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At least 60 students were forced to the bathroom where they were told to take off their underwear to prove they weren’t on their periods. Sahajanand Girls InstituteFemale students at a college in India were forced to strip and undergo an inspection to see whether they were on their periods. Last week, an all-girls college in the town of Bhuj in India’s Gujarat district made headlines after several dozen students were forced to strip down to their underwear to prove that they weren’t menstruating....

Cheri Nickolay, whose daughter, Anna, was on the cheer team said, “That [video] made me sick to my stomach. I don’t know how you could justify that." A newly released set of videos of high school cheerleader practices at a Colorado high school have revealed a number of disturbing coaching methods. In a shocking video obtained by KUSA, one can witness a Ally Wakefield an incoming freshman on the cheerleading team at East High School in Denver, Colo....

“It is impossible to put into words the intolerable pain that we suffered, which continued for many days after the experiments ceased.” Bettmann/Getty ImagesThe Ovitz family arrives in Israel several years after their time at Auschwitz. April 15, 1949. When Disney released the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, it gained an unlikely fan in Adolf Hitler. A copy of the movie, banned in Germany due to anti-Americanism, had made it into Hitler’s possession....

After her brother was nearly buried alive, 18th-century Englishwoman Hannah Beswick feared a similar fate — so her doctor mummified her and displayed her blackened face inside his grandfather clock. Wikimedia CommonsAntoine Wiertz’s ‘L’Inhumation précipitée’ (or “The Premature Burial”) from 1854 depicted real fears commonly shared in the 18th and 19th centuries. Eighteenth-century Englishwoman Hannah Beswick was terrified of being buried alive. This fear, called taphophobia, was common in her time, as doctors with little understanding of comas would declare people dead prematurely....

The video shows the dog responding to “grossly offensive” terms, an act which YouTube claimed was “clearly comedic.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD_QlnY8Ggg A British man has been found guilty of a hate crime after posting a video to YouTube of him teaching his dog to give a Nazi salute. Mark Meechan, a popular YouTuber who goes by the name Count Dankula, posted the video back in 2016. In the video, he explains that he was annoyed by his girlfriend thinking the dog was cute, and in response decided to turn the dog into “the least cute thing” he could think of — a Nazi....

Charles Howard Schmid Jr. charmed and befriended the teenagers of Tucson, Arizona in the 1960s — all while brutally murdering three young girls. Bettmann/Getty Charles Schmid was known as the “Pied Piper of Tucson” because of how easily he charmed the teenage population of his hometown. Charles Schmid was slight, short, and scrawny, and often wore garish makeup and lifts in his shoes to make himself seem more imposing than he really was....

This vulture-parrot hybrid is found only within the jungles of New Guinea — and might be the most gothic bird on Earth. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: The Cambodian Government Is Begging People To Stop Picking These Ultra-Rare ‘Penis Plants’ Meet The Kakapo, The Rotund New Zealand Parrot On The Brink Of Extinction The Loudest Bird In The World Is ‘Deafening’ And Screams In The Faces Of Potential Mates...

Siberian craters have been popping up throughout the unseasonably warm region. What’s causing it? Source: Earth Sky After the discovery of several mysterious craters in Siberia aroused a slew of public safety fears this past March, Moscow scientist Vasily Bogoyavlensky of the Oil and Gas Research Institute called for an “urgent” investigation into the craters’ origins. This decision came on the heels of a giant hole that formed in the Siberian permafrost last summer....

Stress impacts everyone in different ways, almost all of them negative. From going up a pant size to avoiding sex, these stress effects may surprise you. Source: Under 30 CEO Life is stressful. Whether it’s a divorce, a high-profile job or studying for a history exam, anxiety always finds a way to creep into our lives. As bad as stress is on its own, medical professionals continue to uncover more ways that stress, particularly chronic stress, can impact our bodies and our lives....

Washington Irving’s famous tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and its iconic headless horseman were inspired by a mix of real history and spooky folklore. Every year when the green leaves turn bright orange and pumpkins appear on our doorsteps, Washington Irving’s classic ghost story, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, is retold. The beloved American legend follows the tale of Ichabod Crane, a superstitious schoolteacher who finds himself in the haunted town of Sleepy Hollow, where he suffers an ill-fated encounter with the village’s infamous headless horseman before he mysteriously disappears from the community for good....

The longest beard in the world belonged to Hans Nilson Langseth, a Norwegian-American man whose prized facial hair measured in at a whopping 17 feet and 6 inches long. Wikimedia CommonsHans Nilson Langseth (July 14, 1846 – November 10, 1927) the Norwegian-American who holds the record for the world’s longest beard. Hans Nilsen Langseth has one claim to fame. He was — and still is — the record holder for the longest beard in the world....

This week’s top stories: An art installation made of 3,000 condoms, outrageous Instagram accounts of dangerous Mexican drug lords, the badass French soldiers now heading into Syria, street art that only appears in the rain, and world-famous monuments lit up for Paris. The World’s Greatest Monuments Light Up For Paris Following last week’s devastating terrorist attacks in Paris, countries around the world have shown their support. Some have made official state visits....

The U.S. has detonated more than 1,000 bombs, killing more than 2 million of its own people — and for what? The United States has been hit by more nuclear weapons than any other nation in the world. It’s a fact we try our best not to acknowledge – but thanks to nuclear testing, we’ve “attacked” ourselves more than anyone else. Share Flipboard Email The numbers are staggering. Over the course of fewer than 50 years, the U....

From Brutus to Aldrich Ames, we look at the six biggest betrayals in history. The Biggest Betrayals In History: Alfred Redl and Austria If betrayal by numbers is anything to go buy, Austrian army officer Alfred Redl takes the cake. Before and during World War 1, Redl worked as a spy for the Russian military and sold secrets about the Austrian army. Redl leaked the Austrian invasion plan for Serbia, which Russia in turn sold to Serbia....

Stunning vintage portraits of the world’s diverse cultures — from Brazilian headhunters to Indian snake charmers — from over a century ago. 42 Photos Of People Around The World At The Turn Of The Century View Gallery Around the time that Frank Carpenter began to make his first trip around the world, less than one percent (.14-.16 of a percent, to be precise) of Americans had traveled overseas. So when Carpenter published his visual dispatches from the far corners of the Earth, he offered more than just photos....

A Swiss company has opened the world’s first commercial facility that removes carbon dioxide from the air and then uses it to grow plants. Climeworks Leave it to the Swiss to open the world’s first commercial plant that sucks carbon dioxide from the air and pipes it into a vegetable-growing greenhouse, where it is used to accelerate plant growth. The Climeworks AG facility opened near Zurich yesterday and is expected to remove about 900 tons of CO2 from the air each year, which is equivalent to the amount that is emitted by 200 cars....

Mystery of ancient Egypt’s “Screaming Woman” mummy solved, some authority over half of Oklahoma returned to Native Americans, Victorian vampire-hunting kit goes up for auction. Scientists Just Figured Out Why This Ancient Egyptian Mummy Was Frozen In A Scream 3,000 Years Ago Zahi Hawass and Sahar SaleemThe face of the “Screaming Woman,” whose mouth has been frozen like this for 3,000 years. Ever since she was first found in 1881, the unidentified ancient Egyptian mummy known as the “Screaming Woman” has both captivated and haunted experts and amateur Egyptologists alike....

Ancient Viking arrowhead uncovered, Egypt’s oldest pyramid reopened, dozens of 1,200-year-old Canary Island skeletons found. Researchers Uncover 1,500-Year-Old Viking Arrowhead In Norway brearkeologi/TwitterA researcher holds the ancient Viking arrowhead recently uncovered in the mountains of Norway. For more than a millennia, a Viking arrowhead sat frozen in time inside a Norwegian glacier — until now. Researchers working on the Jotunheimen glacier recently found an arrow from the German Iron Age that’s estimated to be 1,500 years old....

These vintage mugshots allow us to see both the horror and humanity in the faces of criminals from the 19th and early 20th centuries. James Dawson Indecent Exposure North Shields Police Station, UK June 9, 1902Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums/Flickr Lawrence Armstrong Theft North Shields Police Station, UK September 30, 1915Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums/Flickr Mustapha Irola False Pretenses North Shields Police Station, UK August 19, 1904Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums/Flickr...

Walrus sightings are a rarity in the British Isles, so the arrival naturally became a spectacle and gathered large crowds — many of whom witnessed the exhibitionist display. TwitterThor was spotted in Hampshire just a few weeks before his now infamous appearance in Scarborough. When an Arctic walrus named Thor showed up in Scarborough’s harbor, it caused quite a stir — so much of one, in fact, that the town canceled its New Year’s fireworks display so as not to disturb the animal....