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A severe snowstorm in northern Denmark left six Ikea shoppers and two dozen employees stranded overnight at the store, where they ended up sleeping in the showroom beds. Henning Bagger/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty ImagesPolice guide motorists to safety during the snowstorm in Aalborg, Denmark. On Wednesday evening, when a snowstorm began to pass over Aalborg, Denmark, most residents were at home. However, for lingering Ikea shoppers, conditions quickly became too hazardous to travel through — and they found themselves trapped inside the store....

After throwing herself a lavish goodbye party, aspiring actress Dorothy Hale jumped from the window of her New York apartment building on October 21, 1938. FacebookBefore her infamous suicide, Dorothy Hale was one of the most well-known socialites and up-and-coming actresses in New York. Dorothy Hale’s death on Oct. 21, 1938 was as public as the end of one’s life could possibly be. An aspiring actress and New York City socialite, she jumped from the 16th floor of her Hampshire House apartment, overlooking the splendor of Central Park....

Wikimedia CommonsThe Barmaley fountain as seen during the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942. Between 1939 and 1945, hundreds of brutal battles brought about the deaths of as many as 25 million soldiers (not to mention tens of millions of civilians). And that’s just World War II. The complete human toll of all the battles in all the wars fought in modern European and American history is truly unfathomable. Yet, amid all that carnage, a few crucial battles stand out and echo through history in hushed tones: Gettysburg, Stalingrad, and on and on....

Mayor Debouzy of Montereau oversees a village of 650 people. With the population dwindling, the school is in jeopardy of being closed if things don’t change soon. Thus, Viagra. Wikimedia CommonsA French mayor is promising to give away free Viagra to any couple in his village, in the hopes of boosting the local population. With a dwindling rate of conception threatening to shut down his village’s school, a French mayor has come up with a bold proposal....

“No, this is a weird one,” said Davis Police Lt. Paul Doroshov. CBS/Wikimedia CommonsDaVinci Charter Academy in Davis, Calif. People that wish to have their bodies cremated after they die sometimes have creative ideas about what they want their loved ones to do with their ashes afterward. The most common request is to have the ashes spread in a special place — like out in the ocean or at a particular park....

Arturo Martinez was arrested by San Bernardino County police for posing as a woman online and soliciting sexual services from a minor. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Arturo Martinez A sex offender in San Bernardino, Calif. with surgically implanted horns in his head was apprehended this week for attempting to seduce a 17-year-old while posing as a woman. Arturo Martinez, 42, is a registered sex offender with a conviction for indecent exposure....

The pregnant ichthyosaur fossil dubbed “Fiona” was found near the Tyndall Glacier in Chile’s Patagonia region. Alejandra ZúñigaExcited archeologists gather around the pregnant ichthyosaur, the first found in Chile. Finding an intact ichthyosaur fossil is exciting on its own. But the ichthyosaur fossil discovered by paleontologists in Chile is not only intact — it’s pregnant and contains embryos. The stunning fossil “is the only pregnant ichthyosaur that’s been found on the planet from the era between 129 and 139 million years ago,” Judith Pardo-Pérez, a researcher at the GAIA Antarctic Research Center at the University of Magallanes (UMAG) told Reuters....

Ley lines were first theorized in 1921, and since then, the debate has been over whether or not they exist, and if they do, what purpose they serve. Wikimedia Commons The Malvern Hills in England, that first inspired Alfred Watkins to hypothesize ley lines. In 1921, amateur archaeologist Alfred Watkins made a discovery. He noticed that ancient sites, at different points around the world all fell into a sort of alignment....

The country of Gabon announced this week that it would protect 26 percent of its ocean territories in a new reserve, the largest in Africa. Brian Skerry/Barcroft Media/Getty ImagesThe largest breeding population of leatherback turtles will be protected in the new reserve. Overfishing by international fleets has been severely damaging the incredible underwater ecosystems of West Africa for decades. But on Monday, the country of Gabon took a crucial step to correct the destruction, announcing the creation of the largest network of ocean reserves in the continent....

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As the last survivor of the Patuxet tribe, Squanto used his fluency in English and his unique relationship with the Pilgrim settlers at Plymouth to leave an indelible mark on American history. According to the mythology behind the first Thanksgiving in 1621, the Pilgrims met a “friendly” Native American named Squanto in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Squanto taught the Pilgrims how to plant corn, and the settlers enjoyed a hearty feast with their new native friend....

More than 400 cats were found mutilated in London between 2014 and 2018 causing panic about a mysterious cat serial killer, but a new analysis shows it was foxes all along. VICE/YouTubeBetween 2014 and 2018, 400 dead cats were found mutilated throughout London. For the Metropolitan Police and London’s pet owners, the numbers were staggering. Between 2014 and 2018, Londoners found more than 400 dead cats were throughout the city. Many had been mutilated with surgical precision, leading to rumors of a sinister “Croydon Cat Killer” behind it all....

Gigantic new dinosaur discovered, the violent history of Mongol China comes to light, and a 400-year-old shipwreck leaves researchers in awe. This Newly Discovered 26,000-Pound Dinosaur Was Once The Biggest Creature To Walk Planet Earth Viktor Radermacher, University of the WitwatersrandAn artist’s rendering of Ledumahadi mafube. Some 200 million years ago, a 12-ton dinosaur that was double the size of an African elephant stomped around South Africa. In a study recently published in Current Biology, a team of researchers revealed that a recently unearthed fossil led them to the discovery of a new dinosaur species that they’ve named Ledumahadi mafube....

Charles Rogers is believed to have killed his elderly parents, Fred and Edwina, before chopping them up and stuffing them inside their refrigerator in what’s come to be known as the Ice Box Murders. Public DomainThe victims of the Ice Box Murders, Fred and Edwina Rogers. At first, the two Houston police officers didn’t even realize they were looking at the two victims of the Ice Box Murders. They’d responded to a welfare check at 1815 Driscoll Street on June 23, 1965, and found no one at home....

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From the Middle Ages to the present, these photos reveal the often overlooked tragedy of child marriages. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Theresa Kachindamoto Terminated 850 Child Marriages During Her Time As Senior Chief In Malawi 25 Shocking Examples Of White Actors Portraying People Of Color On Screen Inside The Shocking Story Of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, The ‘Sick’ Child Who Killed Her Abusive Mother...

Maps weren’t always sourced from the likes of Google or Apple. In fact, maps weren’t even always printed on paper. Whether etched into brass, carved into tomb ceilings, or drawn onto deerskins, ancient maps show us not merely how different our ancestors’ technology and knowledge were, but how differently they saw the world. Sure, the ancients knew little or nothing of the New World and thought there was a massive southern continent there to balance out the lands of the north....

Whether it’s ghosts, UFOs, or monsters, these creepy real-life stories represent the scariest tales from the annals of human history. While horror movies can surely leave us terrified, it’s the true scary stories from history that really burrow into our brains and stay there. From true crime to the paranormal to the just plain eerie, the real-life creepy stories are the ones that provide a lasting fright that fictional ones cannot....

Nearly 80 years ago, Amelia Earhart attempted to circumnavigate the globe with fatal results. Before that, though, she captured the world’s attention by breaking a score of records, expanding popular conceptions of womanhood and writing best-selling books, among a host of other things. Newly discovered footage of Earhart was recently unearthed, depicting the pilot a few months before her last flight in 1937. The video appears to be shot at Burbank Airport, and features Earhart walking around her Lockheed Electra L-10E....

The walls depict lessons about the importance of respecting one’s elders but do so through some grim means. Chinese Cultural RelicsThe 700-year-old tomb was first discovered by archeologists in 2012. Archaeologists in Yangquan, China discovered a tomb which dates back 700 years to when the descendants of Genghis Khan ruled over China. While no skeletons were found within the tomb, researchers determined that it once belonged to the bodies of a couple — a husband and wife....