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USS Indianapolis found, 100 million-year-old flowers, Stone Age weapons forged today, ancient coffin cracked in stunt, unearthed tablet rewrites math history. USS Indianapolis Found 72 Years After Sinking In Shark-Infested Waters Wikimedia CommonsThe USS Indianapolis near California’s Mare Island Naval Shipyard on July 10, 1945, 20 days before it was sunk. Researchers have finally discovered the remains of the USS Indianapolis, the World War II vessel that delivered the components of the Hiroshima bomb just before being sunk by Japanese torpedoes, leaving hundreds of its crew to die of exposure, dehydration, and shark attacks....

A man sells suspenders on the sidewalk. Street peddlers provided cheap goods to the most densely populated, lowest income neighborhoods. They faced little resistance from the city, as it had not yet established guidelines for commercial ventures on the streets and sidewalks. Around the 1890s, the city began licensing street vendors as businesses.NYPL/Alice Austen Boot blacks waiting for customers at their streetside stall. Young, impoverished boys shined the shoes of wealthy Manhattanites as a way to earn a living, along with all the other peddlers and vendors crowding the sidewalks....

Brush up on your knowledge of the 39th president of the United States with these little-known Jimmy Carter facts. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 24He was good friends with Elvis Presley, who once called him directly at the White House in a drug-filled stupor to seek a pardon for a friend of his....

For over 70 years, the Kolb brothers owned and operated a photography studio perched at the edge of the Grand Canyon. Here are some of their most breathtaking shots. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 25 Grand Canyon Facts That Reveal America’s 6 Million-Year-Old Natural Wonder Relive The Decadence Of Studio 54 With These Vintage Photos...

Discover the colorized mugshots of notorious criminals, petty thieves, and David Bowie. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 30 Great Depression Pictures Brought To Life In Stunning Color 31 Vintage Crime Scenes Brought To Life In Stunningly Gruesome Color 33 Vintage Mugshots That Bring The Past To Life 1 of 49Al PacinoArrested for possession of a concealed weapon....

When a propane tank exploded at the homeless campsite, responding crews confiscated the remaining units. Fortunately, a good Samaritan took action. Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty ImagesThe makeshift camp on Roosevelt Road in Chicago, Jan. 30, 2019. A good Samaritan in Chicago has offered to pay the hotel tab for 70 homeless people suffering through this week’s record cold after propane tanks were confiscated from a camp downtown and time was of the essence....

“They were all made sacred. Turned into gifts for the gods or even personifications of deities themselves.” National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH)The discovery yielded 119 skulls of men, women, and children and expanded the scope of Templo Mayor’s dig site. In 2017, researchers unearthed a macabre tower of human skulls after two years of digging beneath the Templo Mayor site in Mexico City. According to The Guardian, there was even more than initially met the eye, however — as researchers just discovered another section of 119 human skulls in March....

The researchers believe that this site in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire may have once been the lost medieval friary of St. Saviour’s. Dyfed Archaeological TrustIt is rare that discoveries of this magnitude occur in urban areas, the team said. A team of researchers excavating the site of an old department store discovered several hundred human bodies buried beneath the dirt, possibly signifying that the site was once a friary during the Middle Ages....

Beth Thomas, the focus of the terrifying documentary Child of Rage, proves just how evil innocent looking children can look. Her name was Beth Thomas. At only six years old, Thomas admitted to a clinical psychologist, on tape, that she would hurt her adoptive parents and birth sibling if given the opportunity. Her adoptive parents, Jill and Rob Tyler, locked their young daughter in her room at night because they were afraid of what she might do....

This delightful series of drunk photos show what happens to each subject after one drink, then two, then three. You might be surprised. The conceit for Brazilian photographer Marcos Alberti‘s new series is remarkably simple: “3 Glasses Later.” Alberti invited dozens of people to his studio, just after the workday ended, and photographed them four times: once when they arrived, and then once after one, two, and three glasses of wine over the course of about two hours....

In 1972-1973, Herbert Mullin killed 13 people in California because he thought it could stop an earthquake. This is his chilling story. Public DomainHerbert Mullin In 1972, Herbert Mullin believed that there would soon be a massive earthquake near his home in northern California. And Mullin had a grisly solution to the problem. A diagnosed schizophrenic who’d heard voices in his head warning him about the earthquake, Herbert Mullin believed that he could stop the deadly event from happening if he murdered a number of people....

The FBI kept tabs on the so-called “Queen of Soul” while searching for links between Franklin and civil rights activists, communists, and “Black extremists.” David Redfern/RedfernsAretha Franklin performing in London in the 1980s. Shortly after Aretha Franklin died in 2018, Rolling Stone filed a Freedom of Information Act to attain any records about her from the FBI. Now, Franklin’s file has been released — providing a stunning and insightful look at how the organization tracked the “Queen of Soul” for 40 years....

Investigators said the man took his girlfriend to Las Vegas under the guise of a romantic vacation and house-hunting to move in together. Bethel Park Police Department/Allegheny County JailJohn Matthew Chapman is awaiting federal trial over the murder of Jaime Feden, who he allegedly suffocated by binding her to a signpost in the Nevada desert. In a brutal case of cold-blooded murder and identity theft, a man in Pennsylvania has been charged with the kidnapping and death of his girlfriend, then moving into her apartment and impersonating her online....

Twenty-five years after grocery store manager Terrence Paquette was stabbed to death, police have cracked the case using public DNA database websites and half-guzzled beer cans. Orange County Sheriff’s OfficeKenneth Stough Jr. has been charged with first-degree murder and robbery with a deadly weapon. In a showcase of modern technology and diligent police work, DNA from discarded beer cans has led to an arrest in the brutal 1996 murder of Florida convenience store manager Terrence Paquette....

Made from coffee cherries that have been digested and defecated by civets, Kopi Luwak is widely known as “cat poop coffee” in the West — where it sells for $600 a pound. The civet is a raccoon-like nocturnal mammal native to the tropical forests of Asia. It was once considered a pest in the urban areas of Indonesia — but its dung has proven to be a very valuable commodity known as Kopi Luwak, a....

Sending a spouse off to the great unknown is not an easy task. For the Johnson family of New Ulm, Minn., a proper end required meth, death metal, and sex. Brown County Sheriff’s OfficeDuane Arden Johnson in custody. To be beside your loved one in their final days of life is one of the most difficult challenges one could ever endure, but for a southwestern Minnesota man and his wife, a methamphetamine-fueled “death party” which ended with nudity and biblical references was the way to do just that....

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The chest was found in the SS Minden, a German cargo ship scuttled near the coast of Iceland in 1939. The SS Porta, a sister ship of the SS Minden. You could never accuse the Nazis of having hearts of gold — but a new discovery shows that when it comes to Nazi vessels, it’s a different story. Indeed, British treasure hunters have uncovered up to $130 million-worth of gold within the wreckage of the SS Minden, a Nazi cargo ship....

Thailand’s in the middle of its worst drought in 10 years. The silver lining? A long-hidden temple has reemerged. TwitterA 13-foot headless statue of Buddha has been underwater from 20 years. Now, visitors have adorned it with flowers and flock to it to pray. Thailand is currently undergoing its worst drought in over a decade, with some regions experiencing their worst drought in living memory. But now there’s a bit of a silver lining to this extreme climate — an underwater temple reemerged earlier this month after being underwater for 20 years....

From the cannibalistic Wendigo and the Flying Head to Skinwalkers and owl witches, these Native American monsters are the stuff of nightmares. Edward S. Curtis/Library of CongressA group of Navajo men dressed as mythical characters for a ceremonial dance. Native American folklore, like many oral traditions around the world, is rife with captivating tales passed down through the generations. Among these stories, you’ll find terrifying tales of Native American monsters that are distinct to the many tribes that inhabit the Americas....