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The explosions caused $1.2 million in damages, impacted more than 10 houses, and put one local in the hospital. @FireDept33/TwitterThe explosion on Nov. 29, 2021, caused $1.2 million in damages. On Nov. 29, 2021, a warehouse in Nakhon Pathom province near Bangkok, Thailand, holding thousands of gallons of oil suddenly erupted into apocalyptic fireballs — and the arsonist was revealed as a longtime employee with a grudge. According to The Independent, the suspect was identified as 38-year-old Ann Sriya....

The severed mokomokai heads of the Maori were carved, boiled, smoked, oil, and then paraded around like war trophies. Wikimedia Commons H.G. Robley with his collection of Mokomokai heads. In the American Museum of Natural History in New York City lies a collection of 30 mokomokai, or the severed, tattooed heads of Maori tribesmen. The collection itself is quite interesting; however, the story of how it got to the museum is even more so....

As the maxim goes, a picture speaks a thousand words. But in color, they say even more. We give you these amazing photos of history in color. Some of these Connecticut high school boys in 1909 have been newsboys for eight or nine years already. US National Archives Some of these Connecticut high school boys in 1909 have been newsboys for eight or nine years already. Colours of Yesterday/Facebook At the 1942 fair in Klamath Falls, Oregon....

We don’t know what happens after we die, but our virtual selves carry on in some surprising ways. EVERYBODY EVENTUALLY DIES, leaving the survivors to pick up the pieces and move on. In the past, this was simple; you died and somebody backed a truck up to your house and carried away your stuff. Today, however, a part of us lives on in our potentially immortal social media profiles. Nearly 30 million Facebook users have died since the platform started in 2006, and another 1 million Facebook users die each year....

One 12-year-old boy in Canada didn’t like the salad his parents gave him, so he called the cops about it — twice. Pinterest Kids have always been notorious for not wanting to eat their vegetables despite their parents’ best efforts. That’s not really news. But it takes an especially adamant and vindictive child to call 911 on his or her own parents because they simply tried to get their kid to eat a salad....

Tokyo police discovered the severed heads of two individuals packed into coolers at the home of Takahiro Shiraishi. YouTubeA police officer stands guard in front of Takahiro Shiraishi’s home. While investigating the disappearance of a local woman in the town of Zama, outside Tokyo, local police found much more than they bargained for. At the home of suspect Takahiro Shiraishi, Tokyo police discovered the severed heads of two individuals in coolers inside the front door, as well as the dismembered bodies of seven other people in coolers elsewhere inside the apartment....

The Mermaid Inn has housed pirates, gangsters, and even Queen Elizabeth I. Some say the inn still houses a few of these characters today — albeit, in ghost form. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 27 Haunting Photos That Reveal What Happened During Kristallnacht, The ‘Night Of Broken Glass’ Haunting Photos From 9 Of The World’s Creepiest Abandoned Hospitals...

Daniel Rom Kristiansen’s grandpa had always said a fighter plane had crashed on the family farm. No one believed him until this week. US AirforceMesserschmitt Me 262 Schwable, the world’s first jet fighter. When Daniel Rom Kristiansen started learning about World War II in school, his father, Klaus, had an idea for what he thought would be a fun little adventure. Neither father nor son suspected they’d find an entire German plane – with the pilot’s skeleton still in the cockpit....

These amazing Freddie Mercury photos capture the rock ’n’ roll icon as the show-stopping star that he was. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: These 13 Photos Of Freddie Mercury’s Cat Obsession Will Melt Your Heart “Love Of My Life”: Inside The Romance Between Freddie Mercury And Mary Austin 33 Young Betty White Pictures That Capture A Hollywood Star In The Making...

These uplifting stories from the past include tales of quiet bravery, unlikely friendships, good deeds, and more that will leave you feeling inspired. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 33 Powerful Steve Jobs Quotes On Technology, Innovation, And Our Faith In Humanity 22 War Heroes And The Superhuman Stories That Put Them In The History Books...

Many diseases have been around as long as humans, but Leprosy’s social history is the most inextricably linked with human evolution. A portrait of an elderly blind woman at the Nuang Kan Leper Colony in Kengtung, Myanmar. A plague to rule them all, leprosy is very likely the oldest infectious disease in human history. Written accounts of the disease — sometimes referred to as Hansen’s Disease—date as far back as 600 B....

This discovery dates back to the Ancient Egyptian heyday that produced rulers like Tutankhamen and Ramses II. KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty ImagesArchaeologists uncover a sarcophagus found at the El-Assasif necropolis. An Ancient Egyptian tomb has just been uncovered by archaeologists in the southern city of Luxor — with several shockingly well-preserved mummies inside. Although the contents of the tomb were found in great condition, researchers estimate that the tomb likely dates back nearly 4,000 years....

A fearsome witch of Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga is said to kidnap, roast, and eat children in the woods of Eastern Europe. In a famous Russian folk tale, an evil stepmother sends her stepchildren away. As they wander the woods, the brother and sister find a strange hut that stands on chicken legs. Inside the hut, they meet a grandmother. “If you satisfy all my wishes I shall reward you,” the grandmother declares, according to Folk Tales From the Russian....

Norwegian authorities found a giant ball of plastic bags clogging this whale’s stomach just over a week ago. University of Bergen Moved by its painful cries, Norwegian authorities euthanized a beached whale on January 28. They later found that it had ingested more than two dozen plastic bags and an even larger amount of microplastics. This Cuvier’s beaked whale stranded itself multiple times near the island of Sotra, Norway in the days before its euthanization....

Clara Harris caught her husband with his mistress at a hotel in Nassau Bay, Texas in July 2002 — and promptly ran him over with her car. Texas Department of CorrectionsClara Harris was sentenced to 20 years in prison but only served 15. Clara Harris had it all. The 44-year-old Colombian had moved to America in the 1980s and opened her own successful dentistry practice. She had two sons with her orthodontist husband, David Harris....

Why just south of San Francisco there lies a little town called Colma where the dead outnumber the living 1,000 to 1. Wikimedia Commons Colma, California is a bright green expanse of manicured lawns and small white buildings nestled inside the crowded tangle of communities that make up the San Francisco Peninsula. It’s easy to spot from the air as a large splotch of seemingly underdeveloped land paradoxically squatting next to some of the most expensive and in-demand real estate on Earth....

These disturbing vintage photos of creepy dolls go one step further and take you inside the doll factories where nightmares are made. Baby dolls aren’t necessarily the finest fodder for nightmares, but these photos of creepy dolls and doll factories from the 1930s to the 1950s may just change your mind: Dolls’ heads waiting to dry in the factory. Merlyn Severn/Picture Post/Getty Images A young girl laughs at the sight of dolls’ heads at the Ideal Toy Company in Long Island, New York....

On Sept. 10, 1977, Tunisian immigrant Hamida Djandoubi became the last victim of a guillotine execution in French history — 38 years after Eugen Weidmann’s riotous beheading made him the final guillotine victim killed in public. GERARD FOUET/AFP via Getty ImagesOn Feb. 24, 1977, Hamida Djandoubi arrives at his trial via a tunnel connecting the courtroom to the Aix-en-Provence prison. When you think of a guillotine execution, you probably think of Marie Antoinette or King Louis XVI....

Johnny Cash’s ‘At Folsom Prison’ is undoubtedly the most significant prison album ever recorded. Here’s how the guy who shot a man in Reno found his way to Folsom. Johnny Cash’s performance at California’s Folsom Prison has been immortalized as the stuff of legends, both through the success of its recorded album and by its depiction on the silver screen by Joaquin Phoenix. At the time, though, Cash was on his way out — making this a make-or-break moment in his waning career....

“You don’t know you’re making history when it’s happening,” said Charity Adams Earley, the trailblazing Army battalion commander. “I just wanted to do my job.” U.S. ArmyCharity Adams Earley. Charity Adams Earley was born in a segregated United States. This did not stop her from becoming the highest-ranked female, black officer in the army during World War II. Her mantra: “I just wanted to do my job.” Born Into Jim Crow When Charity Edna Adams was born on Dec....