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Buyers are already offering $10,000 for this astounding piece of agate quartz, though its owner isn’t sure whether he’ll sell or not. Kennedy News & MediaIn the words of the stone’s owner, it’s “probably the most perfect Cookie Monster out there.” Over the years, geologist Mike Bowers of California has seen all kinds of astounding gemstones. But this stunning piece of agate rock he recently got his hands on is unlike anything he — or anyone else — has ever seen....

Robin Folsom’s colleagues became suspicious when they noticed her “bump” was askew and she sent them inconsistent photos of her fake children. TwitterRobin Folsom allegedly faked multiple pregnancies over the past several years. Sometimes, people lie and say they’re sick to skip work. But a Georgia woman named Robin Folsom went one big step further when she faked a pregnancy in order to get seven weeks of paid time off. And it wasn’t even the first time she had lied about giving birth....

How a few largely forgotten men may have saved the world. Wikimedia CommonsThe Vemork heavy water plant in western Norway, the site of the Allied operation that may have saved the world from the Nazis. During World War II, the Allies carried out well-known operations like the D-Day invasion that lead to the defeat of the Third Reich. What you may not know however is that a small, intrepid team of Norwegians may have saved the world from Nazi domination....

In June 1960, Patrice Émery Lumumba was elected the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Just months later, he was murdered. Wikimedia CommonsPatrice Lumumba served as the Congo’s prime minister for less than three months before he was dismissed. For 75 years, Belgium ruled the Congo with nearly unprecedented brutality. From the reign of King Leopold II to its years as a Belgian colony, the country endured years of mass murder, rape, and mutilation....

On April 6, 1975, Palden Thondup Namgyal, the last ruler of the Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim, was practicing his morning ritual when short rapid bursts of machine gun fire broke through his palace windows. Share Flipboard Email Running to the window, he saw 5,000 Indian soldiers pour out of army trucks and surround his palace. A 19-year-old guard lay dead at the main gate. This was the first casualty of India’s forced annexation of the – now – lost Kingdom of Sikkim....

On a fateful night in 1990, an arsonist lit a massive fire at the Happy Land Social Club in the Bronx — damning the 93 young people inside. National Fire Protection AssociationWhen firefighter sifted through the wreckage of the Happy Land fire, they found some couples who died holding each other. In the early hours of March 25, 1990, a spurned lover snuck up to the entrance of the Bronx social club known as Happy Land....

During the early 1960s, President Kennedy lived a life of glamour and power that was unprecedented in American politics — a brief moment in time now remembered as “Camelot.” Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Haunting Photos Of The Kennedy Assassination And Autopsy That Capture The Full Scope Of The Tragedy Thirty Spectacular Photos Of John F....

The sinkholes of the Yucatán Peninsula are full of treasure: incredible dives, Maya artifacts, ancient human sacrifices, and the most unbelievable sight of all — an underwater river. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: World’s Largest Underwater Cave Discovered In Mexico Go Below Sea Level With These Gorgeous Underwater Pictures Hundreds Of Mayan Artifacts Were Just Discovered In Two Different Underwater Locations...

This past Saturday, Montana man Todd Orr endured not one, but two attacks from the same grizzly bear — and lived to tell the tale. In fact, Orr told that tale in a video recorded minutes after the second attack and since shared to Facebook, where it has since been view more than 20 million times. “She got my head good. I don’t know what’s under my hat,” Orr said in the video....

“It would be possible to make something of it, if not Dolly the Sheep. In general, it will be very interesting.” Russian Geographical SocietyThe oldest remains unearthed in the “Valley of the Kings” date back to the ninth century B.C. Just two decades ago, archaeologists in Siberia made the discovery of a lifetime. Buried in the Republic of Tuva were the remains of 3,000-year-old Scythian warriors with their horses. Not content to let them rest, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has now announced plans to clone them....

“We were shocked to see beautifully preserved and concentrated plant material.” Mark Mitchelli/Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology The armored nodosaur looked fierce but actually was a herbivore. About 110 million years ago, a giant plant-eating nodosaur gobbled down its last meal on Earth — and its stomach was preserved so well over time that scientists have now been able to determine what, exactly, its last meal was. The remarkable specimen was first discovered in 2011 during a mining operation in Alberta, Canada....

“Ain’t nobody finna help you, you dumb b*tch,” one of the witnesses yelled. “You shouldn’t have got in there.” “Get out the water, you gonna die,” a teen yelled as a disabled man struggled to stay afloat in a Florida pond. The witnesses — aged 14 to 16 — laughed as they listened to Jamel Dunn’s cries for help. They recorded the stranger’s July 9 death on a smartphone and posted the video to social media....

From an earthquake that killed over 250,000 to the flood that killed over 4 million, we look at history’s most devastating natural disasters. The Great Tangshan Earthquake, China, 1976 Based on the death toll, the Great Tangshan Earthquake is the largest earthquake of the 20th century. On July 28, 1976, the earthquake ravaged the industrial city of Tangshan in Hebei province, killing around 255,000 people and injuring 164,000. The earthquake hit early in the morning and lasted for ten seconds, its magnitude estimated to be between 7....

A historical overview of the Surrealist movement and a fascinating look at the most influential surrealism art in history. Founded by Andre Breton in the early 1920s and emphatically explained in his Manifestoes of Surrealism, Surrealism is often considered both a cultural and revolutionary art movement. The form dedicated itself to depicting the subconscious and as such many critics regard Surrealism art as a substantial divergence from traditional art movements....

From Edgar Allen Poe to Tupac, enjoy the biting and sometimes hilarious last words of some of history’s greatest figures. “I hope the exit is joyful and hope never to return.” - Frida Kahlo “Love one another.” - George Harrison “I’m bored.” - James Baldwin “Where is my clock?” - Salvador Dalí “Fuck you.” - Tupac Shakur “Utter Nonsense” - Eleanor Roosevelet “I’m in no pain. No pain. Don’t cry for me, Rahaman....

A beloved Labrador Retriever, Zanjeer saved countless lives during the 1993 terrorist bombings in Mumbai. When he died in 2000, he was honored with a full state funeral. thisisandrew09/redditZanjeer, the bomb-sniffing dog who saved countless lives over his career. A hero among dogs, Zanjeer the labrador retriever was an irreplaceable legend of the canine world. As a member of the Mumbai Police Bomb Detection Squad, he prevented countless fatalities by sniffing out bombs and grenades....

After the whaleship “Essex” was sunk by a vengeful sperm whale, its crew was left on the high seas for 90 days — causing them to resort to cannibalism. Camden Public LibraryThe Essex, the ship Moby-Dick is based on, was sunk by a vengeful whale. In 1820, a whale rammed into an American whale-hunting ship in the South Pacific. It was the first time in American history that a whaling ship was assaulted by its prey in what seemed like a calculated attack....

Hitler relative arrested for pedophilia, secrets of Dead Sea Scrolls unlocked, teenager’s Holocaust diary to be published. The Alleged Last Living Relative Of Adolf Hitler Was Just Convicted Of Pedophilia CENRomano-Lukas Hitler, the alleged last living relative of Adolf Hitler. A self-proclaimed relative of Adolf Hitler has just been convicted of pedophilia for kissing a 13-year-old girl. According to Bild, the unemployed 69-year-old responded to an advert for a garage, but set his eyes on something else: the seller’s underage daughter, Ania....

A former police officer in Weirton, West Virginia just revealed to local news sources that he was fired this summer for responding to a call and not shooting a man holding a gun at his side. For the first time since his June 6 termination, former officer Stephen Mader has spoken up, to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, about the behind-the-scenes details of the incident that led to his firing and — despite his decision to not shoot — nevertheless left a man dead....

Hitler’s favorite little girl, Robin Williams’ high school days, Siberia’s mammoth hunters, stunning microphotography, 19th century mental asylum portraits. Intimate Photos Of Hitler And His Favorite Little Girl According to the nanny of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, all the children loved Adolf Hitler. And supposedly Hitler’s favorite was Goebbels’ daughter Helga. Ultimately, however, Helga’s parents killed her in Berlin on May 1, 1945. Her parents left massive bruises putting a cyanide capsule down the 12-year-old’s throat, before killing themselves as well....