Isaac Sprague: The Living Human Skeleton (1841–1887)
Isaac W. Sprague was born on June 21, 1841, in Scituate, Massachusetts, a healthy boy who grew normally until age 12. Then, without warning or …
Category: International
Howard Dully: The Boy Who Survived Walter Freeman’s Ice-Pick Lobotomy
In December 1960, 12-year-old Howard Dully became one of the youngest victims of America’s most infamous medical procedure: the transorbital “ice-pick” lobotomy, performed by the …
Omar bin Laden, son of the infamous terrorist Osama bin Laden
Omar bin Laden, son of the infamous terrorist Osama bin Laden, pulled off one of the most unexpected pivots of modern times. Born in Saudi …
Healed by Fish Skin: The Tilapia Revolution in Burn Treatment
Healed by Fish Skin: The Tilapia Revolution in Burn Treatment In the hospitals of northeast Brazil, a quiet revolution is happening—one that began with a …
Hiroo Onoda: The Japanese Soldier Who Fought for 29 Years After WWII
For 29 years after World War II ended, one Japanese soldier refused to surrender, convinced the war was still raging. Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda, stationed …
Theresa Fischer: The Model Who Grew 14 cm Taller – A Story of Beauty, Pain, and the Cost of “Enough”
Theresa Fischer was already a successful German model and influencer when she made a decision that shocked the world: she underwent limb-lengthening surgery to grow …
The Epstein-Clinton Painting: Fact, Satire, and the Shadow of Conspiracy
The viral image of former President Bill Clinton lounging in a blue dress and red heels—gesturing seductively from the Oval Office—has long fueled speculation, outrage, …
Massive Jurassic Ammonites of England’s Jurassic Coast: A Window to 180 Million Years Ago
Along the dramatic limestone cliffs and tidal flats of England’s Jurassic Coast—a 95-mile stretch of Dorset and East Devon coastline designated a UNESCO World Heritage …
A Father and Child Lost to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
A Father and Child Lost to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic This quiet, heartbreaking photograph (one version carefully colorized) shows a deceased man lying in repose …
A Father and Child Lost to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
A Father and Child Lost to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic The haunting photograph shows a deceased man lying in peaceful repose, his arms gently cradling …