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Jeffrey and Shirley Caldwell have been birdwatching and feeding for 25 years. They’ve never seen or photographed anything as rare as this. PixabayA red cardinal perched on a branch, 2017. An Eerie, Pa. couple spotted a rare half-male, half-female cardinal. The uncommon discovery is known as a “half-sider” to ornithologists because half of its body is male and the other half is female — and it has stunned professionals. Jeffrey and Shirley Caldwell have been recreational birdwatchers and feeders for 25 years....

Porfirio Rubirosa was, at his core, a playboy, but over the course of his life he would wear dozens of hats. Los Angeles Times/ Wikimedia Commons Porfirio Rubirosa and Zsa Zsa Gabor Many different people have been named as possible inspirations for fictional superspy James Bond. While Porfirio Rubirosa usually isn’t on that list, his life actually comes a lot closer to Bond’s than most of the people who are....

Beverages. Refreshments. Libations. Regardless of what you call them, drinks are an essential part of human life and can vary greatly in terms of look, taste, and type. Here’s a look at some of the world’s craziest drinks, most expensive, and most unbelievable drinks: Craziest Drinks: Oldest Drink Before bread, there was beer. The favored drink of millions was mentioned in the written history of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia and dates back to the 5th millennium BC....

The Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890 was one of the most notorious episodes of violence by the United States government against Native Americans. While most peoples know about the horrors of the Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota, few know the backstory to the incident, which involves a Paiute prophet named Wovoka. In 1889, Wovoka went into a deep trance. When he emerged, he told his tribesmen that he had foreseen the way to paradise....

Even 12-year-old brothers Ayaan and Mickey Naqvi worked from home this year — and developed a product that made $250,000 in revenue. FacebookAyaan (left) And Mickey Naqvi (right) made a quarter of a million dollars this year. In December 2018, Ayaan and Mickey Naqvi had their lightbulb moment. The two Connecticut brothers were hanging Christmas tree decorations when one of the ornaments fell and shattered. The resourceful 12-year-olds then designed a product to prevent broken ornaments — and are now giving back....

Vegan Cilla Carden tried to take her neighbors to Supreme Court for their constant grilling, smoking, and playing basketball. The case was thrown out. PixabayCilla Carden’s lawsuit over the smell from her neighbor’s barbecue has drawn ire from the public. Neighborhood squabbles are nothing new, but sometimes they can get out of hand and even morph into lawsuits, like this recent beef between a vegan woman and her meat-eating neighbors. Except this clash has escalated to a full-blown public outcry....

After uploading her DNA to GEDmatch, Christine Marie Salley was matched with the genetic profile of an unknown murder victim from the 1980s. San Bernardino Sheriff’s OfficePamela Dianne Duffey (left) and William Everette Lane (right) were around 21 and 20 years old when they were killed. It was November 1980 when an archaeologist in Ludlow, California, discovered a shallow grave in the vast Mojave Desert. It contained the nude bodies of a man and woman who had both been beaten and then shot to death, but a lack of IDs at the scene left their murders unsolved for decades — until now....

Uncover the dark side of “America’s royal family” with these facts about the Kennedy family. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: The Dark Side Of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., The Patriarch Of The Kennedy Family How The Kennedy Curse Has Tormented America’s First Family For Nearly 80 Years The Tragic Story Of Mary Jo Kopechne, The Woman Who Drowned In Ted Kennedy’s Car...

Forget picket fences or brownstones, these modern home designs offer simple elegance in the technological age. The Best Modern Home Designs: Tadao Ando House in Monterrey, Mexico Designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando this Mexican abode clearly highlights Ando’s inspiration, the Buddhist concept of Zen. Ando’s architectural style evokes simplicity and centers itself around internal feelings as opposed to external appearance. This explains, at least in part, Ando’s use of simple lines and vast amounts of water....

From the RMS Titanic to the Queen Anne’s Revenge, these shipwrecks remain just as haunting today as they did when they first sank. The ocean has long devoured ships. Strong winds, wars, and natural disasters have wrought devastating shipwrecks throughout the ages. Though some of the most famous shipwrecks happened in modern times — like the sinking of the RMS Titanic or the explosion of the USS Maine — shipwrecks have a long, varied, and fascinating history....

The burial sites at Knobb’s Farm indicate that the Romans turned to harsh punishments to keep their British subjects in line in the third century. Dave Webb/Cambridge Archaeological UnitOne of the decapitated skeletons found at Knobb’s Farm. Ancient Romans left an enduring mark on present-day Britain. Crumbling stone walls across the island speak to their once-vast empire. But a cemetery uncovered in Cambridgeshire highlights another legacy of Roman rule — its brutality....

Despite Jim Crow obstacles in her way, Bessie Stringfield rode across America to become the “motorcycle queen” of the 1930s. AMA Motorcycle Hall of FameBessie Stringfield on her infamous hog. Despite the Jim Crow laws meant to keep her down, the daring Bessie Stringfield set out against adversity to explore the United States via motorcycle at a time when such a thing was unheard of for people like her. Unknown Origins Bessie Stringfield’s origins are unclear and that’s partly because Stringfield herself has been inconsistent in discussing her own background....

The pantheon of horrid art restorations has a new contender: this 1923 carving in the Spanish town of Palencia. FacebookThe sculpture was originally unveiled in 1923 and now appears to be permanently disfigured. Maintaining historic landmarks and invaluable works of art is an important method of preserving the past, and a recent attempt to do just that in Spain has rendered one vintage statue completely unrecognizable. According to NPR, amateurs in the town of Palencia were commissioned to fix the broken head of statue familiar to all 78,000 residents — and utterly failed....

A year before Sharon Tate was murdered, Charles Manson was living in quiet anonymity, making music in the home of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson. Dennis Wilson didn’t like to talk about it. In the summer of 1969, while the nation was thrown into a fraught state as Charles Manson was arrested for the murders of actress Sharon Tate, her companions, and supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife, Dennis Wilson was asked repeatedly to discuss his relationship with the madman....

In addition to cocaine, researchers found ketamine, Xanax, Valium, as well as banned pesticides and other harmful consumer products. King’s College LondonOne of the many collected shrimp that tested positive for trace amounts of cocaine. When two British universities embarked on a study to analyze the presence of micropollutants in aquatic wildlife, they found something they surely didn’t expect. Researchers from King’s College London and the University of Suffolk found illicit drugs like ketamine and cocaine in the inhabitants of Britain’s waterways....

Tucked away in Ann Arbor, Michigan is NewProductWorks (NPW). Affiliated with global market research consultants GfK, NPW has a stock of about 120,000 different products across 350 categories. There is just about one of everything crammed onto the shelves. For this reason, companies and individuals looking to create and market a new product will pay a hefty sum to visit, explore, and study the products that succeeded–and those that didn’t. NPW has been given the nickname “the Museum of Failed Products,” and considering that, depending on the industry, as much as 50% of new products fail, that nickname is dead-on....

From Al Capone to Bonnie and Clyde, these famous gangsters of the 1920s prove that they just don’t make criminals like they used to. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: How Al Capone Rose From Brooklyn Street Thug To “Public Enemy No. 1” In 44 Pictures The Gruesome Story Of Baby Face Nelson — Public Enemy Number One...

“They’re the world’s most resistant animal to just about any form of torture … They’re probably the only animals we know that could do pretty well in outer space.” Michael PlewkaMicroscopic animals have come back to life after being frozen for millennia before, but Bdelloid rotifers have brains and guts — making their survival a remarkable discovery. The Bdelloid rotifer is a notoriously resilient creature. Previous studies have shown that the microscopic animal can survive frozen for up to 10 years....

Even soldiers fighting in the deadliest conflict in U.S. history had superficial urges in mind when it was time to take their portraits. Matthew Brady/U.S. National Archives and Records AdministrationPhotos of Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard have shown his hair to have grayed within one year of the war. Stress has been the dominant theory on why, though some now argue he merely ran out of hair dye. Even as the Civil War pitted a divided nation into bloody battle from 1861 to 1865, soldiers were concerned with their looks....

On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly boarded a plane with Ritchie Valens and J.P. “Big Bopper” Richardson near Clear Lake, Iowa. Just minutes after takeoff, the plane crashed. Harry Hammond/V&A Images/Getty ImagesBuddy Holly was 22 years old when he died. When it comes to impact on the nascent genre of rock and roll, Buddy Holly’s influence is nearly insurmountable. He only had had one number one hit with “That’ll Be the Day,” but he inspired nearly every next-generation legend from Bob Dylan to The Beatles to follow in his footsteps....