On December 11, 1964, R&B legend Sam Cooke was shot to death by a hotel manager named Bertha Franklin. It was ruled self-defense, but was that really the case? On December 11, 1964, singer Sam Cooke burst into the main office of the Hacienda Motel in El Segundo outside Los Angeles. He was in nothing but a jacket and one shoe. Cooke demanded that the motel manager tell him where the young woman he arrived at the motel with had gone....
This diary of James Maybrick contains grisly details of the Ripper murders that only the killer would know, researchers claim. Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesJames Maybrick. Circa 1885. For the last 120 years, his crimes have endured as some of the most grisly in the history of true crime while his identity has remained one of the great unsolved mysteries of our time. But now, thanks to groundbreaking new research, Jack the Ripper’s identity may be a mystery no more....
Kathrine Switzer made history when she entered the Boston Marathon in 1974, as the first woman ever to do so. But during the race, several officials tried to stop her. Bettmann/Getty ImagesTrainer Jock Semple — in street clothes — enters the field of runners (left) to try to pull Kathy Switzer (261) out of the race. Male runners move in to form a protective curtain around female track hopeful until the protesting trainer is finally wedged out of the race...
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These fascinating photos of life under the Shah of Iran before 1979 reveal just how similar the country was to the Western nations that are now its enemies. Perhaps Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi says it best: And yet–at least upon first glance–modern-day Iran couldn’t seem any more dissimilar to the United States. But as these images of Iran before 1979 suggest, there once was a time when the streets of Tehran mirrored those of, say, L....
Lost continents continue to be discovered as the technology to study our ever-shifting tectonic plates grows more advanced. Douwe van HinsbergenGreater Adria, depicted as it’s theorized to have looked 140 million years ago. Dark green areas represent land above water, while light green areas are submerged. Researchers have discovered a continent that’s been hidden beneath Southern Europe for around 140 million years. The landmass is as big as Greenland and formed many of Europe’s mountain ranges when it was buried....
On September 22, 1776, a 21-year-old spy for George Washington’s Continental Army named Nathan Hale was hanged by the British. His untimely death inspired Washington to establish an espionage ring that ultimately helped America win the war. During the American Revolution, Nathan Hale became famous not for his stunning heroism in a raging battle, but for the last words he reportedly uttered before his relatively quiet death. At the age of 21, Hale risked his life behind enemy lines as one of General George Washington’s first spies....
The rules are simple: whoever doesn’t pass out first wins. Dmitry Kotov/Siberian Power Show370-pound slapping champion, Vasiliy Kamotskiy, whose nickname means “Dumpling.” It’s been another interesting weekend in Siberia. This year, the first ever Male Slapping Championship came to Krasnoyarsk, Russia, where the annual Siberian Power Show (SPS) took place. As the name suggests, the slapping competition is just what you would expect it to be: Russian men slapping each other in the name of athleticism....
Everybody knows that one jerk who’s always bright and chipper and who never has a bad word to say about anybody else. Saint Philip was one of those. Source: Karmel Everybody knows that one jerk who’s always bright and chipper and who never has a bad word to say about anybody else. Everything these people do seems calculated to make the ordinary sinners around them look bad, especially since they’re not actually trying to make others look bad....
Mafia boss Sam Giancana aided a CIA plot to kill Fidel Castro, allegedly helped assassinate JFK, and may have been with Marilyn Monroe on her last night alive. Powerful mobsters proliferated in 20th century America, but their influence didn’t remain in the underground world. There were mafiosos believed to have affiliations with the highest rungs of the U.S. government, from Santo Trafficante Jr., who was potentially part of a plot to poison Fidel Castro with a milkshake, to Lucky Luciano, who aided the U....
Declaration of Independence parchment found, Egyptian tomb reveals treasures, “hobbits” found to be human ancestors, Confederate monuments come down, first humans in North America identified. Researchers Find A Second Handwritten Parchment Copy Of The Declaration Of Independence It has long been believed that the only handwritten parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence was the one that sits on display at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. However, an unexpected discovery made in a town in southern England has changed all that....
From elk to boars to dogs, Chernobyl’s animals have found an unexpected haven for wildlife in the Red Forest of the Exclusion Zone. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: From Dogs To Radioactive Boars, Animals Are Thriving Inside’s Fukushima’s Nuclear Exclusion Zone 35 Photos Of Chernobyl Today After Being Frozen In Time By A Nuclear Meltdown...
Rare photos that place you in the middle of assassinations you’ve read about but perhaps never seen. Teenage ultranationalist Otoya Yamaguchi prepares to stab Japan Socialist Party leader Inejiro Asanuma with a samurai sword during the televised attack that took the latter’s life as he spoke onstage during a debate in Tokyo, Japan on Oct. 12, 1960.Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images The private box at Washington, D.C.’s Ford’s Theatre, where President Abraham Lincoln was killed by Confederacy supporter John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, as seen soon after the killing....
From his secret cocaine addiction to his intense cat phobia, these Hitler facts expose everything you never knew about history’s most infamous villain. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Charles Manson Facts That Reveal The Man Behind The Monster The Four Forgotten Men Who Aided Adolf Hitler’s Rise To Power William Patrick Hitler, The Nephew Of Adolf Hitler And A U....
Known as the “father of photojournalism,” Mathew Brady helped take 10,000 pictures of the Civil War — and captured the reality of America’s bloodiest conflict. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Colorized Civil War Photos That Bring America’s Deadliest Conflict To Life America’s Darkest Hour: 39 Haunting Photos Of The Civil War 33 Powerful Photos Of The March On Washington That Changed Civil Rights In America...
They were called the Special Operations Executive, but also known as the “Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” — a nickname they more than earned. When Britain stood alone against the Nazis at the outset of World War II, Prime Minister Winston Churchill realized that his island nation would have to use every resource and tactic available to defeat the storm of evil that had enveloped much of the European continent. He established a secret war ministry called the Special Operations Executive (perhaps better known as the “Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare”)....
Arizona has quietly gathered the ingredients to make the lethal gas, triggering outrage in Germany. MIKE FIALA/AFP via Getty ImagesThe guard station on death row at the Arizona State Prison in Florence, where officials are resuming use of the state’s “refurbished” gas chamber. According to a report obtained by The Guardian, the state of Arizona is making plans to use a deadly gas called hydrogen cyanide, also known as Zyklon B, to execute death row prisoners....
Using a tactic called astroturfing, China, Russia, and the United States all employ “troll” commentators to sway online conversations. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images Internet trolls are bad enough in their own right — but they’re made that much worse when some of the world’s most powerful governments create troll “armies” to spread propaganda. This isn’t a crackpot theory; a tool called “Persona management software” makes it all possible. The software automatically develops and ages thousands of social media accounts until they mature and are ready for use....
Though the items, which include necklaces and sleep masks, emit low levels of ion radiation, they can be dangerous if worn consistently and permanently affect tissue and DNA. 2019 Nacho Calonge/Getty ImagesAn anti-5G protest in the Netherlands in 2019. Some people, concerned about the effects of 5G networks, have purchased various items like necklaces to “protect” themselves. But Dutch authorities are now warning that many of these items are actually radioactive....
Even astronauts have to brush their teeth. Nevertheless, everyday life in space is way more interesting than life on Earth. We think of astronauts as leading very dangerous and exciting lives when they are out there in space, pushing the boundaries of human exploration ever forward. And, of course, all of that is true, but life in space (specifically, aboard the International Space Station) also offers a lot of downtime....
