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Harlem in the 1970s was marked with violence and loss, but it was also a time where its residents cultivated an incredibly resilient character. The popular afro style was everywhere. French photographer Jack Garofalo’s photos of an iconic New York neighborhood have been making some impressive rounds on the Internet lately, catapulting viewers back to a time before Harlem was a brunch destination. Harlem’s history in the 1960s and 1970s was one of violence and loss: the Harlem Riot of 1964 claimed the life of an unarmed black teenager; Nation of Islam members assassinated Malcolm X, and riots again rocked Harlem’s streets following Martin Luther King Jr....

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The robot grabbed the boy’s finger at the Moscow Chess Open after the seven-year-old apparently “hurried” it. TwitterThe robot had already played multiple matches on the day of the finger-breaking incident. At the Moscow Chess Open, a chess-playing robot became flustered when its seven-year-old opponent made a quick move — and reached across the board and broke the child’s finger. “A robot broke a child’s finger – this is, of course, bad,” Sergey Lazarev, the president of the Moscow Chess Federation, said according to CNN....

Man silhouetted against the dusk. The Osa Peninsula juts off southwestern Costa Rica and extends into the Pacific Ocean. Incredibly, at least half of all species living in Costa Rica can be found here. Corcovado National Park covers about a third of the peninsula and has been called “the most biologically intense place on Earth” by National Geographic. But to really understand what that means, you have to visit. The Costa Rican government realizes this, and over the past few decades the area’s economy has begun to abandon gold mining and logging for more sustainable (and oftentimes more profitable) industries like ecotourism....

Eight appalling truths about the controversial practice that’s now back in the headlines. Mike Pence, the Vice President-elect, has made his opposition to gay rights quite clear. He doesn’t deny signing a 2015 law that made it okay for businesses to discriminate against gay people, or opposing the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” The Indiana governor does maintain, however, that he never supported the use of gay conversion therapy (the act of trying to change someone’s sexual orientation)....

On May 5, 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile on the British-held island of Saint Helena. Though the cause was believed to have been stomach cancer, questions remain. Wikimedia CommonsFormer French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte experienced a slow and agonizing death. At a lonely house on a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean, a somber group gathered around a dying man. As they watched, he mumbled a few words — something about the army — and then he was gone....

The Ganesh statue is in remarkably good condition and dates back to the 12th century. Wikimedia CommonsThe elephantine deity is the god of wisdom. As India prepared to celebrate the 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival earlier this month, a farmer went out to plow his field. To his utter shock, he stumbled across an 800-year-old statue — of Hindu deity Lord Ganesh himself. The farmer, Siripudi Venkateswaralu, made the discovery in Motupalli, a quiet village that once served as an important port on India’s eastern coast....

On June 9, 1995, a 6-year-old named Morgan Nick disappeared right under her mother’s nose in Alma, Arkansas — and she’s still missing today. Wikimedia CommonsMorgan Nick was 6 years old when she was abducted at a Little League game in Arkansas. On June 9, 1995, a 6-year-old Arkansas girl named Morgan Nick was stolen from her family. During a Little League game, she asked her mother if she could go catch lightning bugs with her friends....

On July 22, 1939, Jane Bolin was sworn in as a judge in New York City. She would go on to serve in this position for the next 40 years. Bettmann/Getty ImagesJane Bolin was also the first Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School and join the New York bar. Throughout her life, Jane Bolin just couldn’t stop making history. In 1931, she became the first Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School....

Raised by Mohave Native Americans after her family was slaughtered, Olive Oatman was destined for a complicated double life. Born on September 7, 1837, Olive Ann Oatman was one of seven siblings. Her parents — Royce and Mary Ann Oatman — were Mormon and raised all of their children in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1850 when Olive was just 13 years old, Royce and Mary Ann joined a wagon train, led by James C....

Hope’s injuries prevented her from providing enough food for her month-old baby, which was found severely malnourished and died on the way to the clinic. Indonesian Ministry of Environment and ForestryHope the orangutan mid-surgery, suffering from a broken collar bone and 74 air rifle bullets lodged in her body. Indonesia’s endangered wildlife has been increasingly burdened by encroaching agricultural interests, including the palm oil industry. For Hope, an Orangutan mother on the island of Sumatra, that clash resulted in her receiving 74 air rifle bullet wounds and subsequently becoming blinded....

Though this fossil was found in Montana in 1988, no one realized its significance at the time, and it sat in a drawer at the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada for decades. American Museum of Natural HistoryThe fossil is incredibly well-preserved, especially given that it’s made up of mostly soft tissue. For decades, a tiny fossil sheathed in limestone sat forgotten in the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada. But paleontologists have just determined that it belongs to a 328-million-year-old ancestor of the octopus and vampire squid, a creature that floated through shallow bays long before dinosaurs roamed the earth....

Photos of the furry patients’ release were shared online by the Greater Port Macquarie Facebook page. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 12A Koala Hospital worker gets one of the animals ready for release.Greater Port Macquarie/Facebook 2 of 12A rescuer shares a moment with one of the koalas released from the hospital’s care.Greater Port Macquarie/Facebook 3 of 12Anwen, the first koala admitted to the hospital at the start of the wild bushfires last year, was one of the koalas discharged from the facility....

Originating in 17th-century Europe, the legend of the dybbuk warns of a “soul-cleaving” spirit with the power to possess vulnerable people. Public DomainThe legend of the dybbuk might have originated as a way to explain cases of severe mental illness. In European Jewish folklore, there is an evil parasitic spirit known as the dybbuk, a once-human entity that restlessly wanders the Earth, hunting for a living host upon which it can prey....

The inspiration behind Netflix’s Peaky Blinders, this gang of disenfranchised Irish men terrorized Birmingham’s streets with petty crime and thievery. West Midlands Police MuseumMug shots of several real Peaky Blinders whose offenses included “shop-breaking,” “bike theft,” and acting under “false pretenses.” When Peaky Blinders premiered in 2013, viewers were enraptured. The BBC crime drama chronicled a titular street gang in the shadow of World War I and transported viewers to the smog and crime-riddled alleyways of Birmingham, England....

A half-goat demon said to be the son of the Norse god of the underworld, Krampus punishes naughty children at Christmastime — and drags some to hell. They say he comes on the evening of December 5th, a night called “Krampusnacht.” You can usually hear him coming, as the soft steps of his bare human foot alternate with the clip-clop of his cloven hoof. And when you see him, you’ll instantly notice that he’s armed with birch branches — so he can beat naughty children....

Checking yourself into the hospital is nerve-wracking enough. What happened to Gladys Rodríguez de Duarte, however, was straight out of a nightmare. TV AireHer husband has filed a complaint against Dr. Vera, alleging he didn’t even try to revive his wife before declaring her dead. Gladys Rodríguez de Duarte was smart to rush to the hospital after sensing an unnerving spike in blood pressure. After all, the 46-year-old suffers from ovarian cancer....

Michelle Carter faces up to 20 years in prison if prosecutors can prove that her words convinced Conrad Roy to end his life. “I thought you wanted to do this,” 17-year-old Michelle Carter texted her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, on a summer day in 2014. “The time is right and you’re ready…just do it babe.” She was telling the 18-year-old Roy to kill himself. And he did. Carter’s encouragement was definitely wrong, but was it illegal?...

For thousands to millions of years, these massive creatures stalked Earth at its dawn, until climate change — or early man — hastened their demise. Prehistoric animals once roamed — and ruled — planet Earth. Some of them, like the giant sloth or the woolly rhino, were generally gentle. Others, like the saber-toothed tiger and the dire wolves, dominated their environment with their size and fearsome fangs. For millions of years, these ancient animals stalked through grasslands, climbed trees in the jungle, and chased prey into tar pits....

“I didn’t know what it was,” the boy said. “I just knew it wasn’t usual.” There are benefits to being clumsy. For example, when you trip on something in a New Mexico desert and it turns out to be a Stegomastodon fossil from 1.2 million years ago. That’s what happened to 9-year-old Jude Sparks last November when he was exploring the Orange Mountains with his family. Jude’s brother, Hunter, originally wasn’t convinced that the find was impressive....