Their parents George and Jennie, alongside their surviving siblings—John, 23; Joe (who was away with the U.S military), 21; Marion, 17; George Jr., 16; and Sylvia, 2—were plagued for the rest of their lives with the mystery of what really happened that night. Did the children die in the fire? Were they murdered or kidnapped? More than 75 years later, there are still many facts about the disappearance that don’t add up....
The supposedly simple act of seeing color is a more complicated than we think. Science, our eyes, brain and even language all determine how we see colors. For one, we only see colors we have names for. This means colors without names often get misidentified. One notable color is blue, which was called green for most of history. However, blue is not the only color with a controversial history. See Also: Top 10 Strange Mysteries And Facts About Color...
10The Sphinx Some of the only facts agreed upon by experts regarding the Great Sphinx of Giza are that it is one of the biggest and most ancient statues in the world and that it has the body of a lion and the head of a man resembling an Egyptian pharaoh. The rest all comes down to speculation and legend. One of the most retold legends of the Sphinx is the one about a prince of Egypt, known as Prince Thutmose....
10The Breath Mint Hesi-Re is credited as being the world’s first dentist, serving under pharaoh Djoser around 1600 BC during the Third Dynasty of Egypt. However, the first evidence of dentistry dates back to 3000 BC with the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, a manual with detailed instructions on how to cure wounds in the mouth. It was during this time that the dawn of minor dental surgery was performed, slowly paving a way to more complex procedures such as pulling teeth and drilling out cavities....
10Hastein The Viking chief Hastein had a long and bloody career raiding England and France. But in his day, he was most notorious for his expedition to the Mediterranean in AD 859. After raiding Algeria, the Vikings found an island to wait out the winter. To their astonishment, the Mediterranean remained warm all through the winter months. Hastein was also surprised to learn he was near Rome. The headquarters of the Church would surely be a glittering prize, and Hastein resolved to plunder it....
Yet there is another aspect of the old myths and legends that is also often left out—their homosexual and transgender themes. The Greeks and Romans were a lot less squeamish about sex than we tend to be, and they celebrated it in all its forms. Here are ten myths from the ancient world with gay and trans stories to tell. 10 Karpos And Kalamos In Nonnus of Panopolis’s epic poem the Dionysiaca is the sad tale of Karpos and Kalamos, two young boys in love....
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10 What’s Up, Tiger Lilly?1966 Woody Allen bought a terrible Japanese film called International Secret Police: Key of Keys and decided to redo all the audio. For those of you who don’t like Woody Allen, don’t worry. He isn’t in it (save for an introduction). There isn’t much point in describing the plot because this film is basically a feature-length bad lipreading. Not a lot of the writing points to any of Allen’s other work, so this film does stand on its own in a lot of ways....
These professions include things like mortuary science, embalming, forensics pathology, medical examiners, and other occupations that deal with the dead. Plenty of crime shows cover the individuals who aid in catching killers or determining the cause of death, but rarely do we think about those charged with cleaning up the dead, and somebody’s got to do it. Here are ten facts about the gruesome process of suicide and death cleanup, because the dead can’t clean up after themselves....
During the evening of April 25, engineers made several fatal mistakes, including disconnecting Reactor No. 4’s emergency safety systems and its power-regulating system. At 1:23 AM, the reactor’s power levels surged, and the events that followed led to an explosion which released more than 50 tons of radioactive material into the atmosphere.[1] In the days that followed, 32 people died at Chernobyl, and many more suffered radiation burns. Nearly 8....
Currently, euthanasia is only legal in Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg, while assisted suicide is allowed in Albania, Colombia, Germany, Japan, and Switzerland and in five US states—Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. However, other countries and states are looking into legalizing such practices. 10Brittany Maynard Brittany Maynard was 29 when she found out she was going to die. In April 2014, she was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor that would kill her in six months....
10 1 In 3 Men Would Potentially Commit Rape In 2015, the journal Violence and Gender published a shocking article. A small study had reported that nearly one in three college men would rape a woman if they thought they could get away with it. The statistic attracted considerable attention, not least because the respondents only said that they would rape a woman if the emotive word “rape” was missing from the question....
A lesser-known ripper prowled the seedy streets of New York during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Like Jack the Ripper, the “Times Square Ripper” preyed on lonely women working the dark streets of the big city. Back then, the Big Apple was a pornographer’s paradise, and the Ripper became a bloody symbol of the city’s salaciousness. When he was finally caught, the Ripper turned out to be an ordinary dad from New Jersey—a milquetoast monster who officially murdered six women but claimed to have killed around 100 others....
See Also: 10 Surprising Facts About Iranian Culture Outside of Iran, though, there’s been little press on just how violent things have become. By some estimates, 1,500 people have been killed so far, most of them gunned down by their own army and police for daring to protest the reign of the Ayatollah. The protests are the bloodiest Iran has seen since the first Ayatollah took power in 1979 and as horrific as anything happening in the world today....
Holmes would become the United States’ first (and some argue worst) serial killer. He was actually named Herman Webster Mudgett at his birth on May 16, 1861, in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. At the time of his execution on May 7, 1896, the police suspected him of nine murders, and he confessed to at least 27. Nobody can be really sure how high his final head count was, since he used so many aliases throughout the Northeast, Midwest, and Canada....
The Maldives For: Relaxation The Maldives is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, about 435 miles South-West of Sri Lanka. It is a popular tourist destination because of the astoundingly beautiful resorts and scenery. In most cases you can stay in a private villa which sits out in the middle of the water – connected to the mainland by a small walkway. If you want to go somewhere to relax – this is the place to do it....
This list is an ode to the many landforms whose beauty, scale, and significance are often underappreciated at best and unknown at worst. The world is vast and full of natural wonders, and its jaw-dropping topographies go far beyond the Matterhorns and McKinleys that grab the limelight. 10 The Three Sisters In the Blue Mountains of Australia near Katoomba, a tourist town filled with hostels and backpackers, The Three Sisters are a trio of tall sandstone outcroppings formed by land erosion....
The Romans learned it from their neighbors and used it especially in the provinces, mostly to discipline their subjects and discourage rebellions. Little did the Romans imagine that the crucifixion of a humble Jew in a lost corner of their territory would give the crucifixion an enduring fame. 10 Crucifixion In Persia Many ancient rulers used crucifixion to send a message to their subjects about the things they should not be doing....
Some interrogation methods lead innocent people to claim guilt for crimes they never committed and have sparked controversy for this reason. However, as we will all see, it all depends on the use of coercive psychology, tricks, deceit, and lies. 10 Mr. Big Mr. Big is also called the Canadian Technique because it was developed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the 1990s. The tactic is time-consuming and only used as a last resort for uncooperative suspects the police know are guilty....
Fact: They Wore Phalluses As Good Luck Charms Romans were many things—influential, civilized, powerful—but they were also downright superstitious about certain things. One of the good luck charms of ancient Rome was the phallus—a very Latin way to say erect penis. There’s evidence that the phallic symbolism was a very integral part of Roman life. They wore phallus charms as necklaces, hung them in their doorways, and even made wind chimes to ward off evil spirits....
