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Beijing can rest easier for the moment as it is no longer the most polluted city in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the dubious honor of the world’s most polluted city goes to Delhi, India. It’s estimated that the city’s air pollution kills 10,500 people in the city every year — here’s a glimpse at what that lethal atmosphere looks like: The study analyzed the peak levels of fine particulate matter in the ambient (outside) air....

A team of archaeologists in Saqqara recently the pyramid of Queen Neith — who they didn’t even know existed until now. Zahi HawassSaqqara has been the scene of many astounding archaeological discoveries since 2020. Almost exactly 100 years after the discovery of King Tut’s tomb, archaeologists in Giza made another find that rewrites much of what we know about ancient Egyptian royalty. Researchers have now uncovered the existence of a queen named Neith, who had remained unknown even to the experts for millennia....

Small-time treasure hunters Dennis and Kem Parada alerted the FBI to what they believed was a horde of stolen gold from 1863. They then claimed that the FBI squeezed them out of the search. FacebookFBI agents digging for the fabled Civil War gold at Dent’s Run, Pennsylvania. Newly-uncovered emails revealed that the FBI has been engaged in a mysterious years-long dig for Civil War-era gold in Pennsylvania. All the more shocking, however, is that the bureau might have cheated those who originally found it....

When this Australian couple stepped out of their camper, they probably didn’t expect to see a 17-foot python eating a kangaroo whole. With specimens at over 20 feet and 200 pounds, the amethystine python is one of the most terrifying snakes in the world. Adults average around 15 feet long and use heat-sensing organs underneath their jaw to locate their mammalian prey by its body heat alone. With this in mind, it’s only slightly less shocking and horrifying to learn that two campers in North Queensland, Australia witnessed a 17-foot amethystine python inhaling an entire kangaroo whole just feet from their camper....

Bulger wrote to a juror who convicted him that he would be dosed with LSD, monitored by a physician, and repeatedly asked leading questions like: “Would you ever kill anyone?” Wikimedia CommonsWhitey Bulger’s mugshot on the day he was sent to Alcatraz, Nov. 15, 1959. One of the jurors who helped convict Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger in 2013 has now said that she regrets that choice after learning that he was an unwitting participant in a secret CIA experiment involving LSD during the Cold War....

The city of Falerii Novi was abandoned in 700 A.D. and has been buried ever since. Verdonck et al., 2020/AntiquityFalerii Novi was populated by around 3,000 people and contained a theater, shops, and monuments. For the first time in history, archaeologists have mapped an entire ancient Roman city using ground-penetrating radar. According to The Guardian, the buried town of Falerii Novi contained a bathhouse, theater, several temples and shops, and a large monument of a kind experts have never seen before....

The shrine, known as a lararium, is surrounded by well-preserved paintings and murals depicting animals, deities, and more. Ciro Fusco/ANSA/AP PhotoAn archaeologist at work on the preserved Pompeii mural. The ruins of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have given archaeologists another stunning find. While excavating the ruins recently, researchers uncovered an ancient shrine adorned with vibrant paintings that are providing remarkable insight into the lives of the city’s residents, according to The New York Times....

Bob Dylan is one of the most influential musicians of the last century. But what about the man underneath all of the hype? Americans of a certain age have an intense attachment to Bob Dylan. The folk singer, who turns 75 on May 24 of this year, has been actively touring since Kennedy was president, and he’s collected more awards than you would think possible for a performer who has occasionally claimed to sing badly on purpose....

Researchers believe global warming is to blame and that mass deaths like this are likely to happen again. Yuesong Gao/Institute of Polar EnvironmentThe 750-year-old penguin graveyard was discovered in Antarctica in 2016. The discovery of hundreds of mummified penguins in Antarctica, many of them chicks, has perplexed researchers for at least two years. But a new study on this strange, Antarctic graveyard suggests that climate change is to blame for this mass death of Adélie penguins....

If the Flour Riot of 1837 teaches us anything, it’s that people often believe what they read — and will act upon it. Life of Pix/Pexels Throughout history, food shortages or the uneven distribution of food have sparked panic all over the world, from the Moscow uprising of 1648, when the Russian government replaced various taxes with a universal tax on salt, to recent food shortages in Venezuela. One such shortage occurred in the early 19th century and resulted in a rash of sudden violence in Manhattan....

At least 620,000 soldiers died during the American Civil War — more than two percent of the U.S. population — along with an untold number of civilian fatalities. Corbis via Getty ImagesDead soldiers lie on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1863. The United States has engaged in multiple wars. But none were as devastating as the war the nation waged against itself, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861 until 1865....

Drugs once contained all kinds of dangerous substances that were advertised as miracle cures Wikimedia CommonsBefore drugs became regulated by the government, a number of suspect ingredients made their way into these “patent medicine.” People have been in search of miracle medicines since the beginning of time; the more exotic the ingredients, the better chance they have of being sold. Ancient Roman women bought vials of gladiator sweat and applied it as a cosmetic, and even today “Egyptian magic” lotion (actually manufactured in Texas) is a best-seller among celebrities and plebeians alike....

Shanda Sharer was an ordinary Indiana teenager in 1992 — until four girls tortured her for hours before finally killing her. Wikimedia CommonsShanda Sharer In 1991, Shanda Sharer was a bubbly 12-year-old attending Hazelwood Middle School in New Albany, Ind. She was, by all accounts, a normal girl who made friends easily and had fun at school dances. But it was one such dance that set in motion a chain of events that would soon bring Shanda Sharer’s life to a gruesome, torturous end at the hands of four teenage girls....

Venture into the shadowy ocean deep with this gallery of the often bizarre suits that humankind wore in order to first dive below the surface. Since humankind first paddled out into the sea in primitive canoes, life below the water’s surface has been a place of alluring danger and mystery. Share Flipboard Email Yet, while the ancient Greeks were known for their impressive skill at freediving for harvesting pearls and sponges, it wasn’t until the 16th century that divers could stay underwater for more than a few minutes with the use of diving bells (airtight chambers lowered into the sea)....

Before he was captured in 1991, Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 boys and young men — then preserved and defiled their corpses. On the morning of May 27, 1991, Milwaukee police responded to an alarming call. Two women had encountered a naked boy on the street who was disoriented and bleeding. But as the police arrived at the scene, a handsome blond man approached and assured them all was well....

A German carpenter is hoping to revolutionize contraception with a simple valve that can turn the flow of sperm on and off with the flip of a switch. The flow of sperm in humans can now be flipped on and off with the simple flip of a switch. A German carpenter named Clemens Bimek claims that he has invented a revolutionary form of contraception: an on and off valve to control the flow of sperm from the testicles....

Robert Johnson was a guitar virtuoso who played across the South in the early 1900s, but much of his life remains a mystery, leading fans to fill in the blanks with outlandish myths. Robert Johnson was one of the greatest blues musicians who’s ever lived. But not much is known about the man, whose unique playing style and imaginative lyrics influenced generations of music icons, from B.B. King to Bob Dylan to The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin....

The lovelorn dolphin, nicknamed “Zafar,” has been harassing swimmers and divers to the point where he’s been labeled a serious predator. Valery Hache/AFP/Getty ImagesA dolphin jumps in the Mediterranean sea, not far from Zafar’s beach. A sexually frustrated dolphin won’t stop harassing swimmers in western France and has forced the shutdown of a local beach entirely. Nicknamed “Zafar” by locals, the bottlenose dolphin has been hanging around the waters of the Bay of Brest for the past couple of months and has subsequently become a tourist attraction....

With tickets that double as barf bags, the Disgusting Food Museum in Sweden aims to inspire both nausea and curiosity about why certain foods are considered “disgusting.” The age-old axiom that things are merely a matter of taste is perhaps no truer than when it comes to food. The Disgusting Food Museum in Malmö, Sweden, aims to analyze exactly that by showing how dishes that are considered gross and inedible in some countries are viewed as delicacies in others....

“I am a normal person but I look different from others … I feel good as I am.” Rio NoticiasLeft: Two photos of Eric Ramirez before he underwent extreme body modification procedures; Right: Ramirez after surgery, now known as Kalaca Skull. A man in Colombia has taken another step in his journey to become a living skull. Tattoo artist “Kalaca Skull” became the first person to ever have his nose and ears voluntarily removed and its all a part of his dream to become a skull, according to the Irish Post....