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On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police bombed the MOVE group’s home and killed 11 people — then allowed the fire to burn 61 surrounding homes to the ground. On May 13, 1985, a police helicopter flew over a residential street in West Philadelphia. The chopper circled for a few minutes before settling above a rowhouse at 6221 Osage Avenue. After a moment, two C-4 explosives dropped from the helicopter, and the rowhouse below burst into flames....

Teenagers and adults from around the country have been voicing their support for the shooter online and through macabre fan mail. The Sun SentinelOne of the collages made for Nikolas Cruz. Mass murderer Nikolas Cruz is receiving stacks of fan mail, dozens of love letters, and hundreds of dollars in commissary money from fans across the country. Since his incarceration, Cruz, who killed 17 people and injured 17 more when he opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla....

Don’t make up your mind about the Baltimore riots until you read these wise words from history’s greatest. Source: Seattle Times Much has been said about the Baltimore riots. Perhaps too much. Instead of adding another layer to the discourse proliferating on the Internet, we’ve looked back throughout history to offer 20 powerful quotes on civil disobedience by some of the world’s most influential thinkers and speakers. Let their words inspire you to think more deeply about both riots and civil disobedience, and how these actions impact our world today:...

The D-Day invasion of Utah Beach was far more successful — and far less deadly — than the one in neighboring Omaha Beach. Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / National Archives USAAmerican soldiers land on Utah Beach as part of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. On June 6, 1944 — D-Day — Allied forces launched the largest amphibious invasion in the history of military operations. Codenamed Operation Neptune, D-Day was perhaps the single most significant turning point of World War II....

A woman experienced intense pain, lost vision, and fractured her eye-socket simply by blowing her nose at work. P3 HealthThe woman fractured a bone in her left eye socket and went temporarily blind. How did a 36-year-old woman in England wind up in the hospital with a fractured face that gave her blurred vision and caused her eye socket to rupture? The answer isn’t a fist-fight. According to a report published in the journal BMJ Case Reports, it was because she blew her nose too hard....

These little-seen photos reveal a secret Cold War test conducted by the U.S. government to show what nuclear annihilation would look like. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: The Reckless History Of U.S. Nuclear Testing, In 55 Unbelievable Photos 33 Unsettling Photographs Of The Challenger Explosion As It Unfolded Inside Operation Paperclip, America’s Secret Program That Employed 1,600 Nazi Scientists In Its Labs...

Say what you will about Bernie Sanders (and people have said a lot), the man is consistent. The Senator from Vermont’s stance on an array of issues — and emphasis on using a grassroots base to achieve them — have remained remarkably unchanged for decades. Even his look — skinny and spectacled with hair that’s apparently never been paid a moment’s thought — is endearingly familiar. Though the 75-year-old Independent only really sprung onto the national radar after his 2010 filibuster against an extension of George W....

The 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth was dug out of Siberian permafrost in 2011. Now scientists have found that its DNA is partially intact. Kindai UniversityYuka, the 28,000-year-old mammoth. Eight years ago, an impressively well-preserved woolly mammoth was dug out of the Siberian permafrost. With the species having met its extinction some 4,000 years ago, finding such a relatively pristine specimen was an astounding feat — particularly since this one was 28,000 years old....

In the pulp-printed pages of a May 1950 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, L. Ron Hubbard published, for the first time, a work that would one day grow into an entire religion: Dianetics. There, creased between space adventures and tales of alien invasion, were the pages that gave birth to Scientology. Share Flipboard Email Up until then, Hubbard had made his living as a pulp fiction writer and, in all his years of work, had earned only about $10,000....

Groupies were more than just the sex that came with music stardom — they were muses who left their marks all over the history of rock music. 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 From Bowie To Page, Lori Maddox Was Rock N’ Roll’s Most Notorious – And Underage – Groupie...

From the sun ray to the skin tube, these haunting vintage medical treatments actually inspired techniques still in use today. The history of medicine is overflowing with bizarre remedies and curious cures (cocaine for congestion, anyone?). However, many of the strange solutions of yesteryear actually paved the way for modern medical treatments in use today. Below, take a look at five of the creepiest medical treatments of decades past. The Sun Ray The healing power of the sun has been recognized and appreciated since Incas were engineering aqueducts and the ancient Greeks were pondering existence....

From a two-headed dog to attempts to raise the dead, these scientists performed some of the most deranged experiments of all time — often with horrific results. The term “mad scientist” conjures up images of dangerous experiments and frenzied surgeries. It also denotes a time period when science was still in its infancy, thereby excusing much of the risky behavior on display. But the truth about real-life mad scientists is far more disturbing — especially since many of them were active well into the 20th century....

The remains of six men discovered beneath Nancy Spain’s bar in Cork, Ireland, likely died violently between 1447 and 1636. Cork City CouncilThe men appear to have died during a turbulent period in Irish history. For years, young people flocked to Nancy Spain’s pub in Cork, Ireland, at 48 Barrack Street, to drink and enjoy music. But the whole time, they were dancing atop bones. When the pub was demolished in 2021, archeologists came across centuries-old skeletons of six men who’d met “violent” ends as long as 500 years ago....

The state is considered a hub for progressive thought, but does history back up this claim? When we think of bastions of American progressivism and decisively left-leaning political thought, the Pacific Northwest often comes to mind — specifically the state of Oregon. Indeed, shows like Portlandia succeed not just because they offer well-written fiction, but because they paint a devastatingly accurate portrait of just how seriously many residents take their (often liberal) political identities in real life....

Mobster Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso was the Lucchese family underboss during the 1980s and killed up to 100 people before becoming a government informant. Wikimedia CommonsAnthony Casso was sentenced to 455 years. For a few years in the 1980s, Anthony Casso was one of the most ruthless hitmen and Mafia underbosses New York City had ever seen. But his rise in the ranks of organized crime correlated directly to his paranoia....

The 40-year-old father claims he made the request merely to match the absurdity he belives he’s endured from his ex’s attorney throughout the divorce. Fox 6 Now interview screengrabDavid Ostrom asked the court to grant him the motion of a duel with his ex-wife for custody of his children. It’s no secret divorce can get ugly, but sometimes they even veer on the ridiculous. As in the case of a Kansas man who asked an Iowa court to approve a trial by combat against his ex-wife — using Japanese swords....

Pablo Picasso likely made the painting as he prepared to design the stage curtain for the 1919 Russian ballet “Le Tricorne." John McInnis AuctioneersThis colorful Picasso painting languished forgotten for decades. Sometimes, old houses hold treasure. A family in Maine just found a rare Pablo Picasso painting in their relative’s closet — and sold the artwork for $150,000. The whimsical Picasso piece, thought to be a maquette, or mock-up, of a stage curtain for the 1919 Russian ballet Le Tricorne, sat forgotten in Maine for at least five decades....

In 1953, Immigration and Naturalization Service’s commissioner Argyle Mackey said that “the human tide of ‘wetbacks’” was the “most serious enforcement problem of the Service.” Dean/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesIllegal immigrants being escorted back across the border to Mexico. 1955. While the United States has enacted many dubious policies in its 241-year history, few were as explicitly so as the 1954 law enforcement initiative known as Operation Wetback. Today, there is much talk of mass illegal immigration along the Mexican-American border, but far from being a new phenomenon, the Mexican-American border has always been a porous entity, with vast numbers of people passing through at all times, legally and illegally....

Blending Lewis Carrol’s tale with his surrealist style, it’s easy to see why Salvador Dali’s “Alice In Wonderland” is one of his most prized works. Since at least the 1960s, Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland has become something of an institution within hallucinogenic drug culture. From Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” waxing to The Matrix‘s pill-propelled trips to “Wonderland”, the book’s association with drugs–no matter how loosely rooted in reality–is unlikely to disappear any time soon....

The proposal states that the robots would not be armed with guns and would only be used to “prevent further loss of innocent lives,” while opponents are arguing against such militarization of the police. Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThe vote to allow the SFPD to use lethal robots has caused waves in San Francisco and beyond. Armed police robots may seem like something out of dystopian science fiction, but they could soon become a reality in San Francisco....