Lichtenberg Figures: The Fractal Patterns of Lightning Strike Scars
Being struck by lightning is both dangerous and terrifying—and often fatal. In some cases, the electrical discharge leaves behind a striking, tattoo-like pattern on the …
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Giants in Aztec Mythology
The ancient Aztec civilization of Mesoamerica had many myths, including stories about huge beings that walked the earth in the beginning. People believed that these …
U.S. seals Saddam’s final hiding place
U.S. engineers have sealed the underground bunker where Saddam Hussein was captured to prevent it from becoming a tourist attraction, the military said on Saturday. …
Aogashima: Japan’s Volcanic Enclave – A Journey to the Edge of the World
Aogashima: Japan’s Volcanic Enclave – A Journey to the Edge of the World Nestled in the vast Philippine Sea, Aogashima is a volcanic …
The Night Billy Idol Had to Be Tranquilized in Bangkok
(And Why It’s Still the Greatest Rock ’n’ Roll Escape Story Ever Told) Picture this: it’s 1989. “White Wedding” and “Rebel Yell” are still on …
New documentary explores mystery of Titanic’s ‘Unknown Child’
Days after the Titanic hit an iceberg, a Canadian morgue ship was dispatched to the North Atlantic where sailors were confronted with a grisly sight: …
The king of the jungle: Archive pictures from George V’s hunting trip in India in 1911 show him posing alongside the tigers and rhinos he had killed
These remarkable photos of King George V hunting show just how much social attitudes can change in 100 years. The King’s hunting party killed 60 …
Filled with feces and mistreated: the terrible case of the young woman locked in her room for 25 years by her family
Humanity went through a very difficult 2020 amid a pandemic that killed more than 360,000 people worldwide and forced a highly complex measure: lockdowns for …
Eisenhower at Ohrdruf: The Day a Soldier Became History’s Witness
April 12, 1945 –Ohrdruf-Nord, sub-camp of Buchenwald, Germany The wind carried the smell first: sweet-rot, lime, and smoke that would not wash out of uniforms …
I Was Born in Bondage: The Voice of Preely Coleman, 1935
In the summer of 1935, an 85-year-old man named Preely Coleman sat on a porch in Tyler, Texas, and did something almost no one born …