Raised by an abusive foster family in New York City, Mary Ellen Wilson inspired animal rights activists to push for the very first child protection laws in American history. George Sim Johnston Archives of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ChildrenMary Ellen Wilson had a prominent scar from a pair of scissors on her face when authorities took her from her foster home. The first case of child abuse in U....
The Lone Star Tick’s bite can make victims allergic to meat for life. And it’s spreading across the United States. Wikimedia CommonsLone Star tick. The Lone Star tick is distinct for the star-shaped marking on its back. That, and for the fact that, if it bites you, you might not be able to truly enjoy a hamburger ever again. This carnivore’s nightmare is caused by a sugar molecule known as Alpha-Gal (short for galactose-alpha-1, 3-galactose)....
Haunting images of the Qing dynasty Chinese culture and society that the nation’s leaders wiped out after the communist revolution. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 44 Stunning Color Photos Of The World’s Cultures 100 Years Ago 33 China Facts That Will Boggle Your Mind Stunning Photos Of The Crow Tribe Taken Just Before Their Culture Was All But Stamped Out...
Park officials have put out a notice warning visitors to steer clear of these stunning yet venomous sea creatures. Padre Island National Seashore/FacebookAn uptick of blue dragon sightings on the beach has park officials warning visitors to be vigilant. Little blue creatures have been washing ashore on the coastlines of Texas. These eye-catching sea creatures are Glaucus atlanticus, known as blue dragon sea slugs. Although some of these blue dragons have been spotted around Texas beaches before, they are quite rare....
As commandant of Auschwitz from 1940 to 1943, Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss was single-handedly responsible for turning it into the Nazis’ largest death camp. Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty ImagesRudolf Höss during his trial in Warsaw, Poland, March 31, 1947. In his testimony during the Nuremberg trials, Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss described his relief at finding an efficient way to kill. The deadly gas Zyklon B, he explained, “set my mind at rest, for the mass extermination of the Jews was to start soon… Now we had the gas, and we had established a procedure....
Meanwhile, the owners of the property had no idea that a 58-year-old man had been hiding six adult siblings in a cellar behind a cupboard all this time. EPAThe farmhouse had a hidden staircase that led to the secure hiding place, which was behind a cupboard in the living room. A 58-year-old Dutchman was arrested this month when it was discovered that he had been sheltering six adult siblings in the cellar of a farmhouse for nine years “waiting for the end of time....
It’s possible you’ve heard of a 3D printer – a printer that fabricates a concrete three-dimensional object from adding successive layers of material in, say, the shape of a tea pot or a bracelet. It can print an object with or without color, using polymer or plaster and can be bought online – if you’re feeling breezy about $6k (used) to $14k (new). Sounds crazy, but it’s possible that an art school near you has one — many public universities have them available for use at some small fee under architecture, engineering or design programs....
For centuries, people across southern New Jersey and Delaware have supposedly encountered a horse-headed flying demon known as the Jersey Devil. Legend has it that in the dense woods of the New Jersey Pine Barrens lurks a mythological beast known as the Jersey Devil. With the head of a horse, the wings of a bat, and talons befitting a dragon, the Jersey Devil has terrorized the imaginations of New Jersey residents for nearly 300 years....
As Kindles, Nooks, and other tablets flood the market, traditional bookstores and reading methods are on the decline. But after browsing this list of some of the world’s most beautiful, unique, and impressive libraries, you may be inspired to put the eBook reader down and make a trip to your own public library. From richly decorated baroque spaces to minimalist cubes, there’s something for everyone in the world’s coolest libraries:...
“Medieval” sword found to be 5,000 years old, prehistoric giant armadillo remains unearthed, 15th-century etiquette book for kids brought to light. Anatolian Sword Uncovered Inside Italian Monastery Found To Be 5,000 Years Old Ph. Andrea Avezzù / Ca’ Foscari University of VeniceCa’ Foscari, the PhD student who identified the sword’s age, poses with the weapon alongside fellow researcher Father Serafino Jamourlian. When experts found an antique sword inside a cabinet of curiosities within an Italian monastery, they thought they’d uncovered a medieval artifact....
The arts and crafts chain has agreed to return more than 5,500 stolen ancient Iraqi artifacts and pay a $3 million fine. Hobby Lobby, the giant American arts and crafts chain, has apparently been smuggling thousands of ancient Iraqi artifacts into its stores. In a press release published Wednesday, the United States Department of Justice revealed that it has been investigating the company for years — ever since U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) began intercepting suspicious packages in 2009....
This parasite lives and grows inside the unsuspecting fish’s eyeball before forcing the fish to get itself eaten by a bird. Some parasites simply kill their hosts. Other parasites, however, force their hosts to kill themselves. Although the latter option may seem unspeakably creepy, it is in fact what happens to fish infected with the Diplostomum pseudospathaceum parasite, according to a new study published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. The new research shows that this parasite penetrates a fish’s skin before traveling to its eye and setting up shop inside so that it can grow....
From the fanged deer of China to the canine that’s so pungent it’s known as the ‘stink wolf’, these are some of the interesting animals on Earth. Through the natural process of evolution, earthly processes have created some of the most bizarre-looking creatures to wander this planet. Often relegated to remote, underpopulated areas, they are difficult to study and are often in danger of extinction, we take a look at some of the world’s most interesting animals:...
The shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is now one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 24Students are brought across Coral Springs Drive from the campus of Stoneman Douglas High School. Amy Beth Bennett/Sun Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images 2 of 24Students are brought out of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after the shooting....
From the streets and saloons of mining towns to the ranches and cowboys out on the plains, these Old West photos capture the frontier as it truly was. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 44 Colorized Photos That Bring The Streets Of Century-Old New York City To Life Colorized Civil War Photos That Bring America’s Deadliest Conflict To Life...
From running a child slave operation to nearly causing an economic depression, this is the side of Thomas Jefferson that the history books would rather forget. Thomas Jefferson is one of our most revered founding fathers for his gargantuan resume of accomplishments. As a philosopher, a lawyer, and our nation’s third president, it’s no wonder the Virginian remains a celebrated and mythologized figure to this day. But the man who coined the phrase “all men are created equal” was deeply flawed....
“They have lost their tissue, their nerve cells, their muscles, everything… And now we find they have lost their ability to breathe.” Stephen Douglas AtkinsonA new study has discovered that the fish parasite H. salminicola is the only known animal with no mitochondrial DNA. As mammals who rely on a constant supply of oxygen in order to produce energy, it’s difficult to think of animal life without the need to breathe....
Other apparent victims’ remains displayed teeth marks and bones that had been split so the marrow could be sucked out. Tom BjörklundA partial face reconstruction of “The Boy of Gran Dolina,” entirely based on the recovered tooth fragments. The Spanish archaeological site of Atapuerca is famous for containing the earliest evidence in Europe of the species that preceded humankind. It even yielded the nearly million-year-old remains of a whole new species in 1994 — as well as evidence that some of them had been cannibalized....
Both the giant beaver known as Castoroides and the average-size North American beaver co-existed during the Ice Age, but only one species survived. Western UniversityAn illustration of the Castoroides giant beaver. Some 10,000 years ago, a giant beaver known as Castoroides ohioensis roamed the Earth alongside woolly mammoths and other ancient megafauna. But this giant species became extinct with the end of the Ice Age while its smaller cousin was able to live on to this day....
“The inscription appears in a room of the house which was undergoing refurbishment, while the rest of the rooms had already been completed; works must therefore have been ongoing at the time of the eruption.” EPAThe graffiti found on the wall of a house in Pompeii ruins. Newly discovered graffiti at the Pompeii archaeology site might have just rewritten the history of one of the world’s most notorious natural disasters....
