to be mentally ill to avoid prison. And it almost worked. An old man wandering around in his pajamas, a bathrobe, and a ratty pair of house slippers muttering nonsense to nobody in particular is a fairly typical sight in New York City, but Vincent Gigante was anything but typical. Partly because he wandered the streets of Greenwich Village in an elaborate performance of insanity, Mafia boss Vincent “Chin” Gigante eluded prosecution for decades as a supposedly unstable and incompetent man....

“Wayne was a hero of mine, a hero to many,” Jane Goodall wrote. Ranger Federation of AsiaWayne Lotter Wayne Lotter worked for years to save elephants from poachers. As a co-founder of the PAMS Foundation, a leading NGO providing anti-poaching support to various communities in Africa, the 51-year-old had received numerous death threats. On Wednesday, one of them was carried out. While driving from the airport to his hotel, Lotter was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Tanzania....

The woman — who suffered multiple organ dysfunction in her liver, lungs, heart, and kidney — did it to stay healthy. Marco Verch/Flickr Taking up extreme health trends can be disastrous, especially if you don’t know what you’re doing. In the case of a 51-year-old Chinese woman identified only as Zeng, who injected a fruit juice concoction directly into her veins, it was nearly lethal. According to Global Times, Zeng, an avid believer in folk remedies, blended 20 fruits together and filtered the mixture, before injecting herself with it....

Cannibalism is crazy enough as it is, but throughout history and the world, there have been some cannibal attacks that are crazier than you could ever imagine. Issei Sagawa One of the most famous cannibals (if one should call them famous) is Issei Sagawa. In 1981, Sagawa invited one of his Paris classmates over for a study session. When she arrived, he murdered and cannibalized her over the course of two days....

The Uruguayan president worked to reduce inequality without sacrificing economic growth or free speech, and these José Mujica quotes show why he’s still revered as a catalyst of change in Latin America and beyond. Former President of Uruguay Jose Mujica was once considered the poorest, most humble leader in the world. Mujica took office in March 2010 but never moved into Uruguay’s presidential palace. Instead, he opted to remain in his run-down chrysanthemum farm that he shared with his wife and several animals....

Tiny homes are sprouting up all over the world, in both highly urbanized cities and some of the earth’s most remote locales. For some people, the benefits are endless: tiny homes are eco-friendly, cost-effective, and perfect for those who want to start living out and about in the world. Yet for the rest of us, tiny home living sounds adventurous–if not impossible–like we’ve swallowed one too many of Alice’s pills in Wonderland....