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The parcel containing the gold bars was found in October 2019 on a train bound for Lucerne. PixabayThe precious booty was discovered inside a package left behind in a Swiss train carriage. In October 2019, train officials in Switzerland stumbled upon a package that was left behind in a carriage of a Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) train. Of course, discovering the lost items of forgetful passengers wasn’t anything unusual. But when train officials opened the package to inspect its contents, they were stunned at what they found: stacks of gold bars....

When the headless body was found, experts estimated he died within the last decade. They were off by about half a century. DNA Doe ProjectNo known photograph of Joseph Henry Loveless exists, but researchers created this composite using images of his closest relatives and written descriptions of him. When the headless corpse of an unknown man was found in the Civil Defense Caves in Dubois, Idaho in 1979, nobody could’ve guessed that it would take 40 years to identify it, much less that it would belong to a notorious criminal....

Wilfred Owen was a WWI soldier, whose realistic depiction of life in the trenches gave rise to a new kind of war poet. Wikimedia CommonsWilfred Owen. 1920. Before the peace protest songs of the 1960s and black comedy war satires like MAS*H in the 1970s, there was Wilfred Owen. The World War I soldier and poet used his distressing experiences in combat to write poetry on the horrors of warfare. His work was alternative and substantial in that it went against both the general public’s feelings about war, as well as the patriotic style of poetry that was popular among previous war poets....

Jacob Coxey’s Army of 500 unemployed citizens marched on Washington D.C. to protest a crippling 1894 depression. Though they failed, they set a national precedent that lasts to this day. We don’t generally think of the unemployed as a political force in America. But there have been a number of unemployed marches that evolved into substantial movements comprised of tens of thousands of people. One such protest, now known as Coxey’s Army for the men who marched behind businessman Jacob Coxey onto the Capitol, marked the first time that any collective body of people marched on Washington....

As far as researchers can tell, this is the first time a skinless and toothless shark was found surviving in the wild. University of CagliariAbnormalities like these are typically fatal, making this specimen all the more remarkable. A crew of marine researchers trawling the waters of the Sea of Sardinia were shocked to discover a skinless and toothless catshark. Incredibly, the specimen appeared to be in good health despite its profound abnormalities — which have never been found in a free-swimming animal before....

The 5,000-year-old piece of cedar wood is one of only three items that were removed from the Great Pyramid during a 19th-century excavation. University of AberdeenThe artifact was gifted to the university over 70 years ago. If there’s one thing you don’t expect to find inside an old cigar box, it’s an ancient Egyptian artifact. But that’s exactly what happened when archaeologist Abeer Eladany was sorting through the museum archives at Scotland’s University of Aberdeen....

Two questions remain in Johnny Frank Garrett’s case: did he commit the crime he was charged with and were his infamous final words actually said? Youtube On October 31, 1981, Sister Tadea Benz, a Catholic nun, was brutally raped and murdered in the St. Francis Convent in Amarillo, Texas. Johnny Frank Garrett lived across the street and would later be convicted and sentenced to death for killing the 76-year-old Benz....

From magazines to makeup commercials, the public is bombarded with images of fabricated youth and beauty all courtesy of cosmetics. We’re not here to talk about whether or not the ads are realistic; everyone knows that celebrities are real people with acne and pit stains. However, most people don’t realize what’s in all of those cosmetics, or their history. While makeup is often used to accentuate one’s better features, it can be a potentially fatal game....

Photos from the crime scenes of some of the 20th centuries most brutal murders paints a picture of how organized crime has persisted and flourished throughout history. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 33 Chilling Photos Of Vintage Crime Scenes At The Birth Of Forensic Photography 29 Shocking Photos Of Modern History’s Most Infamous Assassinations...

The unidentified man died after consuming a toxin naturally-produced by the Sonoran Desert toad known as 5-MeO-DMT. Alamy/GettySpanish porn star Nacho Vidal was arrested following his involvement with a man’s death during a toad venom ritual. Three people were arrested following the death of a photographer who inhaled toad venom during a psychedelic ritual in Spain. Among the arrested individuals was 46-year-old porn star Nacho Vidal. According to the Guardian, Vidal and two others were arrested by Spain’s Guardia Civil on May 29, 2020, after a year-long investigation into the man’s death....

You can probably only picture these famous faces when they were old, but here they are like you’ve never seen them before. Abraham Lincoln Circa 1846-1847. Age 36-38. (His first known photographic image.)Nicholas H. Shepherd/Library of Congress Mahatma Gandhi 1906. Age 36-37.Wikimedia Commons Albert Einstein Circa 1904-1905. Age 24-26.Wikimedia Commons Adolf Hitler Circa 1914. Age 24-25.National Archives Mother Teresa Circa 1928-1929. Age 18.Vittoriano Rastelli/Corbis via Getty Images Saddam Hussein 1963. Age 25-26....

A literally heartless insect known as the “murder hornet” that can sting you repeatedly and land you in the hospital? It’s not a nightmare — it’s the Asian Giant Hornet. They’re huge, they’re deadly, and they’re annihilating bees by the thousands. Meet the Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) — also known as the Japanese giant hornet or the ominous murder hornet — a large species of insect with a flesh-destroying sting that demolishes pretty much anything in its path....

While today’s Republican Party may not be known for its environmental conservation efforts, the national park system was actually established under Republican President Ulysses S. Grant. The program would later be expanded under conservationist, hunter, Bigfoot storyteller and Republican President Teddy Roosevelt. It literally takes an Act of Congress to create a national park, and criteria for selection includes natural beauty, unusual ecosystems and unique geological features. There are 59 parks in the United States, but the ten featured here provide some rare experiences....

From 18th-century pirates like Blackbeard and Edward Low to the submarines and destroyers of World War II, the skull and crossbones pirate flag known as the Jolly Roger evolved countless times before becoming the version we know today. Library of CongressA depiction of a pirate with a Jolly Roger flag from circa 1725. Today, one of the most enduring symbols of pirates is the Jolly Roger. The white skull on a black flag, grinning above crossbones, shines through the ages as a representation of the fear and death wrought by these marauders....

The film was produced to encourage retailers to market to black people. During the 1950s, the Civil Rights movement was starting to gain momentum in the United States. Segregation in schools had been declared unconstitutional, many black people moved to cities to take higher paying jobs, and more Americans were realizing that blacks were deserving of equal rights. One of the effects of the Civil Rights movement’s successes was an increase in the income of the black population....

The chest itself was disintegrated and rusted, but the invaluable items inside were in pristine condition — and are now headed for display. Nowy Sacz Historical and Exploratory AssociationExperts found 103 silver items in total, ranging from cutlery to goblets. In June 1941, the Nazis took hold of Nowy Sacz Royal Castle in Poland and turned it into a barracks and ammunition depot. But based on a new discovery, it is clear that more than weapons were stored here....

On July 16, 2011, more than 60 people came to 17-year-old Tyler Hadley’s house and partied for hours — unaware that his parents’ corpses were hidden just behind their bedroom door. At 1:15 p.m. on July 16, 2011, Tyler Hadley, a 17-year-old living in Port St. Lucie, Florida, posted a status on Facebook: “party at my crib tonight…maybe.” There was only one problem. Hadley’s parents were home. And since they’d recently grounded Hadley for drinking and drug use, they weren’t about to let their teenage son throw a party....

The discovery of the USS Indianapolis wreck comes decades after the ship sank, leaving 900 men to die in shark-infested waters. Wikimedia CommonsThe USS Indianapolis near California’s Mare Island Naval Shipyard on July 10, 1945, 20 days before it was sunk. Researchers have finally discovered the USS Indianapolis wreck, the remains of the World War II vessel that delivered the components of the Hiroshima bomb just before being sunk by Japanese torpedoes, leaving hundreds of its crew to die of exposure, dehydration, and shark attacks....

In 1953, the film “Roman Holiday” catapulted Rome and one of its most beautiful streets to new levels of fame. See why. Source: Turismo Roma In 1953, American filmmaker William Wyler made one of the most romantic films in history, Roman Holiday. The movie, shot entirely in Italy, tells the tale of an American reporter who falls in love with a princess who has grown tired of the constraints that her status places on her....

Female lions are normally quick to murder leopard cubs. But new photos from Tanzania show one mother helping out a three-week-old orphan. Panthera Though inter-species nursing has been seen in captivity, it is almost never observed in wild large cats. Panthera Which is why, when he opened his email earlier this week, Luke Hunter’s jaw dropped. Hunter is the president of Panthera, a global wild cat conservation organization. And on his computer screen, he was looking at photos of a tiny leopard cub suckling on a wild lioness....