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The fossils belonged to three woolly mammoths that lived some 30,000 years ago. They were likely even part of the same family. Trey Charlie/FacebookMiner Trey Charlie with one of the bones found at Little Flake Mine near Dawson City, Canada. A group of miners in Dawson City, Yukon hoped to strike gold. Instead, they came across another sort of treasure. As they sifted through the dirt, they uncovered a stunning trove of woolly mammoth bones....

Christine Gacy and her brother Michael were born the children of serial killer John Wayne Gacy — but luckily their mother divorced him after his sodomy conviction in 1968 and took them with her. At first glance, Christine Gacy’s early childhood looked perfectly normal. Born in 1967, she lived with her older brother and two parents. But her father, John Wayne Gacy, would soon go on to become one of the most terrifying serial killers in American history....

The two-year-old dachshund named Buddy was found abandoned in a trailer park in the pouring rain. Facebook/Gina Polk – DerouenBuddy’s tailbone will have to be amputated. It’s been exposed since his legs were cut off and he had to “drag his body around in his own waste,” the fundraiser explained. Three Louisianians have been been arrested after police found an abandoned dog named Buddy with its hind legs “sawed off” in a Slidell, Louisiana trailer park....

Researchers estimate that an ancient meteor crashed into Earth about 2.2 billion years ago, causing the Yarrabubba crater to form — and possibly ending a global ice age. The ConversationScientists have determined that the Yarrabubba crater is 2.2 billion years old. Scientists believe a crater found in the Australian outback may be the oldest-known meteor crash site in the world. As AFP reported, scientists have determined that the Yarrabubba crater in western Australia formed more than 2....

As Joseph Stalin’s chief executioner of the NKVD, Vasily Blokhin is believed to have ended tens of thousands of lives. Wikimedia CommonsMajor General Vasily Mikhailovich Blokhin killed tens of thousands of people at Stalin’s command. For decades, citizens of the Soviet Union lived in constant fear of secret police organizations empowered to dole out punishment. Beyond the threat of imprisonment or exile, the dreaded elite executioners posed a terrifying threat. Of these professional mass murderers, Vasily Blokhin boasted the highest body count....

“They tend to be isolated, losing their families during the war and then either did not or could not have children.” Ian Waldie/Getty ImagesAuschwitz survivor Leon Greenman displays his number tattoo at the Jewish Museum in London, England. It’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. For most of us, that means taking a moment to think about Nazi Germany’s victims — the things we’ve learned about them in movies and history class. For the 100,000 survivors still living in the United States, it means something else....

Life for many African Americans changed very little during the Reconstruction era, despite the 13th Amendment. From “Black Codes” to sharecropping, the struggle for equality continued. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: When The Freedom Riders Rode Through The South For Racial Equality — And Faced Violence 30 Great Depression Pictures Brought To Life In Stunning Color...

Police pull two bodies from the waters of Central Park this week. Ahh, spring in New York. The birds are chirping, the outdoor cafes are bustling, and… well, the dead bodies are floating to the surface of most local bodies of water. Every spring, there is a surge of what have come to be known as “floaters” — corpses that rise from the warming watery depths — and this year is no exception....

Queen Teuta ruled over a powerful Illyrian kingdom in the third century B.C. When Rome demanded that she stop her country’s pirates from attacking their vessels, Teuta refused, resulting in war. A bust of Queen Teuta. Ancient history is full of female rulers who wielded immense power and left their mark on the history books. One such ruler was Teuta, the queen of the Ardiaei tribe of Illyria. During the third century B....

Ancient History’s Greatest Speeches: The Ten Commandments, Moses As religious history goes, this one’s a biggie. Moses delivered this speech regarding God’s Ten Commandments, which define ethics and worship in Judaism and most forms of Christianity. For those unfamiliar with the story, God inscribed the commandments on two tablets, which he gave to Moses on Mount Sinai, where Moses read them out. One liner: “For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it....

Internationally renown for pushing the limits in architecture, a fascinating tour of the most famous designs of Frank Lloyd Wright. Source: Susancohangardens The Dwight D. Martin House Source: Wikimedia Built from 1903 and 1905, the Dwight D. Martin house is considered by many scholars to be one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s greatest works and one of his most important projects. The complex was designed for Mr. Martin, a wealthy Chicago businessman, who eventually was so enamored with Wright’s designs that he became one of Wright’s principle financial supporters throughout the beginning of Wright’s career....

French castle up for sale, 1940s couple found in glacier, Nazi cult case reopened, U.S. WWII remains located, 250-year-old wine uncovered. Stunning Thousand-Year-Old French Castle On Sale For $17 Million The Château de la Barben has only been on sale once in the last 500 years. So, if you’re in the market for a 1,000-year-old French castle, you should probably scoop it up now. For a mere 15 million euros ($17 million), you can buy the Southern France abode, which comes with some nice fortresses, a renaissance palace and a 19th-century mansion....

Sled fragments, arrows, horseshoes, and even animal dung are among the objects archaeologists have found on the Lendbreen ice patch. Espen Finstad/SecretsOfTheIceThe Lendbreen ice patch after melting, exposing horse dung dating back centuries. The Lendbreen ice patch in Norway’s Jotunheim Mountains is so remote that it’s only accessible by professional mountain bikers or a helicopter ride. This wasn’t always the case, however, as a new study on recovered ancient artifacts showed it was once an extremely busy route of Viking Age traffic....

From the Roch Ness Monster to the Tasmanian Globster, the ocean has put out some downright terrifying creatures. Indonesian Hairy Blob This giant, almost impossible to identify blob washed up on a beach in Indonesia in early 2017, and baffled thousands of people on Twitter…Twitter Hairy Blob …finally, experts concluded that it was nothing more than a waterlogged dugong, which had washed up after decomposing in the sea. Wikimedia Commons...

For the last 200 years, the stone has marked the Franco-Belgian border in accordance with an 1820 treaty. Facebook/Mayor David Lavaux of ErquelinnesThe historic stone dates back to 1819, when it was originally put in place. A Belgian farmer accidentally encroached on the country of France recently when he moved a hefty stone out of the way of his tractor — and inadvertently grew his country’s border by seven and a half feet....

Theunis Botha, a hunter known for killing leopards using hounds, died in Zimbabwe when a shot elephant fell on top of him. Theunis Botha Big Game SafarisTheunis Botha When Theunis Botha’s Game Hounds Safari website offers customers “a unique exciting African safari experience” he means that they won’t only see beautiful wild animals on the African plains, but they’ll kill them, too. That is, if the animals don’t kill them first....

In 1969, Clay Shaw went on trial for allegedly conspiring with the CIA and Lee Harvey Oswald to assassinate JFK — and was found not guilty by a jury in less than an hour. Clay Shaw was a highly respected businessman and decorated World War II hero from New Orleans. A pillar of the city’s economic growth, Shaw was instrumental in creating New Orleans’ World Trade Center in the late 1940s after the war ended....

The mosaic dates back to sometime between the fifth and seventh centuries, a time when the Gaza Strip was a bustling center of commerce. While working in his olive orchard in Gaza, half a mile from the Israeli border, a farmer discovered an ornate mosaic decorated with colorful birds and other animals buried beneath the dirt. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesPalestinian farmer Salman al-Nabahin uncovered the mosaic floor while working in his olive orchard....

A Canadian First Nations soldier, Francis Pegahmagabow was the best sniper on either side of World War I. But when he went back home to Canada, he still had no rights. Marius Barbeau/Canadian Museum of HistoryFrancis Pegahmagabow was made Supreme Chief of the Native Independent Government in 1943. Francis Pegahmagabow crawled through the trenches of France, survived a chlorine gas attack, and kept fighting after a bullet tore through his leg....

Chippendales founder Steve Banerjee was dangerously obsessed with protecting the success of his male stripper troupe — and turned to murder and arson in order to do so. Chippendales is best known for its muscular male dancers, exuberant crowds of women, and dynamic shows. But the Chippendales murders proved that the lighthearted franchise had a dark side. In the 1980s and 1990s, Chippendales’ founder Steve Banerjee plotted multiple deaths. He orchestrated the murder of his business partner, set out to kill his rivals, and firebombed his competition....