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Media that “predicted” 9/11, Ansel Adams’ stunning early work, colorized historical photos, Tehran’s red light district, inside Japanese internment camps. Vintage Media That “Predicted” 9/11 It’s not at all surprising that, in the wake of September 11th, scores of conspiracy theorists would dig up media and pop culture from years and even decades past that they claim “predict” the attacks. Nor is it surprising that scores of other people would then rise up to denounce the foolishness of the conspiracy theorists....

The stark, often surreal portrayals of Hollywood’s most beloved films revealed a startling — and intentional — divide between the East and West. 25 Bizarre But Beautiful Communist-Era Posters For Oscar-Worthy Hollywood Movies View Gallery Big names, big slogans, and even bigger heads. That’s typically been the make-up of a Hollywood movie poster since the 1920s. In the Soviet states, however, things were a little different. Like this gallery?Share it:...

In the early 1980s, a rock of crack cocaine went for as little as $5. Due to its cheap price and high purity, it spread like wildfire from New York to Los Angeles. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: How Gary Webb Linked The CIA To The Crack Epidemic — And Paid The Ultimate Price...

This tick species was initially indigenous to Asia, but made its way to Australia and New Zealand before arriving in the U.S. It now has populations in at least 10 states. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/James GathanyThe Asian longhorned tick was first noticed in the U.S. in 2017. It has since established populations in at least 10 states. A fifth cow in North Carolina died by exsanguination this week, and the perpetrator was smaller than a penny....

Edda Göring was “the Shirley Temple of Nazi Germany” surrounded by wealth and luxury looted from persecuted Jews. She defended her father’s legacy until her death. Ullstein Bild/Getty ImagesAdolf Hitler, Emmy and Hermann Göring at Edda’s baptism in Carinhall. Nov. 4, 1938. Daughter of high-ranking Nazi military leader Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler’s goddaughter, Edda Göring, has died at the age of 80. According to The New York Times, the famously unrepentant woman has been buried in an unmarked grave....

Pom Pam was hauling logs on a rubber plantation when he suddenly killed his handler in a violent rampage. Peter Charlesworth/Getty ImagesAsian elephants are routinely put through hard labor and grueling circumstances in both the logging and tourism industries. After being made to haul rubberwood logs in extremely hot temperatures, a 20-year-old elephant ripped its handler in half in the Phang Nga province of southern Thailand. As reported by Newsweek, an elephant named Pom Pam was found standing over the body of Supachai Wongfaed, 32, who had been using the elephant to haul large amounts of wood....

A young boy’s passion — and his distraction in school — ended up turning into the job of his young lifetime. Doodle Boy/InstagramJoe Whale doodling on the wall at the restaurant, Number 4. For many young children, concentrating during school can be difficult. There can be a lot going on, and sitting still can be hard to do. So some kids look for outlets for their creativity and their lack of attention....

See the Panama Papers list of which rich, powerful, and famous people are hiding their vast fortunes in tax havens, and how they’re doing it. From left: Vladimir Putin, Jackie Chan, Lionel Messi, Aishwarya Rai. Image Source: ATI Composite; Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images; Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images; David Ramos/Getty Images; Andreas Rentz/Getty Images On Sunday, over 100 media outlets around the world released stories on the Panama Papers, a massive leak of over 11 million documents revealing 40 years of tax evasion and fraud by the world’s elite....

The patient notes of pseudo-astrology doctors Simon Forman and Richard Napier had mostly remained illegible (and certainly ineffective)—until now. Picryl. Have you hallucinated your family to be rats? Do you suffer from pain after committing adultery? Did you see the devil himself? If you have, then you are among some 80,000 patient cases recorded and undertaken by 17th-century doctors Simon Forman and Richard Napier. The doctors were infamous in their time for their ability to diagnose and cure patients of any ailment, ranging from bewitchment to venereal diseases, by consulting the planets and stars....

From the unknown woman found dismembered in three suitcases in Pennsylvania to the “Lady of the Dunes” of Cape Cod, go inside history’s most baffling cold cases. Wikimedia Commons It’s a scenario that plays into two of our worst fears. Killers who can get away with murder and the thought of dying without anyone noticing that we’re gone. As many details of these cold cases are perplexing, we may never know the identities of the victims in these mysterious cold cases, and therefore never get any closer to finding out what — or who — killed them....

In the 1970s, cocaine was illegal, but marketing and advertising cocaine paraphernalia was not. These shocking vintage ads are the proof. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Vin Mariani — The Cocaine-Laced Wine Loved By Popes, Thomas Edison, And Ulysses S. Grant Feral Pigs Eat And Destroy $22K Worth Of Cocaine Hidden In Italian Forest...

In Niigata Prefecture, locals say goodbye to the rice harvest season in a pretty creative way at the Wara Art Festival. A giant Tyrannosaurus Rex created by local artist Amy Goda. Source: amymauscd What a way to end a season. Each year on the last day of August, Japan’s Niigata Prefecture celebrates the end of the rice harvest in a rather elaborate (yet resourceful) fashion: creating rice straw sculptures. Known as the Wara Art Festival, artists across the area transform the prefecture’s leftover wara (rice straw) into some truly stunning artwork, all available for public viewing....

Aubrey Trail claimed Sydney Loofe’s death was an accident and the result of a sex game gone wrong. He said he only dismembered her and removed her organs because he panicked. Eric Gregory/Lincoln Journal Star via AP FileAubrey Trail, shortly before slashing his own throat open with a pen or a small blade. Wilbur, Nebraska. June 24, 2019 A Nebraska man suspected of killing and dismembering 24-year-old Sydney Loofe in late 2017 shocked a courtroom on Monday when he slashed his own throat during his murder trial....

On December 4, 1926, beloved mystery writer Agatha Christie vanished in a case that remains unsolved today. Central Press/Getty ImagesThe disappearance of Agatha Christie made headlines after the novelist mysteriously vanished for 11 days in 1926. Agatha Christie is one of history’s foremost crime novelists. But perhaps the author’s most intriguing mystery might just be the case of her own strange disappearance one winter night at the height of her career....

A map of U.S. lynchings, Nellie Bly’s famous journey, the largest diamond ever, the birth of Angela Davis, and Germany’s holocaust before the Holocaust. Map Reveals Every Documented American Lynching Between The 1830s And 1960s Monroe Work Today/Auut Studio Given their very — appalling — nature, we’ll never truly know how many African-Americans fell victim to lynchings. For one, the 2015 report created by the Equal Justice Initiative states that more than 4,000 were lynched in America between 1877 and 1950 alone....

After centuries of mystery, we’ve solved the mystery of narwhal tusks and now know what “the unicorn of the sea” uses its most distinctive feature for. Narwhal tusks have long baffled marine biologists, who’ve made just guesses at what this one-of-a-kind feature might do. Some thought that it was used in echolocation, or to break through ice, or to battle with rivals for mates. However, newly released drone footage of a narwhal in action reveals the tusk’s (actually a tooth — one that can reach nine feet in length) true purpose once and for all....

Fisherman Trapman Bermagui caught the shark in the deep waters off the coast of New South Wales. Trapman Bermagui/FacebookExperts are debating the species of this bizarre shark. A fisherman off the coast of Australia was in for a terrifying surprise when he pulled a shark out of the ocean — and then noticed its bulging eyes and human-like smile. The deep-sea angler, Trapman Bermagui, shared a picture of the frightening creature on Facebook, identifying it as a “deep sea rough skin shark,” which was reeled in from 650 meters (2,132 feet) beneath the water’s surface....

In 1982, ‘Princess Doe’ was found beaten beyond recognition in a New Jersey cemetery. Now, investigators have identified her as a 17-year-old named Dawn Olanick. National Center for Missing and Exploited ChildrenDawn Olanick, a.k.a. “Princess Doe,” was 17 years old and a junior in high school when she was murdered. Forty years ago, the remains of a teenage girl beaten beyond recognition were found in a graveyard in Blairstown, New Jersey....

Learn about how the United States planned to nuke the moon and why all carrots used to be purple with these five fascinating facts from Today I Found Out! Before The 17th Century, Almost All Cultivated Carrots Were Purple The modern day orange carrot wasn’t cultivated until Dutch growers in the late 16th century took mutant strains of the existing purple carrot and gradually developed them into the orange variety we have today....

These interesting pictures — from history’s strangest moments to nature’s greatest wonders — will remind you that the world we share is even more astounding than you knew. For over three years, we’ve published our favorite photographs and pictures from around the world on a daily basis. We crunched the numbers to determine the most-viewed pictures and the results were fascinating given their breadth and depth in subjects. From the frightening to the humorous to the bizarre and enlightening, we present the most popular All That Is Interesting pictures:...