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Whether gorgeous or terrifying, these Native American masks reveal a group of cultures on the verge of disappearing forever. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 33 Photos Of Early 20th-Century Native American Masks Brought To Life In Color 44 Striking Portraits Of Native American Culture In The Early 20th Century What Immigrant Life Looked Like In Early 20th Century America...

The last meals requested by death-row inmates like Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and others are as revealing as they are strange. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 23 Executed Criminals Who Spoke Some Immortal Last Words The 20th Century’s Most Infamous Female Criminals And Killers 27 Vintage Photos Of Woman Criminals Brought To Life In Stunning Color...

These fascinating Bob Marley facts reveal the man behind the legend and explain why he’s beloved to this day. Bob Marley is one of those incredibly rare musical artists whose songs not only remain popular years, even decades after they were recorded, but have also become ingrained in our very culture. In Marley’s case, his music has stretched across the globe, influencing artists genres ranging from hip-hop to rock, pop, folk, and even country....

With photochrom, black-and-white photos of the late 1800s and early 1900s were finally brought to life in full color. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: These 77 Images Are Some Of The World’s First Color Photos Inside Neuschwanstein Castle, The Fairy-Tale Palace With A Heartbreaking Secret Discover The Truly Grim History Behind The Fairy Tale Of Hansel And Gretel...

From Malcolm X and Albert Einstein to the Civil War and the Great Depression, these colorized old photographs bring history to life like never before. Since the very first photographers started taking pictures in the 1820s, there have been people who colorized photos. The technology used to make colorized black-and-white photos has changed radically over the nearly two centuries since, but our desire to see an image of the world as it truly looks remains the same....

The discovery suggests that two bipedal hominin — and not one as previously believed — roamed the Earth at the same time. Jeremy DeSilvaThis footprint was preserved by volcanic ash and mud for 3.7 million years. In 1976, paleontologists found two sets of footprints dating back 3.7 million years. One appeared to be the oldest known evidence of upright walking among early humans; the other appeared to belong to a bear....

Archeologists from the University of Murcia came across the 1,500-year-old Visigoth sarcophagus at the Roman necropolis of Los Villaricos. University of MurciaThe Visigoth sarcophagus that was unearthed in Mula, Spain. As they knelt in the dust and the heat, searching the former Roman settlement of Los Villaricos for history’s treasures, archeologists came across an incredible discovery. There, buried in pale yellow dirt, they found a 1,500-year-old Visigoth sarcophagus — complete with human remains....

When Detroit sought to demolish Rosa Parks’ 1950s home, one artist carefully disassembled it and moved it all the way to Berlin. Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesAmerican artist Ryan Mendoza poses for a photo next to the former house of civil rights activist Rosa Parks on Mendoza’s property on April 6, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Mendoza bought the house, which was slated for demolition in Detroit, took it apart, shipped it to Germany, and put it back together again on the property next to his studio....

Considering how perpetually en vogue it is to create and uphold laws about what women can and cannot do with their bodies, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that in some parts of the world, surrogacy is illegal. In case you’re unfamiliar, surrogacy is when a woman carries a baby to term that is not intended to be her own. A woman who cannot have children may seek a willing surrogate into whom she might have her own eggs and her partner’s sperm implanted....

Before Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space in 1961, there were the animals. The first astronauts to break through Earth’s atmosphere had no understanding of what they were doing. They were dogs and monkeys, strapped into rockets and blasted out of the world they knew – often, never to return. Share Flipboard Email Animals were part of the space race from the very start. Since 1947, when the United States put fruit flies into a Nazi V-2 Rocket and fired them 100km into the air, animals helped in getting humankind into space....

Delve into the secretive and misunderstood world of American hippie communes of the 1970s. This iconic photograph captures the Bray Family reading bedtime stories at the Mystic Arts commune in Sunny Valley, Oregon in 1969. Photograph by John Olson. Source: View Liner ltd Throughout the late 1960s and 1970s, a deep-seated social discontent developed among young people in the United States. These were men who’d been forced to fight a war they didn’t believe in only to return home to a country that didn’t want them....

Since 2012, the Waorani tribe had been under threat of having their territory opened up for oil drilling by the Ecuadorian government. Rodrigo Buendia/AFP/Getty ImagesWaorani Leader Nemonte Nemquimo (center) celebrates with other tribe members after a court ruled in their favor against the government selling off their ancestral land. Hundreds of Ecuador’s indigenous Waorani people marched joyously and victoriously through the streets of Puyo after a new court ruling held that the Ecuadorian government could not auction off the peoples’ land for oil exploration without their consent....

In October 1949, Jean Spangler vanished without a trace, and some believe she may have fallen prey to mobster Mickey Cohen’s henchmen — or the same killer who murdered “Black Dahlia” Elizabeth Short. Getty ImagesJean Spangler with her daughter, Christine. Jean Spangler’s enigmatic story was classic Hollywood noir: A young, beautiful actress suddenly disappears, leaving behind a purse containing an unsigned, cryptic clue. The mystery then deepens when the note reveals references to a “Dr....

So let’s get all Salt-n-Pepa and talk about sex, baby. Better yet, let’s talk about sex throughout human history. After all, Iwan Bloch, considered by many to be the first sexologist, believed that “historical knowledge offered an important key to understanding contemporary problems of sexuality”. History can also provide valuable perspective on how attitudes about sex and sexual mores have changed over the centuries, and how religion has shaped some ideas we might have about sex today....

The artists write about brothels, cheekily disparage each other, and then discuss “pictorial studies” and opening a new artists’ association. NasjonalmuseetThe letter was written by both men about a month before their friendship dissolved. There is only one letter in existence known to have been jointly written by painters Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin. Not only is that note now up for auction at an estimated $203,000 and $282,000, but it also recounts the artists’ many visits to French brothels....

Discover the true story of “Murder Among the Mormons,” from Mark Hofmann’s white salamander letter forgery to his 1985 bombings. The last of the strange bombs that rocked Salt Lake City over the course of two days exploded on October 16, 1985. Of the three bombings, this one drew the fastest response time. It went off inside a luxury sports car near the Salt Lake Temple, the largest and most important religious building to followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormons....

Boasting a wingspan of up to 11 inches, the Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing is a magnificent sight in the forests of Papua New Guinea. Unfortunately, it’s also in danger of going extinct. TwitterThe Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing butterfly can grow up to 11 inches in wingspan. The Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing is the largest butterfly on the planet. Famous for its ability to grow up to 11 inches in wingspan, this magnificent creature also has an enthralling historical foundation....

More than 400 penis pendants have been uncovered in England, but this is only the second found that was made from silver, leading experts to declare it a “national treasure.” Portable Antiquities SchemePendants like these were worn by soldiers in battle and by children to ward off bad luck. Recreational metal detectorist Wendy Thompson spent the last day of 2020 combing a Higham farm near Gravesend and Strood in Kent, England....

New York City is famous for its large population of people who live in tiny, borderline microscopic apartments. How small, you ask? Try 78 square feet, which is the size of an apartment occupied by a man named Luke, who submitted his ultra-small abode into a contest hosted by apartmenttherapy.com. Needless to say, he won the contest. Before Luke spoke up, the smallest New York apartment on record was occupied by Felice Cohen, who boasted a 90 square foot living space....

Titanic director James Cameron commissioned a special study to put the matter to rest — and noted that Jack had to die. Paramount Pictures and 20th Century FoxIn the film, Jack sacrifices his life to save Rose — but some think both could have fit on the raft. Since 1997, a fierce debate has raged between fans of James Cameron’s Titanic. Could the characters Jack and Rose have both fit on a makeshift raft in the movie’s final scenes?...