Inside the world’s largest body farm, where research is conducted on the incredible process of human decomposition. Seven miles northwest of San Marcos, Texas sits Texas State University’s Freeman Ranch, a body farm where researchers take fresh corpses and scatter them all over the field to decompose. Typically, the first question law enforcement asks when they come across an unidentified body at a crime scene is how long the person has been dead....
Eighth-century ski unearthed in Norway, ancient wine making factory discovered in Israel, sphinx garden ornaments found to be genuine Egyptian artifacts. Archaeologists In Norway Just Unearthed A Pre-Viking Ski That Dates Back To The 8th Century Secrets Of The IceMeasuring in at over six feet long, the ski features a raised foothold and an intact leather foot binding. In 2014, archaeologists in Norway unearthed a 1,300-year-old ski from the ice atop Mount Digervarden....
Hidden chamber found in Great Pyramid, pandas claimed to have not originated in China, art looted by Nazis placed on display for first time. Researchers Find Hidden Space In Great Pyramid Of Giza Using Cosmic Rays Scientists have discovered a hidden space in the Great Pyramid of Giza. The void sits above the pyramid’s Grand Gallery and is roughly 30 yards deep with a similar in shape to the gallery below it....
After France was liberated from German occupation, many within the country borrowed Nazi tactics to publicly shame women. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 18Women are paraded through the streets in shame, 1944.Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images 2 of 18Robert Capa’s legendary photo of a French woman with her baby, whose father is implied to have been German....
An exceptionally high tide left 45 percent of Venice engulfed in water. The city’s mayor later tweeted, “Venice is on its knees.” Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Rio’s Major Pollution Problem In 31 Shocking Photos 29 Shocking Photos Of Modern History’s Most Infamous Assassinations 32 Photos That Capture The Shocking Violence Of The 1968 Democratic National Convention...
In Norse cosmology and mythology, the massive ash tree Yggdrasil is said to support the whole universe, from the underworld known as Hel to the heavenly realm of Asgard. In Norse mythology, all things lead back to Yggdrasil. This mythical tree — thought to be the center of the universe — connects the Nine Worlds, acts as a meeting place for the gods, and may herald the apocalypse. Here’s everything you need to know about Yggdrasil, from the animals that nibble on its branches to why it offers hope in the end times....
From film to literature, these sensational fictional characters are actually more real that you would have thought. Many movies are accompanied by the phrase “based on a true story” when they feel the events they depict are close enough to reality to claim them as fact. Norman Bates Zorro Sherlock Holmes Pete “Maverick” Mitchell Don Draper Betty Boop Ari Gold Charlie Chan Olivia Pope Dill From To Kill A Mockingbird Alejandro Sosa John Munch Moe Syzlack Auric Goldfinger Moby Dick But what about the many fictional works that may have lone characters or events based on reality, while other aspects of the narratives are pure fiction?...
Despite being one of the richest countries in the world, England was also home to some of the most destitute neighborhoods, with 35 percent of Londoners living in poverty at the end of the 19th century. When social reformer Henry Mayhew visited the slums of Victorian London, he recoiled. “The water of the huge ditch in front of the houses is covered with a scum… and prismatic with grease,” Mayhew wrote....
Source: Blogspot Alex Queral is a Cuban-American artist who has carved himself out a very unique place among his peers; while other sculptors may work with a more traditional medium, Alex possesses a very specific specialization: carving three dimensional portraits of pop-culture icons into phone books. It takes a very delicate touch and sure hand to bring these celebrity portraits to life. Cutting through page after page of each book (that most of us throw away or recycle), these masterpieces infuse beauty and innovation into an object we see as teetering on obsolete, and give a whole new meaning to the term “pop-up book”....
During the golden age of Antarctic expeditions, men risked their lives in this frozen wasteland — and brought back some incredible photos. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Old New York Before The Skyscrapers In 39 Vintage Photos Vintage Mongolia: Photos Of Life Before The Soviet Purge Explore Vintage Disneyland In 55 Magical Photos 1 of 34A wave, frozen while crashing through the air, frames Douglas Mawson’s ship, the Aurora....
While the suspect was already being arrested on child rape charges, he is now facing additional counts of racial discrimination and illegal possession of firearms. Policia Civil Rio de JaneiroLead detective Luis Armond estimated that just one of these uniforms could cost up to $289,115. Police in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, arrested suspected pedophile Aylson Proenca Doyle Linhares on Wednesday. According to The Times of Israel, the disturbing allegations included child rape, leading authorities to file an official warrant for the 58-year-old....
Paleontologists also found 80 skeletons of Mussaurus dinosaurs near the nest — proving that they lived in herds. De Agostini/Getty ImagesAdult Mussaurus patagonicus specimens weighed 1.5 tons and moved in age-segregated herds to protect the whole group from predators. Moving in herds has been a lifesaving evolutionary trait of herbivores for millions of years, as traveling in large groups provides for more protection from predators. Remarkably, researchers in Argentina have just discovered the earliest evidence that dinosaurs did the same — 40 million years earlier than they initially theorized....
From brain-controlled computers to hologram video games, a fascinating look at five new technologies that will change your life in the next ten years. Over the last couple of decades, technology has evolved beyond belief and transformed the lives of consumers. Who in the world of the 1990s could envision the world of the present, as we become increasingly connected by a global information system that is completely integrated into our everyday lives....
German officials discovered the rare Panther tank along with a stockpiled arsenal of Nazi weapons, including an anti-aircraft cannon, a torpedo, and 70 rifles and machine guns. Carsten Rehder/Picture Alliance/Getty ImagesSoldiers hauling the Panther V tank away on July 2, 2015. For decades, a German man has stockpiled Nazi weapons of war in his basement, including a 45-ton Panzer-V (Panther) tank and an 88-millimeter anti-aircraft gun. Now, a German court has given him a 14-month suspended sentence and fine of about $300,000 for the arsenal, which was seized in a raid in 2015....
During Operation Gladio, the CIA was so desperate to thwart the spread of communism that it partnered with everyone from right-wing terrorists to the Vatican to the Mafia. No sooner had the smoke of the Second World War cleared than the Western Allies and the Soviet Union began circling one another suspiciously, each vying secretly for power across Europe as cooperative regimes were set up among the rubble. Every leader west of Berlin realized withstanding the Soviet invasion they were sure would come any day was impossible....
Erik Charles Maund allegedly hired hitmen to kill his former girlfriend, Holly Williams, and her partner, William Lanway, after Lanway tried to blackmail him. Metropolitan Nashville Police DepartmentErik Charles Maund allegedly hired hitmen then left a glowing review for one of their businesses. At first glance, the review looks innocuous. “Speartip is very professional and on top of it,” a user named Erik Maund wrote on Speartip Security Services’s Google page....
David Berry Jr. was ordered to “view the Walt Disney movie ‘Bambi’” once a month while incarcerated for the illegal decapitation of hundreds of deer. Wikimedia CommonsA still from the Bambi movie trailer. A judge in Missouri has apparently taken some creative liberties in the sentencing of a poacher who has been accused of illegally killing hundreds of deer. Apart from the jail time he received, the judge also has forced the man to watch the Walt Disney movie Bambi once a month for the duration of his time in prison....
For centuries, critics and observers alike have argued over if Mona Lisa is smiling. Do we now have an answer? Wikimedia Commons The Mona Lisa is of course one of the world’s most famous pieces of artwork, yet people have always wondered whether the woman depicted in the painting is smiling or not. German researchers at the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health in Freiburg, writing in the journal Scientific Reports, have discovered the answer: despite many art critics deeming her expression to be a frown, Mona Lisa is indeed smiling....
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Discover why Scathach “the shadowy one,” teacher of fighters on the Isle Of Skye, was the most fearsome warrior woman of Irish mythology. PinterestScathach Her name means “the shadowy one” in Gaelic. Her role was to train great soldiers at her school for heroes. She was Scathach, the warrior woman of old Irish legend. And if you wanted the honor of training with her, first you had to find her....
