How Larry Thorne went from Nazi to U.S. Army hero while building one of the most famed legacies in the history of modern warfare. Wikimedia CommonsLauri Törni (later Larry Thorne) poses in his SS uniform in 1941. In Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery among the thousands of rows of white granite headstones for American soldiers killed in action stands a marker bearing the names of four servicemen killed in Vietnam....
Andrea Ivanova had her first round of lip injections in 2018 when she was 21 years old and proudly boasts of having the world’s biggest lips while calling herself the “Balkan Barbie.” Andrea Ivanova/InstagramAndrea Ivanova embarked on her cosmetic endeavor in 2018. Andrea Ivanova is 24 years old and has spent most of her adult life fashioning herself into the “Balkan Barbie.” And with 26 lip injections, she boasts of having the “biggest lips in the world” — but she isn’t done yet....
Florida authorities are now investigating the incident in an effort to determine whether or not the men responsible should face charges of any kind. https://www.instagram.com/p/BW7_3spDXOG/ Even “The Shark Hunter” isn’t ok with this video. Yesterday, Florida fisherman Mark “The Shark Hunter” Quartiano shared footage of several men pointing and laughing as they drag a shark caught on a fishing line behind their high-speed boat. When sharing the video on Instagram, after it had been sent to him via direct message, Quartiano stated, “CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WTF IS GOING ON HERE ?...
From Roald Dahl’s days as a sexy spy to Dan Brown’s failed attempts at gaining fame in children’s electronic music, these facts about famous authors are down-right odd. Source: The Telegraph Author Facts: Roald Dahl As one of the world’s best loved children’s authors, the last thing you’d expect of Roald Dahl is that he’d be a real life James Bond. During World War II, Dahl got a taste of the bad guys, an action-packed lifestyle and a fair share of his very own dashing Dahl girls as a British undercover spy....
Dr. Milton Rokeach forced three men who all believed themselves to be the Messiah to live together for two years in an effort to bring them out of their irrationality. But what Rokeach learned had little to do with the men themselves. Wikimedia CommonsThe three Christs were Schizophrenics Leon, Jospeh, and Clyde. In 1959 three schizophrenic patients who all identified as Christ were brought together at a psychiatric hospital in Ypsilanti, Mich....
Ancient Native American burial ground blown up for border wall construction, radiation-eating fungus found at Chernobyl, 7,000-year-old well unearthed. Sacred Native American Burial Site In Arizona Demolished To Make Room For U.S.-Mexico Border Wall Carolyn Van Houten / The Washington Post via Getty ImagesBorder wall construction in progress at Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in January 2020. For the past few weeks, workers in Arizona have been blowing up and otherwise demolishing an ancient Native American burial site and monument in order to make room for the U....
From Desmond Doss to Audie Murphy, history’s greatest war heroes gave everything for their country and embodied the meaning of bravery with their incredible acts of selflessness. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 7 Astonishing American Folk Heroes The History Books Shouldn’t Have Left Out 55 History Books That Will Change Your Outlook On Life...
These little-known facts about Queen Victoria bring the indestructible monarch’s story to life. She was born fifth in line to the throne, making it unlikely that she would ever become queen to begin with.Wikimedia Commons Victoria was actually her middle name. Her first name was Alexandrina.Wikimedia Commons But to her German-speaking family, she was mainly called “Vickelchen.“Wikimedia Commons She was brought up under the restrictive “Kensington System” of parenting, which kept her in near-complete isolation in order to make her dependent upon her parents....
Celebrities, artists, and political leaders you’d never guess were on this Earth together. So often it seems as though certain celebrities have been around forever. After all, look at Betty White, who has been around longer than we can all remember and is literally older than sliced bread. Then, there are others who seem perpetually young, when really they’re over 50 (looking at you, Brad Pitt.) Share Flipboard Email So, naturally, it’s easy to confuse which pairs of celebrities were actually alive at the same time....
It was only in the mid 20th century that the US enacted federal standards regarding child labor. We look back on that in photos. In an attempt to eliminate what it views as a global problem, the Obama administration is currently conducting an investigation on child labor around the world — from Russian children forced into pornography to child tobacco farmers in Nicaragua. The Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs has recently opened up a report for public comment, in which it identifies child labor practices in over one hundred countries and suggests ways to end them....
Using rigid wood and his imagination, Bruno Walpoth creates sculptures that are as technically immaculate as they are visually stunning. Source: The Forest Magazine Italian sculptor and artist Bruno Walpoth has a knack for wood against which few can compete. His flawlessly carved creations of the human form are as realistic as they are striking—so much so that from a distance, it is nearly impossible to tell that his figures are not living, breathing beings....
Despite its former promise, deep-seated racial tensions would eventually devastate the town of Cairo, Illinois, rendering it nearly abandoned today. National ArchivesAn aerial view of Cairo, Illinois. Cairo, Illinois was once a bustling transportation hub situated at the junction of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Today, however, there is little evidence of that riverside boom town. On street after street in “Historic Downtown Cairo,” once grand buildings have slowly grown dilapidated or been swallowed by plants....
“We knew they ate snakes. What we didn’t know was that snakes form a huge part of their diet.” Wikimedia CommonsA new study found that cape cobras like this one regularly eat their own kind. As if snakes weren’t scary enough, one new study proves that they’re even more terrifying than you thought. Researchers who’d worked in South Africa’s Kalahari Desert recently published their account of a male cape cobra that ate a smaller male cobra, according to National Geographic....
At 2.5 inches with stubby legs and a squeaky-toy squeal, you’ve seen or heard nothing like the desert rain frog. YouTube/Dean BoshoffA desert rain frog pouts for the camera. When wildlife photographer Dean Boshoff traveled to South Africa’s coastline, he wanted to capture its incredible sand dunes. What he shot instead was far better: the desert rain frog. Boshoff was in Port Nolloth in the Northern Cape province of South Africa when he came across a whole lot of squeaking....
The two horned helmets were uncovered by a peat cutter in Viksø, Denmark, in 1942 and have just been dated to 900 B.C. — confirming they were never worn by Vikings. National Museum of DenmarkThe horned helmets had fittings that formerly carried feathers and a horsehair mane. For longer than living memory, horned helmets have dominated the popular image of the Vikings. But new research shows that this daunting headgear predated the Norse warriors by nearly 2,000 years — and that the Vikings likely never wore horned helmets at all....
Long before she was the heroine of an animated movie, Hua Mulan’s story first began in 6th-century China. Long before she was the heroine of a popular Disney movie, Hua Mulan was inspiring generations of young people in her own country of China. The legend of this woman warrior has existed since at least the 6th century and has hardly waned in popularity today. Wikimedia CommonsA depiction of Hua Mulan, painted in the early 20th century....
As soon as humans had telescopes strong enough to study Mars in detail, we’ve asked ourselves two questions: Does Mars have life? How can we establish contact? NASAA NASA photo from Mars taken in April 2021. The question has echoed through the ages: “Is there life on Mars?” First tracked in the sky by ancient people thousands of years ago and now being observed by a cosmic helicopter, the “Red Planet” has nonetheless remained elusive to us....
Two of the pendants were uncovered in rooms where prisoners were forced to undress before being led into the gas chambers while the third was found near a mass grave. Israel Antiquities AuthorityTwo of the three pendants feature a hand-painted image of Moses carrying the Ten Commandments. In 1942, senior government officials from Nazi Germany met in Berlin to discuss the “Jewish question.” The Wannsee Conference concluded with a “Final Solution” to exterminate over two million Jews across Poland and build death camps like Sobibor — where researchers have just uncovered three heartbreaking artifacts....
When fishermen found Manfred Fritz Bajorat inside his yacht as it was drifting in the Philippine Sea in 2016, his body was completely mummified right in the very spot where he died. Barobo Police StationManfred Fritz Bajorat died of a heart attack and was preserved aboard his ship by the dry, salty ocean winds. On Feb. 26, 2016, a group of fishermen off the coast of the Philippine island of Mindanao saw a boat suspiciously drifting at sea....
“Whether it was racially motivated or just pure ignorance, it’s still unacceptable … It’s a stark reminder that racism exists.” Bettmann/Getty images; Emmett Till Interpretive CenterLeft: Emmett Till; Right: The latest vandalism of the Till memorial. A sign memorializing Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American boy who was brutally lynched in Mississippi in 1955, has been vandalized once again. This most recent vandalism marks the third time that the sign has been defaced since it was put in place in 2007 by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, a museum dedicated to Till’s story....
