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The cache belonged to German doctor and anatomist Hermann Stieve, who made a deal with the Nazis to collect tissue samples from the dead bodies of their executed prisoners. John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images300 tissue samples were uncovered by the descendants of the German anatomist Hermann Stieve, who dissected the bodies of resistance fighters during World War II. In 2016, about 300 tissue samples that came from the remains of prisoners who were executed by the Nazis were discovered in the archives of a doctor named Hermann Stieve....

As artists have grown more desirous of more dynamic means of expression, portraiture is no longer confined to the canvas. Welcome to the world of body art. Look closely; these images are not what they seem! Turning the human body into a dynamic canvas, the art of body painting has grown rapidly over the past 20 years, gaining popularity and acceptance along the way. Contrary to their title, body painters don’t use actual paint in their work, but high grade makeup....

The shoe-stealing fox was uncovered after a resident’s investigation into the neighborhood’s missing footwear. Christian Meyer via TwitterThe shoe bandit was caught red-pawed by Berlin resident Christian Meyer. For Christian Meyer, it wasn’t so much about what the fox said but what the fox may have stolen. A resident of the Berlin neighborhood of Zehlendorf, in late July, Meyer made the shocking discovery of 100 pairs of stolen footwear after he had followed a thieving fox to its hideout....

The German battleship Tirpitz was the largest ever built by a European power but proved too costly to risk in an actual battle. The British blew it up anyway. Wikimedia CommonsThe battleship Tirpitz was launched in 1939. In 1939, the German navy launched the Bismark-class battleship Tirpitz as a challenge to the British navy that had total dominance of the North Sea. It was a formidable adversary by any measure, yet the Tirpitz was little more than a showpiece during the war as the German navy struggled to find an appropriate role for the warship....

Between 1931 and 1962, some 2 million prisoners passed through the Arctic gulags at Vorkuta — and 200,000 of them perished from starvation, overwork, and temperatures as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit. Laski Diffusion/Getty ImagesPrisoners of Vorkutlag, or the Vorkuta Gulag, in 1945. From the 1920s until the 1950s, millions of people passed through Soviet gulags, remote labor camps where political prisoners, common criminals, and rebellious peasants were forced to work....

He fell out of his paraglider and was impaled on a sharp tree branch as “thick as a watermelon.” East2West News via Daily MailIvan Krausouski sits in the hospital with a log in his shoulder. Ivan Krausouski appeared pretty calm for a guy who’d just been impaled on a tree branch. As the 36-year-old Belarusian paraglider was sailing over the village of Loshany, near Minsk, a strap on his glider snapped....

The 23-day exploration by NOAA set out to discover more about the previously-unknown habitat at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, and the marine life that calls it home. A mysid shrimp hangs on to the limbs of an umbellula sea pen. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research A cusk eel floats past the submersible at 1,585 feet. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research A Darwin’s slimehead, hovers a few feet off the seafloor....

She’s not Muslim. Australian Senator Pauline Hanson, who founded the nationalist, right-wing populist (and modestly named) Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party, appeared on the Senate floor today dressed in a burqa. “What on earth?” a fellow legislator can be heard muttering as the senator takes her seat. Here’s the video of Pauline Hanson wearing a burqa in the Senate. The reaction of the Liberal senators was mouth open shock. pic.twitter.com/85eh8LW9Iz...

The Dzerzhinskoye Orgsteklo factory has been closed for six years and blue dogs have been seen roaming the area almost ever since. TwitterThe unusually-hued canines were first posted on social media by bewildered Russians. Why so blue? That’s the question people in Dzerzhinsk, Russia started wondering when a pack of bright blue dogs was spotted near a shuttered chemical factory this week. The photos were first posted by Alekseї Ganine on Vkontakte (VK) a Russian social media platform, prompting confusion, concern, and comedic jabs from users....

Literally translating to “rotting cheese,” casu marzu is a traditional Sardinian pecorino made with sheep’s milk — and filled with live maggots. Imagine you’re going on a fabulous trip to Italy. Part of the plan is to take advantage of the famously delicious cuisine. The savory tomato sauces, Margherita pizzas, gelato, wine… and the list goes on. But if you’re feeling a little more adventurous, you might be curious about trying casu marzu....

Clyde Tombaugh’s legacy hinges on his discovery of Pluto. But both before and after that moment, his story is extraordinary. Meet the man behind Pluto. Recent New Horizons photo of Pluto’s icy mountains. Source: NASA Beyond the rocky planets neighboring Earth and both the outlying gas and ice giants, sits the dark and icy dwarf planet, Pluto. Until July 14th of this year, when the New Horizons spacecraft made the closest-ever flyby, Pluto had never truly been explored....

The human bone fragments were confirmed to belong to early modern humans who inhabited Europe 1,000 years earlier than was previously believed. Tsenka TsanovaRe-excavations at Bacho Kiro cave in 2015 uncovered the oldest human bones found in Europe. Scientists have long tried to piece together the timeline of the arrival of our ancestors, the first Homo sapiens, in Europe. Our species’ arrival eventually pushed out the Neanderthals, the indigenous occupants of the continent before us....

The issue of food waste has picked up some considerable buzz recently, and rightly so. The problem goes far beyond simply appreciating the food that is in front of you. In fact, food waste–which is any uneaten food or food preparation scraps from residences, businesses, and other institutions–is a serious global economic, environmental, and moral issue. The world population is projected to hit 9.6 billion by 2050. Unless food waste is reduced, we simply will not be able to feed everyone....

One of the most calculating serial killers in British history, Graham Young started poisoning his victims when he was just 14 years old and kept a meticulous diary of his crimes. YoutubeGraham Young, the “Teacup Poisoner” Graham Young could have just been a kid who loved science. But his chemistry set would actually prove to be a lethal tool in the arsenal of a depraved serial killer, earning him the nickname “Teacup Poisoner” — and eventually life in prison....

Countless children were affected by the atrocities of World War II. Throughout the war, the ratio of civilian deaths to military deaths may have been as high as three to one — and some countries were affected much worse than others. Share Flipboard Email The country most affected was Poland. Approximately 6 million people, more than one-sixth of the country’s pre-war population, died during World War II. Almost all of these victims were civilian, and many of them were children....

On January 22, 2008, Australian actor Heath Ledger died of an accidental drug overdose at age 28. But that’s just the start of the story. When Heath Ledger died in 2008, the world was in shock. The handsome Australian actor was just 28 years old — and he was at the pinnacle of his career. To his adoring fans, he seemed to have it all. So what really happened on the day of Heath Ledger’s death?...

Hans Steininger was a beloved mayor with an impressive – and deadly – set of whiskers. Wikimedia CommonsThe epitaph of Hans Steininger on the outside of the Austrian church. The little town of Braunau am Inn, Austria is most often remembered as the birthplace of Adolf Hitler. Naturally, the town officials would prefer if their quaint village were remembered for something lighter or perhaps more amusing. For example, the death of Hans Steininger, the mayor of Braunau am Inn who was killed by his own beard....

After suffering years of emotional and physical abuse from her husband, Lorena Bobbitt cut off John Wayne Bobbitt’s penis on June 23, 1993. But there’s much more to this story than meets the eye. On the evening of June 23, 1993, John Bobbitt was sleeping peacefully in his bed. That is until his wife Lorena Bobbitt entered their bedroom and cut off his penis with a knife. While her husband was writhing in pain, Lorena drove off around northern Virginia and threw her husband’s severed appendage into a field....

A fisher cat is not a feline and it does not catch fish, but this weasel relative is one of the most powerful hunters in North America. Found in the forests of Canada and the northern United States, the fisher cat is a unique sight to behold. A member of the weasel family, this creature is known for being elusive and shy. And people who are able to spot the secretive fisher might assume that it’s a sweet, innocent animal....

Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. on Jan. 17, 1942, Muhammad Ali became a heavyweight boxing champion who changed history forever — both inside and outside of the ring. Muhammad Ali was one of the most iconic American figures of the 20th century. He wasn’t just a groundbreaking athlete whose boxing prowess mesmerized the country — he was also an outspoken activist who denounced the wrongs he saw in the world....