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Reminding us of our own mortality, these last-known photographs of the world’s most iconic figures are not to be missed. Before her final flight, Amelia Earhart posed for photos in 1937. Earhart disappeared on July 2 of the same year, when she attempted to fly around the world.Imgur Alan Rickman appeared healthy on December 7th, 2015 as he attended the Hangmen play press night at Wyndham’s Theatre in London. Rickman was secretly fighting cancer and had mere weeks to live....

Delays on the mountain caused by the influx of climbers — many of whom are inexperienced — have led to exhaustion, dehydration, and now, death. Facebook/Nirmal Purja MBE: ‘Project Possible – 14/7’These traffic jams, caused by inexperienced climbers and dangerously loose regulations, have already claimed the lives of 11 people this year. It was only a week ago that we reported on Kami Rita Sherpa climbing Mount Everest twice in one week for a total record of 24 ascents....

It’s just about impossible to imagine how people from the past would have coped with some of today’s most prominent medical issues. What would the Ancient Egyptians have made of attention-deficit disorder, for example? How would the Vikings have coped with clinical depression? Were there obsessive-compulsives with Tourette’s syndrome among the Ancient Maya? Nobody seems to know, and it’s possible these elements of our biology are unique to modern society. Menstruation, however, is not....

Mitchell Quy watched while the police looked for his missing wife and even joined the search himself. No one ever expected he was the one who had killed her. PA Images/Getty ImagesMitchell Quy and his brother. Mitchell Quy seemed like a normal guy. He had a gorgeous wife named Lynsey and a good job as a casino croupier. He had two young children in 1998 at the age of 23....

Authorities searched the wastewater facility following an anonymous tip. DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office A large amount of alcohol was found during a raid on an illegal winery inside a sewage plant. Authorities in Alabama received an anonymous tip alleging an illegal wine-making operation was happening inside the unlikeliest of places: a wastewater treatment plant in Rainsville, a small town in northern Alabama. According to local news outlet KIRO 7, the tip led to an investigation by local police....

Samantha Koenig was just 18 years old when serial killer Israel Keyes kidnapped and murdered her in Anchorage, Alaska — before sewing her eyelids open for a chilling “proof of life” photo. Personal Photo/FacebookBefore Samantha Koenig’s kidnapping and murder by Israel Keyes, he wasn’t on the radar of any law enforcement agency. Samantha Koenig could have had a quiet, ordinary life. Instead, the 18-year-old barista in Anchorage, Alaska, was murdered by a serial killer no one even knew existed — until her grisly death led to his capture....

Although the bizarre human cousin of Homo naledi was thought to be more than 2 million years old, new research proves otherwise. Stefan Heunis/AFP/Getty ImagesThe skeleton of Homo naledi. The world of science was pretty shaken up when Homo naledi, a bizarre species of human cousin, was first discovered in South Africa in 2013. The 15 skeletons were uncovered deep in a cave and, though they looked startlingly similar to humans, their brains were the size of a gorilla’s (about the size of an orange)....

Written sometime between 200 B.C. and 100 A.D., the Seikilos epitaph is the oldest complete musical composition in existence — hear it for yourself. Wikimedia CommonsThe marble stele on which the Seikilos epitaph was first found. It’s all but impossible to know just how long music has been around, since humans only started writing music down around the 14th century B.C. Archaeologists have discovered fragments of an ancient Sumerian hymn dating back to that period in the Syrian city of Ugarit....

On October 17, 2015, Sasha Samsudean safely returned home after a night out in Orlando, Florida — only to be murdered by Stephen Duxbury, the security guard in her building. TwitterSasha Samsudean was murdered in her own apartment in October 2015, and police were shocked to find that the building security guard was to blame. In October 2015, well-liked Orlando, Florida, professional Sasha Samsudean returned to her apartment building after a night out with friends....

Of all the natural phenomena in the world, nothing compares to the enigmatic light show of the Aurora Borealis. More commonly known as the northern lights, the phenomenon describes the dance of color in the sky sometimes visible in the northern hemisphere. Share Flipboard Email Over the centuries, many myths and legends have circulated about the northern lights. Eskimos used to believe that the lights were spirits of seals, whales and caribou....

Legends of the shipwreck long tantalized Oregonians and may have even inspired Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film The Goonies. drburtoni/FlickrA view of the coast near Manzanita, Oregon, where locals have found evidence of a shipwreck for centuries. For centuries, beachgoers near Manzanita, Oregon have picked up porcelain and chunks of beeswax that local legend claimed came from a shipwreck dubbed the “Beeswax Wreck.” Now, archaeologists have churned up an even greater treasure — timber from the doomed ship itself....

In Tom Bob’s unique hands, pipes quickly become sassy snakes, and a manhole cover transforms into an Oreo. Street art has the unique opportunity to interact with its surroundings in ways that other art forms rarely can. Painter Tom Bob takes advantage of this aspect of street art to fantastic effect. The New York City-based street artist has created a series of paintings across the walls and streets of New York and beyond, paintings that interact with the environment around them, and the results are amazing....

The woman’s strong bones, muscular frame, and numerous battle wounds suggest she was a trained warrior with a violent past. Anahit Khudaverdyan, et alGroup of researchers discover grave of young woman archer in the Armenian highlands. In a rare discovery related to the ancient kingdoms of Armenia, archaeologists have discovered the grave of a woman bearing multiple injuries, including wounds to her hips and legs, which suggest she was a fighter during her lifetime....

On July 27, 1996, Eric Rudolph planted a bomb at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia. He then targeted two abortion clinics and a lesbian bar before vanishing into the North Carolina wilderness. On July 27, 1996, Eric Rudolph planted a bomb at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia — one week into the Summer Olympics. The horrific explosion sent shrapnel flying in every direction, hitting countless innocent spectators. One woman died in the initial blast, while one man later died of a heart attack....

Juanita Broaddrick made waves when she tweeted that Bill Clinton raped her in 1978. Who is she, and what is her story? In 1978, Bill Clinton was campaigning to be Arkansas’ governor when he made a stop at a nursing home, where a woman named Juanita Broaddrick worked as a nurse. In a 1999 interview with NBC News, Broaddrick says she remembered the then 35-year-old Clinton as “a very charismatic man with bright ideas” — she even campaigned for him....

A public relations officer for the Colorado Springs Police Department said, “If something comes out, we’ll put it on Twitter and Facebook.” In a new update on the ongoing story of a Colorado Springs woman who has been defecating in public, police have requested that people stop calling them about the issue. Deadspin reports that the Colorado Springs Police Department is asking people to stop calling them about this woman, who has been dubbed by the press the “Mad Pooper....

Rep. David Stringer stands by his comments and denies allegations that he’s racist. Rep. David Stringer A lawmaker in Arizona is under fire after making a statement in which he referred to immigration as an “existential threat” and warned that “there aren’t enough white kids to go around” in Arizona public schools. State Representative David Stringer made his remarks during a June 11 meeting of the Yavapai Republican Men’s Forum. A clip of his speech went viral after being posted to Facebook and Twitter by David Schapira, a Democratic candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction....

Neanderthal bones, mysterious mummy juice, and ancient hunger stones: 2018 was filled with some significant historical discoveries. Wikimedia CommonsA hunger stone appears in the Elbe River in Děčín. 2018 was a year filled with amazing new research and discoveries. This year, the world garnered clues into what life on earth looked like even centuries ago and made history news headlines with some utterly weird finds and studies. Here is a roundup of the best history news stories that we saw over the past year:...

These facts about the Leaning Tower of Pisa reveal everything there is to know about the world’s most famous architectural mistake. No one knows for sure who first designed it. Experts have tossed around at least three different candidates.Wikimedia Commons The money to build the tower came from pillaging. After Pisans attacked and looted the then-Muslim city of Palermo, Sicily in 1063, they used the stolen riches to fund the tower....

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