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The items found in the 6th-century grave suggest the man was a wealthy warrior who cared about his appearance. Bavarian State Office for Monument ProtectionThe comb includes illustrations of possible gazelles, which are foreign to Europe. When archeologists came across the 1,500-year-old grave of a warrior in Bavaria, Germany, they found that it contained a number of normal grave objects for that time. But alongside a horse, a battle axe, and a longsword, they also found an intricate ivory comb that the warrior may have used on his beard....

Standing 29,032 feet tall, Mount Everest is famous for being the highest peak in the world, but there’s far more to this natural wonder than its height. Mount Everest looms — quite literally — as one of the most fascinating places on Earth. For centuries, this mountain has inspired awe and drawn countless climbers hoping to scale its summit. One part of Everest’s allure is its striking beauty. The other is its danger....

Discovering the connection between man and ape is of colossal scientific value — which is exactly why some have tried to fake it. In 1912, a geologist named Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, along with amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson, announced to the world their discovery of a “missing link” between ape and man. Found in Piltdown, England, the small, but intact, skull caused a worldwide sensation and continued to do so for 40 years — that is, until the entire thing was revealed to have been an elaborate hoax....

Stephan Bibrowski became a popular sideshow in the Barnum & Bailey Circus who reportedly enjoyed life as a performer, but his talents lay far beyond his thick layer of hair. Getty ImagesNoted sideshow performer Stephan Bibrowski, also known as Lionel the Lion-Faced Man. It was called “The Greatest Show on Earth.” It was the merging of two leading circus shows, the most exciting juggernaut of entertainment in the world. One of the show’s most famous entertainers was a man named Stephan Bibrowski, also known as “Lionel the Lion-Faced Man....

Elvis Presley was known for being extremely close with his mother Gladys Presley. When she tragically died of a heart attack in 1958, he would never be the same again. Elvis Presley spent much of his career as an American superstar — and stole the hearts of countless women. But according to some, the classic crooner only had eyes for one woman: his mother, Gladys Presley. Gladys loomed large in Elvis’s life....

Discover these astounding space colonies designed by NASA in the 1970s and the Mars colony they’re plotting now. Image Source: settlement.arc.nasa.gov NASA’s innocently named “summer studies” were anything but. Over the course of ten weeks in the summer of 1975, the project had one goal: to craft a future that would send humanity beyond its home planet. Scientists, engineers, and academics teamed up to envision three different types of space colonies, some holding as many as a million people....

Steven Backman and Scott Weaver are known for their incredible toothpick art, including massive sculptures that comprise more than 100,000 toothpicks. Source: This is Colossal True artists have a way of seeing the world and its many facets in a light that escapes most others’ eyes. For San Francisco-born artists Steven J. Backman and Scott Weaver, this alternate view led them to utilize the toothpick not for oral hygiene but art....

The Clubhouse at Aquia Harbor’s “Patriot Day 2022 Seafood Sunday” menu is just the latest in a long line of marketing gimmicks from brands trying to capitalize on tragedy. Aquia Harbour Golf Club/FacebookThe Clubhouse at Aquia Harbour in Stafford County, Virginia, received immediate backlash for their menu offerings. As the 21st anniversary of the September 11th terror attacks approaches, one restaurant in Virginia decided to commemorate the event in what many considered a tasteless fashion: decking out their menu with 9/11-themed items....

A. Berteget, a French photographer and artist at the turn of the 20th century, presents us this photo series entitled Women Of The Future. At times, the images almost seem like pin-ups, but the pride and the posture of the women tells a different story: Women Of The Future- New Army Recruit Women Of The Future - Guard Women Of The Future: Gendarme Women Of The Future: Little Drummer Women Of The Future- Sailor....

“Ironic. Somewhat funny. Seeing as they escaped an escape room – technically jail – that wasn’t supposed to be escaped.” Two women who escaped from jail earlier this week were quickly rearrested by police while hiding out at an escape room game. In an ironic twist of events, The Huffington Post reports that two women who escaped from prison this Monday were apprehended on Tuesday night at an ‘Escape the Room’-style game in downtown Edmonton....

Not all flowers symbolize love, romance, and beauty. These unique flowers are the proof. Unique Flowers: Rafflesia arnoldii One of the largest and rarest flowers in the world, the rafflesia makes a better backdrop for a science fiction cartoon than a romance novel. Lacking any kind of roots or leaves, this monstrous, parasitic flower is known to sprout from the cracked bark of trees. But what’s even stranger is the awful stench — like that of rotting flesh — that permeates the air when it is in bloom....

Turn of the century reporters summed Alice Clement up as “furs, heels and jujitsu.” Appointed on August 5th, 1913, Clement was the only woman in the class of almost 100 new police detectives and would remain so for many years after. Clement’s appearance was often the focus of the day’s newspapers, and it may not have been entirely because she was female. The 5’3’’ detective would routinely bust onto a Chicago crime scene in beautiful gowns and an attractive bobbed haircut en vogue in the early 1920s–all while brandishing a tommy gun....

For centuries, these stones have warned people that hard times are on the horizon and their reappearance now might be cause for alarm. Petr David Josek/AP PhotoOne of the “hunger stones” seen in Děčín, Czech Republic on Thursday August 23, 2018. The drought which has been ravaging Europe all summer has uncovered several startling artifacts, not the least of which are these ominous carvings in the Czech Republic, known as “hunger stones....

Between 1977 and 1984, Cameron and Janice Hooker kept Colleen Stan inside a wooden box under their bed, only taking her out to torture her. When Cameron Hooker was a teenager, his family noticed that he became increasingly withdrawn and they started to become concerned. But they could never have guessed what he would turn out to be. Decades later, in fact, a California judge deemed Cameron Hooker “the worst psychopath I have ever dealt with....

Some people have a hard time letting go — and Carl Tanzler may have had the hardest. Wikimedia Commons In 1931, Dr. Carl Tanzler fell in love with a patient he was treating for tuberculosis. This love made him determined to keep his patient alive, which he attempted to do quite literally by removing her corpse from the mausoleum it was housed in and holding it together with coat hangers, wax, and silk....

Though he refused to fire a gun, Desmond Doss became one of the most legendary soldiers of World War II — and saved 75 men during the Battle of Okinawa. If you called him a hero, Desmond Doss would’ve likely corrected you. The young World War II medic who singlehandedly saved the lives of 75 American soldiers on the Maeda Escarpment of Okinawa in 1945 would say that he only did what was right....

“I had seen parts of it peeking out from the water before, but this is the first time I’ve seen it in full.” Ruben Ortega Martin/Raices de PeraledaThe Dolmen de Guadalperal, also known as the “Spanish Stonehenge,” has been completely exposed for the first time in 50 years following the drought. Severe changes in weather, particularly across Europe, have been a curse for farmers whose crops are suffering and who are losing millions of euros because of it....

From organizing the March on Washington to working within it, Congressman John Lewis is a civil rights leader with a legendary story. Bettmann/Getty ImagesJohn Lewis and fellow Freedom Rider James Zwerg were attacked by pro-segregationists in Montgomery, Alabama. May 20, 1961. John Lewis has done more for civil rights in the United States than most Americans of his generation. Inspired by Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., he hasn’t stopped since 1957....

The full story of how James Bulger killers Robert Thompson and Jon Venables led their two-year-old victim past dozens of witnesses on a grim path to his chilling death. More than 25 years later, the surveillance image above remains etched in the minds of the millions familiar with the James Bulger case. To those who aren’t familiar, the scene looks harmless enough: Two boys leading a toddler, one holding his hand as they make their way through a normal shopping mall in Bootle, England....

Held in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974, the Rumble in the Jungle saw Muhammad Ali challenge George Foreman for the world heavyweight title that had been stripped from him seven years earlier. Focus On Sport/Getty ImagesMuhammad Ali took down George Foreman in just eight rounds during the Rumble In The Jungle. In 1974, the Rumble in the Jungle world championship heavyweight fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman was to be an event like no other....