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33 Striking Portraits Of Native American Culture In The Early 20th Century

Mystery Of Steve Dennis, Baby Left In Phone Booth 64 Years Ago, Finally Solved

Lost In The Ashes: The Mystery Of The Vanished Sodder Children

Newly Discovered Human-Sized Dinosaur Footprint Is The Largest Ever Found

Scientists Discover 558 Million-Year-Old Fossil Is Actually The World’s Oldest Known Animal

Scathach: The Legendary Warrior Woman Of Irish Mythology

How Abigail Williams Started The Salem Witch Trials

Freddie Oversteegen, The Dutch Resistance Fighter Who Seduced And Killed Nazis As A Teen, Dies at 92

How Lola Montez Seduced 19th-Century Europe’s Most Famous Men — And Even Took Down A King

The Story Behind “Blow” And George Jung — America’s Most Notorious Drug Smuggler

The Story Of Mary Toft, The Woman Who Gave Birth To Bunnies And Fooled All Of England

Who The Sea Peoples Were And How They Devastated The Ancient World

Our Ancestors Interbred With The Mysterious Race Of Denisovans, New Study Reveals

How One Woman’s Immortal Cells Have Saved Millions Of Lives

Life Under The Shah Of Iran Before 1979, In 47 Revealing Photos

Newly Revealed Distress Calls Reveal The Final, Desperate Days Of Amelia Earhart

These Infamous Crystal Skulls Aren’t From Aztecs Or Aliens, But Just Victorian Hoax Artists

7-Year-Old Boy Dies After Parents Punish Him For Forgetting Bible Verses

15-Year-Old Rape Victim Immediately Raped Again By Passerby She Begged For Help

Female Teacher, 28, Who Raped Male Student, 15, Ordered To Pay $1 Million To Family

Woman “Eaten Alive” By Mites As Nursing Home Staff Let It Happen

35 Offensively Sexist Vintage Ads

How The Shootings Of Cassie Bernall And Valeen Schnurr Fueled One Of Columbine’s Biggest Myths

The 26 Most Unbelievably Sexist Ads You’ve Ever Seen

Blood Eagle: The Viking Torture Method So Grisly Some Historians Don’t Believe It Actually Happened

Society’s Dropouts: 31 Eye-Opening Photos Of America’s 1970s Hippie Communes

Rape-Murder Defendant Can’t Stand Trial Because He’s Deaf And Mute, Virginia Court Rules

Vancouver Dad Who Caused Measles Outbreak Didn’t Vaccinate Kids Due To Autism Concerns

See The Screaming Guanajuato Mummies Whose Faces Remain Frozen In Terror

When “Blowing Smoke Up Your Ass” Was Much More Than Just A Saying

Bizarre Phantom Time Hypothesis Theory Says It’s Actually The Year 1720 Because The Early Middle Ages Were Faked

The Story Of Shieldmaidens – The Viking Warrior Women

A Bag Of 54 Severed Human Hands Has Been Found In Russia

Oklahoma’s Lawyers Fear Dramatic Shift As Legal Jurisdiction Over Natives In Half Its Land Could Return To Tribes

The Tumultuous True Story Of Robert The Bruce, Scotland’s “Outlaw King”

How “Lobster Boy” Grady Stiles Went From Circus Act To Murderer

NASA Scientists Discover Mysterious Life Forms Hibernating Inside Giant Mexican Cave Crystals

The Scold’s Bridle — How Men In The Middle Ages Dealt With Gossiping Wives

The Donner Party: History’s Most Infamous Act Of Mass Cannibalism

Why The World Should Not Forget About Pol Pot, The Brutal Cambodian Dictator

29 Yakuza Tattoo Photos That Reveal The Japanese Art Of Irezumi

33 Ancient Greece Facts That Reveal The Strange Side Of The Founders Of Western Civilization

The Most Extreme Female Body Modification Practices From Around The World

Stunning Native American Masks Of The Early 20th Century

Woman’s Gleeful Trophy Hunt Photos With Mountain Lion’s Bloody Carcass Ignite Outrage

The New Biggest Dinosaur Ever Has Been Found And It’s 10 Times Larger Than A T-Rex

Color Photos That’ll Make You Glad You Didn’t Live Through The Great Depression

66 Women Who Have Hilariously Mastered Dealing With The World’s Crap

44 Scottish Tweets That Are Hilarious If You Can Decipher Them

Another Teen Allegedly Kills Self To Win The Disturbing “Blue Whale Challenge”

25 People Who Made Terrible Decisions And Have The Pictures To Prove It

Famous Acquittals: Six Rich, Powerful People Who Probably Got Away With Rape And Murder

Some Pacific Islanders Have DNA Not Linked To Any Known Human Ancestor

“Pure Evil”: The Disturbing Crimes Of Serial Killer Sean Vincent Gillis

21 Famous Pirates That Put Jack Sparrow To Shame

The Ugly, Misunderstood History Of The Chastity Belt

The 8 Most Painful Torture Devices Of The Middle Ages

P.T. Barnum’s 13 Most Famous And Incredible Oddities

Horned Sex Offender Arturo Martinez Arrested Trying To Lure A Minor Into His Home

Wild Boars Kill ISIS Militants Just Before They Can Ambush Resistance Fighters

The Spix’s Macaw That Inspired The Movie ‘Rio’ Is Now Extinct In The Wild — And Humans Are Mostly To Blame

Mountain Goats Addicted To Human Urine To Be Evacuated Or Shot At Olympic National Park

Mummified Monkey Found In Old Minneapolis Department Store

Meet “Stuckie” — The Mummified Dog Who Has Been Stuck In A Tree For Over 50 Years

Domino’s Ends Pizza For Life Promo After Too Many People Get Their Logo Tattooed

16th Century Playhouse Where Shakespeare Got His Start Will Reopen To The Public

How The Jackalope Became One Of America’s Favorite Cryptids

This Maine Restaurant Is Hotboxing Their Lobsters With Cannabis Smoke Before Boiling Them

How A Leper Became King Of Jerusalem – And One Of Its Most Fearless

Colorized World War I Footage From Peter Jackson’s New Documentary Brings The Great War To Life Like Never Before

180-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is Missing Link In Crocodile Family Tree

Greek Farmer Accidentally Discovers 3,400-Year-Old Minoan Tomb Hidden Under Olive Grove

Scientists Have Uncovered The 90,000-Year-Old Hybrid Of Two Extinct Human Species

Jeff Skiles: The “Miracle On The Hudson” Co-Pilot Who Rescued US Airways Flight 1549

This Was Pavel Kashin’s Final Jump – And It Killed Him

Hundreds Of Ancient Roman Gold Coins Discovered In Italy — And They Could Be Worth Millions

Masamune, The 13th-Century Japanese Swordsmith Who Was The Stuff Of Legends

Why Jacob’s Well Is One Of The Most Alluring Diving Spots — And The Most Dangerous

Fishermen Discover A Massive 10,000-Year-Old ‘Irish Elk’ Skull

33 Photos From The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 And The Other Wild Early Years

The Story Of Bon Scott, The Raucous Original Frontman Of AC/DC

44 Colorized Photos That Bring The Streets Of Century-Old New York City To Life

The Story Of Thích Quảng Đức, The Burning Monk Who Changed The World

The Nazis Sent Franceska Mann To The Gas Chamber, But She Had No Intention Of Going Quietly

55 Harrowing Photos Of The Great Depression In New York City

Newly Declassified Documents Reveal That A Top U.S. General Planned For Nuclear Attack During The Vietnam War

Deeply Flawed Humans Tout Cockroach Milk As The Next Superfood Trend

This Lightbulb Was Switched On In 1901 — And It’s Still Going

9 Interesting Historical Events You Never Learned About In School

Chinese Principal Fired After Welcoming Kindergarteners Back To School With Pole Dance

Teen Shot In Face As Part Of Social Media “No Lackin” Challenge

King Edward VIII Did What Prince Harry Is About To Do – And Had To Abdicate The Throne Because Of It

King Edward VIII Did What Prince Harry Is About To Do – And Had To Abdicate The Throne Because Of It #King #Edward #VIII #Harry

Da Vinci Painting, Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold, Was Actually Painted By His Assistant, Expert Says

The Story Of Myrtle Corbin, P.T. Barnum’s “Four-Legged Girl From Texas”

This Pocket Watch Rescued From A Titanic Victim Has A Backstory Worthy Of Jack And Rose

Newly-Discovered Remains Suggest Earliest Humans Came From Europe, Not Africa

Seppuku: Inside The Ancient Samurai Suicide Ritual

He Was Struck By Lightning Seven Times — And Lived To Tell The Tales

Who Wrote The Bible? This Is What The Actual Historical Evidence Says

David Ghantt And The Loomis Fargo Heist: The Outrageous True Story

What Your Favorite Foods Look Like Before Harvest And Processing

How A Groundbreaking Drug Birthed A Generation Of Thalidomide Babies

Genocide Of Native Americans Left So Much Untended Land That Earth’s Climate Cooled, New Study Shows

Killer Elephants: When Pachyderms Carried Out Capital Punishment

The Eerie Reason Why Ships Full Of Dead Bodies Keep Washing Up In Japan

Zealandia: The Lost Continent That Sank Beneath New Zealand

Scientists Discover 85 Miles Of Coral Reef Off The Coast Of South Carolina

This 2,000-Year-Old Chinese Woman Named Lady Dai Is One Of The Most Well-Preserved Mummies In The World

Scientists Are Sharing Photos Of The Ocean’s Scariest Deep-Sea Creatures In Honor Of Halloween — And They’re All Horrifying

YouTube Trolls Are Much More Likely To Attack Female Science Hosts, New Study Reveals

“Siberian Unicorn” Discovery Shocks Scientists

Eerie Facts About Point Nemo, The Most Remote Location On Planet Earth

Alien Life Likely Existed On The Moon Billions Of Years Ago, New Report Claims

Dinner Is Served: Scientists Turn Human Waste Into Food

Map To Fabled Clitoris Discovered Inside Ancient Temple

The History Of M&M’s Isn’t As Sweet As You Think It Is

La Pascualita Is So Lifelike That People Have Been Debating ‘Mannequin Or Mummy’ For 90 Years

Out-Of-This-World Space Colonies As Imagined By NASA In The 1970s–And Today

The Pear Of Anguish Is The Torture Device From Your Proctologist’s Nightmares

33 Interesting France Facts From The Land Of Wine, Cheese, And Fascinating Tidbits

The Historical Origins Of The Witch

The Haunted History Of Portland’s Pittock Mansion

Doctors Fight A Lot During Surgeries And It’s Often Rooted In Gender, New Study Finds

Geli Raubal Was Adolf Hitler’s Only True Love – And His Niece

‘Game Of Thrones’ Riverrun Castle For Sale In Northern Ireland

Dr. Theodor Morell And The Untold Truth About Hitler’s Drug Habit

Vietnam Demands Monsanto Pay Victims Of Agent Orange Chemical Attacks

Experts Believe That Jesus May Have Used Cannabis Oil To Perform His Miracles

The Americas’ Oldest Human Remains Were Likely Destroyed In A Museum Fire In Brazil

“Mayo,” A Small Florida Town, Temporarily Changes Its Name To “Miracle Whip”

How This Cartoonish-Looking Gun Decimated America’s Duck Population

Martha Mitchell: The Woman Nobody Believed About Watergate

Meet Marilyn Vos Savant, The Woman With The World’s Highest IQ

8-Year-Old Girl Pulls 1,500-Year-Old Sword Out Of Swedish Lake

Immurement: A History Of Walled In Terror And Cruelty

The Zozo Demon: Terrifying Tales Of The Ouija Board Spirit

Meet Irma Grese, “The Beautiful Beast” And One Of The Nazis’ Most Feared Guards

The Story Of Ishi, The “Last” Native American

Why Isn’t Belgium’s King Leopold II As Reviled As Hitler Or Stalin?

The Native American Legend Of The Wendigo — The Frostbitten Monster Of Your Nightmares

12 Deranged Rulers Too Outlandish For The History Textbooks

R. Budd Dwyer And The Death Of An “Honest Man”

How Alexandra Feodorovna Became The Last Empress Of Russia

25 Of Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s Most Mind Blowing Tweets

Queen Nzinga, The West African Leader Who Fought Off Slave Traders

The Origins Of Evil: This Is The Woman Who Gave Birth To Hitler

Russian Lab Seeks Funds To Bring Back Woolly Mammoths

YouTubers Accused Of Faking An Evacuation Video From The California Wildfires

33 Summer Of Love Photos That Capture Hippies At Their Height

Researchers Find Oldest-Ever Bracelet Alongside Extinct Human Species

The True Story Of Roland Doe That Inspired ‘The Exorcist’

29 Completely Depraved Sims Horror Stories Courtesy Of Reddit

These Hilarious Barbie Instagram Accounts Are Way Better Than Our Real Ones

#ExplainAFilmPlotBadly: 51 Movies Twitter Saved You 2 Hours From Watching

44 Of The Best Historical Movies All History Buffs Need To Watch

Women Of The Future, According To French Futurists In 1902

Why John Colter May Be The Most Badass Mountain Man Of The American West

The Enduring 200-Year-Old Mystery Of Kaspar Hauser

Archaeologists Discover “Massive” Skeletons of Viking Descendants In Sicily

Reconstruction From Ancient Skull Reveals What Humans Looked Like 9,500 Years Ago

Passageway Full Of Creepy Masked Statues Uncovered In A Lost City Of Ancient Peru

Luang Pho Daeng, The Coolest Mummy In The World

A Catholic Group Released Its Own Version Of ‘Pokemon Go’ Where Players Catch Saints – And The Pope Is A Fan

37 Simpsons Movie Remakes Better Than The Originals

Terrible 90s Toys That Prove All Your Nostalgia Is Misguided

15 Interesting People That History Somehow Forgot

A Signed Photo Of Hitler Embracing A Little Jewish Girl Just Sold For Over $11,000

This Supermarket Put Googly Eyes On Their Fish To Make Them Look Fresher

33 Rare Titanic Sinking Photos Taken Just Before And After It Happened

The Catholic Church Reportedly Spent $3.8 Billion In Abuse Pay-Offs

40 Chillingly Beautiful Abandoned Photographs

33 Vintage Mugshots That Bring The Past To Life

Meet Braco — The “Healer” Who Makes People Feel Better By Staring At Them

How A Small Texas Town Paid A Conman A Ton Of Money To Build “The World’s Littlest Skyscraper”

55 Vintage 80s Pictures That Will Make You Laugh And Cringe

44 Stunning Photos Of China Before Its Communist Transformation

This Is How 15 Other Countries Around The World Celebrate Thanksgiving

The Story Of Hannelore Schmatz — The First Woman To Die On Mount Everest

Robert Wadlow — The Tragically Short Life Of The World’s Tallest Man

28 Aziz Ansari Tweets That Prove He’s The Master Of Twitter

Newfound Letters Reveal Charles Dickens Wanted His Sane Wife, Catherine Dickens, Locked In An Asylum

The Rise And Fall (And Rise Again) Of Frances Farmer

How Robert Smalls Escaped Slavery By Stealing A Confederate Ship

Hetty Green Was The Richest Woman Of The Gilded Age – And Stingy As Hell

He Was Set To Be The Next King Of England – Until He And His Brother Vanished

5,600-Year-Old Mummy Reveals Oldest Egyptian Embalming Recipe Ever Found

Boy Dies After Parents Starve Him As Part Of A 40-Day Religious Fast

Disease-Ridden Teeth Belonged To Hitler, Scientists Confirm

Meet Ida Lewis, History’s Most Heroic Lighthouse Keeper

37 Fashionistas Who Won’t Be Held Back By “Pants” Or “The Law”

44 Images That Capture Iconic ’90s Fashion Trends In Full Effect

The Mystery Of Rosalia Lombardo, The Child Mummy Who Can “Open Her Eyes”

Lindy Hop: The Dance That Defined The Golden Age of Jazz

44 Old Color Photos Made With Autochrome That Remain Stunning A Century Later

Meet Ming The Clam, The World’s Oldest-Recorded Animal, Who Was Killed By The Scientists That Studied Him

The Story Of Ching Shih, Prostitute Turned Lord Of The Pirates

8 Famous Assassinations That Changed The Course Of History

21 Rate My Professor Reviews That Are Worse Than Hungover Lectures

20 Terrible Band Names To Impress Nobody At The Bar

Bloody Trade: Inside The (Mostly) Legal Practice Of Hunting Endangered Species In Africa

Pack Of Wiener Dogs Maul Oklahoma Woman To Death

Kraken-Like Giant Squid Washes Up On New Zealand Beach

35 Extinct Animals That Should Be Cloned Back Into Existence

25 Dangerous Animals That Would Mess Up Any Human

Calvin Klein Perfume Could Be The Key To Taking Down A Man-Eating Tigress That Has Killed 13 People In India

New York Man Dies After Contracting Mad-Cow-Like Disease From Eating Squirrel Brains

7-Year-Old Wins ASPCA Award For Rescuing More Than 1,300 Dogs From High-Kill Shelters

Over A Hundred Men Went To Work On A Railroad – But Got Eaten By Lions Instead

You Could Face Jail Time For Leaving Your Dog Out In The Cold, Per New Law

Man-Eaters And Monsters: The 15 Weirdest Freshwater Fish Ever Caught

33 Funny Animal Pictures That Prove Mother Nature Has A Great Sense Of Humor

Beating 1 In 177 Million Odds, This Entire Class Of 1958 Is Still Alive

Beware The Deadly Nightshade — The Beautiful Plant That Can Kill You

Wife Selling: The 19th Century Alternative To Divorce

29-Year-Old Man Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba He Contracted In A Public Texas Wave Pool

History’s Cool Kids: The Best Of Old School Cool

Joe Arridy: The Mentally Disabled Man Executed For A Grisly Murder He Didn’t Commit

25 Grand Canyon Facts That Reveal America’s 6 Million-Year-Old Natural Wonder

45 Of History’s Most Famous – And Hilarious – Insults

11 Of The Most Haunted Places In The World That Are Not For The Faint Of Heart

384-Year-Old Shopping List Discovered Under Floorboards In Historic English Home