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Despite the danger from radioactive fallout inside the Fukushima Evacuation Zone, animals from wild boars to feral cats are living their best life free from human interference. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: In The Wake Of Nuclear Disaster, Animals Are Thriving In The Red Forest Of Chernobyl The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Stretches 1,600 Miles And Won’t Be Safe For Humans For Another 20,000 Years...

The effects of global warming are quite contentious among people who don’t know what they’re talking about. Unfortunately, that includes most people who don’t have PhDs in atmospheric science, chemistry or meteorology, so we’re all in kind of a tight spot, information-wise. As far as the ordinary media consumer knows, human-caused climate change is another one of those “some people say this, others say that” kind of disputes, as if the debate is over the relative merits of Coke vs....

From “Cadillac Frank” to “Tick Tock,” these mafia nicknames reveal some of the craziest characters and stories in the mob’s bloody history. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 25 Astounding Al Capone Facts That Show Why He’s History’s Most Infamous Gangster Karen Friedman Hill: The Wife Of The Infamous ‘Goodfellas’ Gangster Inside Mob Boss Mickey Cohen’s Flashy Reign As The ‘King Of Los Angeles’...

“Lots of artifacts have been taken from here. Now we know why. There were 20,000 people living here for over 200 years.” David Kelly/The Los Angeles TimesAnthropologist and archaeology professor Donald Blakeslee in one of the pits being excavated in Arkansas City, Kan. Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking and unlikely discovery in the Great Plains of Kansas: a sprawling, centuries-old lost city. A few years ago, Donald Blakeslee, an anthropologist and archaeology professor at Wichita State University, discovered the lost city of Etzanoa, located in present-day Arkansas City, Kan....

A rural farm boy from Queensland, Billy Sing joined the armed forces and became one of the most revered snipers of World War I. Australian War MemorialBilly Sing was just a rural farm boy from Queensland when he became one of the most feared snipers in history. It is estimated that unlikely sniper Billy Sing achieved more than 200 kills during his deployment as a sniper in the war trenches of Gallipoli....

The study shows how resourceful ants can be — even in unusual situations. This colony’s survival suggests an efficiency that’s both remarkable and deeply unsettling. Wojciech Czechowski/Journal of Hymenoptera ResearchA population estimate found that the colony included up to 1 million ants. When Polish scientists were surveying bats living in an abandoned Soviet nuclear bunker in western Poland in 2013, they had no idea what they were about to discover. Namely, up to 1 million cannibal ants trapped inside....

As a satirical publication that’s poked fun at everyone from Muhammad and Jewish people to Jesus and Michael Jackson, Charlie Hebdo is no stranger to threats and controversy. Yet nobody could have predicted that three gunmen would burst into the newspaper’s weekly editorial meeting and start shooting this past Wednesday. Now, with 12 people dead and more injured, people are beginning to question the price of free speech. It all started back in 2006 when Charlie Hebdo ran a series of 12 pictures that depicted Muhammad as a caricature—including one picture that showed Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban with a burning fuse....

David Bowie’s unexpected death shook the world in 2016. Share Flipboard Email “At least the year can only get better from here,” the blissfully ignorant humans of January thought. After a singing, songwriting, and acting career that spanned five decades, the iconic performer had changed what it meant to be an innovator and an outsider. His appeals for people to let their freak flags fly garnered him a fan base that verged on cultish and in the days following his death, teenagers born decades after his first album were still tearing up in the streets....

“He removed a cable from his bedside table lamp. Then he wound it around his nipples…” BildEgidius Schiffer German serial killer Egidius Schiffer murdered five female hitchhikers between 1983 and 1990 — but he’s now become his own final victim. Schiffer was found dead in his prison cell on July 23 after accidentally electrocuting himself while performing an unusual solo sex act. Dubbed the “Aachen Strangler,” Schiffer tied up and raped the young women he kidnapped before strangling them to death....

Before World War II went into full swing, there was a brief period of silence on the Western Front known as the Phoney War in which the Germans took full advantage. Wikimedia CommonsTwo soldiers of the British Army peer out from the entrance to their dugout, named ’10 Downing Street’, made from old car doors and corrugated iron, in France, Nov. 28, 1939. Before World War II evolved into the deadliest war in history, soldiers puzzled over a short period of inactivity in the months leading up to 1940, which has become known as the Phoney War....

The cost of education in the Islamic State is far worse than anything you could imagine. YouTube When you think of ISIS, children’s education is probably not one of the first associations your mind makes. Images of fresh-faced kids running around on a playground or reading their lessons from a book are a world away from ISIS’ atrocity-fueled rampage across the Syrian desert. It’s thus easy to forget that some children live in that desert, and that – according to an estimate from the anti-extremist think tank Quilliam Foundation – something like 30,000 children are born under the black flag every year....

Still rebuilding after another fire destroyed his house years ago, California resident Chad Little risked his life to defend his property — armed only with a 30-pack of Bud Light. Chad Little via The Mercury NewsA California man used cans of beer to keep fires from approaching his home. When Chad Little woke up on Aug. 19, 2020, he had no idea that he would find himself in a dire situation amid the California wildfires — or that he’d be using cans of his favorite brew to save his family’s home....

As a Prohibition agent in Chicago, Eliot Ness and his team of “Untouchables” worked tirelessly to nab Al Capone — but his story didn’t end there. Among the many larger-than-life figures who emerged during the Prohibition era, one lawman towered above the rest. Eliot Ness, a former insurance claim investigator from Chicago’s South Side, might have been the least likely candidate to become an icon of the fight against alcohol — especially since he was known to enjoy a glass of booze....

Though the takin can weigh up to 770 pounds and sport an unmistakable golden coat, this mysterious beast has remained largely out of human sight for centuries. FlickrA pair of golden takins lumber up a mountainside. Nestled away in the Himalayas is a gigantic, crescent-horned creature that nibbles its way through the alpine forest: the takin. The takin looks like a creature out of a children’s book. A furry terrestrial goat-antelope, the striking creature features a long and bulbous snout, a sturdy and stocky body, four short legs, and formidable two-toed hooves....

She called the crime a moment of “insanity” after her boyfriend of seven years told her he was marrying another woman. Wikimedia CommonsThe traditional Emirati chicken and rice dish called Machboos, which the Moroccan woman reportedly cooked the remains of her boyfriend into. A Moroccan woman in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) admitted to murdering her boyfriend and cooking his remains, which she then served to her neighbors. The BBC reports that the woman, who is in her mid-30s, killed her boyfriend some three months ago in August 2018....

Across the country, people are being criminalized essentially for being homeless — and in Boise, Idaho, some are fighting back. Criminalization of homelessness has been on the rise in cities across America since early 2009. Recent studies by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty indicate that in over 187 American cities, behaviors such as public sleeping, begging, loitering, sitting or lying down, food sharing, and sleeping in vehicles have been and are being prohibited....

The whole point of doing laundry is to have the clothes be cleaner coming out than they were going in. Unfortunately, students at Southern Illinois University are finding that doing laundry can actually make clothes filthier. Much, much, filthier. Police at the university in Carbondale, Illinois are seeking a serial pooper who has been dropping loads in loads of laundry in the Abbott Hall campus dormitory. “I was like OK this is really embarrassing....

In the 17th century, the southwest region of Africa now known as Angola stood divided. It would take years — and the influence of one remarkable woman — to unite it. UNESCO/Wikimedia CommonsA UNESCO illustration of Nzinga, Queen of Ndongo. Sometime around 1583, a little girl named Nzinga Mbande was born. Hers was not an easy entry into the world; legend has it she was born with her umbilical cord around her neck....

The ancient Babylonian tablet was likely written by a student, proving that even 35 centuries ago kids were making the same crude jokes as they do now. DeAgostini/Getty ImagesCuneiform inscription, Ziggurat, 1500 B.C., Aqar Quf, Iraq. A 3,500-year-old tablet discovered in present-day Iraq might have the first ever “yo mama” joke written on record. The ancient tablet was uncovered in 1976 by an archaeologist named J.J. van Dijk during an excavation....

Possible remains of America’s first colonists, Holocaust songs recovered, the Mitch McConnell/Elizabeth Warren rule, The Beatles hit America, and photos taken just after history was made. Possible Remains Of America’s First Colonists Uncovered When a man in St. Augustine, Florida recently set about renovating his building in the wake of last fall’s Hurricane Matthew, he found four skeletons that may have belonged to America’s very first European colonists. While few realize it, St....