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Jamel Myles was in school just four days before homophobic bullying brought him to end his life, his mother reports. Leia Rochelle/FacebookNine-year-old Jamel Myles. A fourth grader in Denver, Colo. committed suicide last week after he reportedly faced bullying at school for being gay. On Aug. 23, police responded to a “medical incident” at the Denver-area home of Nine-year-old Jamel Myles, according to the Washington Post. The boy was immediately rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead....

Instead of finding the remains of one whole cat, researchers found a ball of fabric, five hind leg bones, and nothing else. Museum of Fine Arts of RennesThe 2,500-year-old cat mummy had bones from three separate cats inside of it. The ancient Egyptians had a deep affinity for mummified animals, which were often used as ritual offerings to the gods. These mummies have largely remained a mystery because the heavily wrapped remains are difficult to examine without causing damage....

From escaping slavery as a young man to arresting 3,000 outlaws as a deputy, the story of Bass Reeves is the stuff of legend. Contrary to what classic Westerns might lead us to believe, one in four American cowboys was actually African American. But we don’t necessarily get that reality when the only image of a cowboy that we have in our minds is John Wayne or The Lone Ranger....

Source: 1st Dibs Though most people think of X-ray machines as cold, impersonal medical devices, others see them as a way to make compelling works of art. New York City-based Bryan Whitney does just that, producing experimental, architectural and fine art work. His X-ray images of nature and ordinary, even iconic, items have caught the attention of art and science lovers around the world. Source: Yahoo Although Whitney’s artwork is considered photography, he doesn’t use a camera....

Before the rise of photography in America, artists drew stunning “balloon maps” of their cities, giving ordinary citizens a bird’s-eye view of their communities that they’d never seen before. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 36Sandusky, Ohio. 1898. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, illustrated panoramic maps exploded in popularity in America....

Excavations in the ancient Roman city of Blaundos revealed 400 chamber tombs that had been cut into the side of a nearby canyon about 1,800 years ago. Blaundos Archeological Excavation Project ArchiveThe tombs contain motifs of vines, grapes, flowers, animals, and mythological figures. At first glance, the Uşak canyons in western Turkey look ragged and gray. But their stone walls mask an inner world of color and delicate designs that archaeologists have just discovered in the form of hundreds of tombs cut from the rock in the canyon’s slopes....

When she was informed of her husband’s death, Katrina Fouts claimed he had been suicidal but the Google query “crime of passion law in indiana” suggested otherwise. Hamilton County JailKatrina Fouts and Terry Hopkins were caught when authorities found a screenshot of a poisonous mushroom on Fouts’ phone. An Indiana woman and her friend have been charged with murdering the woman’s husband using a poisonous mushroom. According to New York Daily News, Katrina Fouts and her friend Terry Hopkins were caught when authorities found cell phone location data and a goldmine of suspicious internet searches that revealed their scheme....

Empty malls across America are being abandoned at a staggering rate. But instead of demolishing these dead malls, most cities are allowing them to rot and be reclaimed by nature. All things must come to an end, and the era of the American shopping mall is no exception. Brick and mortar retail shops — especially niche stores — are becoming increasingly unprofitable. As a result, empty and abandoned malls are now almost everywhere....

Over the course of five years, 50,000 prisoners died at Bergen-Belsen. Even after the British liberated it in 1945, another 13,000 former inmates died as they were simply too ill to recover. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 24 Photos Of Life Inside Ravensbrück, The Nazis’ Only All-Female Concentration Camp The Disturbing Story Of Kapos: The Concentration Camp Inmates Who Nazis Turned Into Guards...

When John F. Kennedy’s torpedo boat was sunk by a Japanese destroyer in 1943, he saved his crew in dramatic fashion, earning both the Navy and Marine Corps Medal and the Purple Heart. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and MuseumFuture president John F. Kennedy in the Navy, where he served in World War II. John F. Kennedy always shrugged off suggestions that he’d been a hero in World War II after his vessel was hit and he helped save the lives of his crew....

As Italy grapples with declining birthrates and slumping economic growth, Italian lawmakers actually made a “day” to remind women that their future should involve a baby. “Celebrated” on September 22, the Italian government says it created Fertility Day in a campaign to encourage Italians to have more babies, The New York Times reported. #fertilityday Donna e ovociti:la vita fertile della donna https://t.co/KRLTQHasYT pic.twitter.com/1aCjPicTzI — fertilityday (@FertilityDay) August 9, 2016 At present, Italy has one of the lowest birthrates in Europe: 1....

King Henry II was known to cut out the tongues of Protestants, but he faced a bloody death of his own when he was stabbed through the eye during a jousting tournament in 1559. King Henry II of France was known for his brutality against Protestants. He would burn heretics alive and cut out the tongue of anyone who dared utter a word of dissent against the Catholic Church. But the monarch faced a gruesome death of his own when he was stabbed through the eye by a lance during a jousting tournament in 1559....

He showed up with severe chest pain and coughing, leaving doctors baffled — at first. Flickr A man in China who sniffed his own smelly socks every day wound up getting hospitalized with a severe lung infection. The 37-year-old from Zhangzhou, Fujian Province was admitted to the hospital after experiencing chest pains and coughing, the New Straits Times reported. And as it turns out, he was diagnosed with a severe pulmonary fungal infection....

Darren Pirtle allegedly lived with the dead body of his roommate, Kevin Olson, for four years while writing himself checks from Olson’s accounts. Chico Police DepartmentDarren Pirtle has been charged with identity theft and forgery. Police in Northern California have charged a man with identity theft and forgery after they discovered that he’s been living with his dead roommate’s body for the past four years — and allegedly cashing the man’s checks....

Archeologists estimate that the 700-year-old ship was likely a cargo vessel and part of the Hanseatic League trading network. Silver Jäger/FacebookA view of the cargo ship from above. When construction began at Tallinn’s Old Harbor in Estonia, archaeologist Mihkel Tammet was sent to observe the work. Under his supervision, construction workers unexpectedly discovered a 700-year-old cargo ship that may have belonged to a medieval trading network called the Hanseatic League....

Born Ilich Ramírez Sánchez in Venezuela, Carlos the Jackal found worldwide infamy in the 1970s as a Marxist revolutionary and terrorist who admitted to killing at least 80 people. Getty ImagesBorn Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, Carlos the Jackal notoriously held members of OPEC hostage and assassinated French intelligence officers. Throughout the 1970s, Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, alias “Carlos the Jackal,” waged a campaign of terror and violence in the name of Palestinian liberation and communism....

A Presbyterian minister, Sylvester Graham believed that all of America’s moral failings could be traced back to an unholy diet — and created a strict meal plan to “cure” society’s ills. Library of CongressSylvester Graham, the evangelical minister with strong dietary views. In the 1830s, a restrictive diet craze launched by a Presbyterian minister named Sylvester Graham swept across America. This was an era of religious transformation in the nation. Known as the Second Great Awakening, this time period ushered in the emergence of Mormonism and saw a boom in evangelical Protestantism....

Carrot the fish might be the largest goldfish ever caught. Bluewater Lakes/FacebookFisherman Andy Hackett with Carrot the goldfish. Andy Hackett knew he’d hooked something big. While fishing at Bluewater Lakes in Champagne, France, the British angler struggled for 25 minutes to pull in his catch. When he spotted a flash of orange in the distance, he realized that he’d snared “The Carrot,” a legendarily large goldfish. Sure enough, Hackett had managed to catch and reel in the 67-pound — and aptly named — leather carp and koi hybrid fish....

From 1930 until her death in 1990, Nellie Jackson operated a bordello in Natchez, Mississippi and became a pillar of the community, even helping the FBI fight the Ku Klux Klan. Nellie Jackson FilmNellie Jackson ran a brothel just 10 blocks from Natchez City Hall with the tacit endorsement of civic leaders. For 60 years, Nellie Jackson ran the world’s oldest profession out of a modest white house in the oldest European city on the Mississippi River....

During a live debate in Tokyo on October 12, 1960, Otoya Yamaguchi charged at Inejirō Asanuma and stabbed him twice with a samurai sword. Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions and/or images of violent, disturbing, or otherwise potentially distressing events. Yasushi NagaoOtoya Yamaguchi, left, as he attempts to stab Inejiro Asanuma, right, a second time, on October 12, 1960. Otoya Yamaguchi was 17-years-old as he sat anonymously in an audience of some 100 members of the Great Japan Patriotic Society in October 1960....