SEE ALSO: 10 Unsettling Cartoons From Around The World Meant For Children 10“Join, Or Die” Benjamin Franklin, 1754 “Join, or Die” is recognized as the first political cartoon published in America. The drawing of the fragmented snake was first printed on May 9, 1754, in Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette, more than 20 years before the war for American independence. While the phrase “Join, or Die” became the battle cry of the American Revolution, the cartoon was illustrated to depict the fractured colonies in support of unifying against French expansion in North America during the Seven Years’ War....

That’s probably going to change sometime in the next 20 years. Mars hype is atmospheric right now, and the first person who walks on the fourth rock from the Sun likely will go down in history with the likes of Neil and Buzz. But while everyone’s seeing red, we’re forgetting the other possibilities hidden in our solar system. 10 Cloud Cities On Venus Our sister planet Venus is a real ball-breaker....

Engineers have crafted silicon skin that mimics human skin texture; they are perfecting the subtleties of expression. They’ve even crafted autonomous-minded conversationalists with the ability to learn and store information based on interactions with humans and other robots. No, robots and AI haven’t taken over the world yet, but their brains are in our technology, and the robot model can be so realistic it’s terrifying. Here are ten realistic robots that will freak you out....

It used to be that all of the EU was considered canon unless directly contradicted by a movie. However, when Disney came along, they declared that the EU was all just “legends” told within the Star Wars universe. While they can still use elements of it of they so desire, they have chopped the whole thing to pieces, and there were a lot of good reasons why. 10 The ‘Big Three’ Were Far Beyond The Age Of Most EU Stories One of the biggest reasons that Disney had to go ahead and just throw out the baby with the bathwater is that a huge wealth of the EU stories involved the “big three” (Han, Luke, and Leia), and the actors were advancing in years....

10 Man-Made Organs The liver is one of the most abused organs in the body, suffering damage from overindulgence in alcohol, drugs, improper diets, and more. As it stands, there are no effective artificial liver replacements available, save for perhaps a few work-in-progress attempts like the ELAD. But the good news is that the demand for a remedy has not fallen on deaf ears. Takanori Takebe and his team from Yokohama City University in Japan have recently mixed the cells of a liver with the cells of umbilical cords, resulting in a small but seemingly functional liver bud....

10 Ancient Chinese Beer We’ve known for a while that the ancient Chinese enjoyed a drink due to evidence of fermented beverages derived from rice found at a 9,000-year-old site in the Henan Province. However, in 2016, we learned that the Chinese were also beer lovers. Archaeologists excavating the Shaanxi Province found beer-making equipment dating to 3400–2900 BC. This marks the first direct evidence of beer being made on-site in China....

Kyle went on four tours of Iraq, and most of what happened during his time overseas is still classified. However, here are 10 stories about Kyle’s remarkable life. Admittedly, while some of this material comes from interviews with the people who knew him, several of these stories are gleaned straight from Kyle’s memoir. As such, it’s hard to confirm all the details, but regardless, the “American Sniper” was truly larger than life....

Today we place high value on personal hygiene but back in the day people could go from cradle to grave without ever immersing themselves in water. Many people believed that bathing was unhealthy and that soaking in water, especially hot water, would let disease enter the body. Even if you did decide to take a bath, you would not even have contemplated taking off your clothes – a habit that remained right through to the end of the 19th century!...

But what about all those other criminal partnerships? What about all the other folks who have committed crimes together? In this listicle, we’re going to talk about ten ruthless partnerships in crime that aren’t Bonnie and Clyde. We’ll tell you how they got started, what they did together, and why they were so effective at what they did. Bonnie and Clyde may be iconic figures in American crime lore, but they weren’t the only criminal duo out there....

For some, the job is an unfortunate by-product of their life in crime rather than an active career choice. Others seem to be motivated by money, and some particularly disturbed individuals find the love of the job itself to be its own reward. No matter what their reasons for joining their profession, few contract killers seem to have any qualms about their chosen career. In the end, many of them have faced a karmic assassin’s bullet, too....

10Blucifer Blucifer is terrifying, and it’s made even worse by its location just outside the Denver Airport. Blucifer isn’t actually the statue’s name; it’s just one of a handful of affectionate nicknames that the people of the city have given him. Other nicknames include the Blue Stallion of Death and Satan’s Steed. The more accurate name is Blue Mustang, but it’s incredibly easy to see where he’s gotten his terrifying monikers from....

St Dymphna’s story is truly sad, but one that parallels many popular folk legends. Dymphna was a virgin daughter of a pagan king. She secretly baptized into Christianity. After her mother died, her father became insane with grief, and declared that he would only marry another woman as beautiful as his wife. Eventually he noticed that Dymphna his own daughter, shared his wife’s beauty. He determined to marry her, but the girl fled from him in horror, accompanied by a trusted priest....

Here are ten other subjects that all students from the ages of six to eighteen should be required to study: Ask any elementary school student, and he or she will affirm that making up stories is fun. And since Stephen King is quite wealthy from doing so, education and practice in fiction composition is not irrelevant to society. College students across all majors admit that fiction writing courses, whether electives or required, are among their very favorite....

Most are aware of the true meanings surrounding those everyday misnomers. Still, others that float around fool plenty of people even today. 10 The Battle Of Bunker Hill If you visit Boston’s historic sites, you may find yourself standing on Breed’s Hill reading a sign that says “Site of the Battle of Bunker Hill.” How did the location of such an iconic battle—one that supposedly elicited the famous quote, “Don’t fire ’till you see the whites of their eyes“—get bungled?...

Let’s explore 10 things you didn’t know were fetishes. Who knows, you might find, like I did, that you relate to many of them. 10 Religious Fetishes httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shorts/II9cPhIz520 The rabbit foot aside, if you jump onto eBay or take a safari across Africa or the Far East, you’re likely to bring home venerated objects like masks, ancestor figures, amulets, and other antique objects. For centuries now, people worldwide have revered objects they believe possess supernatural powers to protect against evil, give them power over others, enhance fertility, or control nature....

A lot of research has been done on Pangaea, but there is still a lot that we do not know. In fact, without the theory of continental drift, the idea of Pangaea would not have been conceived. Here is a list of 10 amazing things you may not have known about the landmass known as Pangaea. 10 Why Did Pangaea Form And Break Apart? Here are two of the biggest questions about the supercontinent Pangaea: Why did it form in the first place, and why did it break apart?...

10 Hogwarts Express The world of Harry Potter is vast and definitely one we wished was real. With the ability to cast a batch of spells and polished brooms which can let you soar through the skies, it would certainly be a change of pace in our lives. There is, however, a glint of Hogwarts magic that is very real. The West Highland train line in Glenfinnan, Scotland, is the same line used in the Harry Potter films and trundles over the same viaduct....

SEE ALSO: Top 10 Rippers Worse Than Jack 10 Total Number Of Victims It is generally accepted by Ripperologists (people who take a keen interest in the case) that there were five murders, known as the canonical five. However, by the time murder #1 occurred, the press already referred to this as “another” murder. Police were still considering murders in 1891 to be courtesy of Jack the Ripper. The murder of Francis Coles (pictured above) on February 13, 1891 was widely believed by the press and authorities to be his work....

It can be terrifying to think that our supposed protectors can be so fallible. Despite the general diligence and commitment of law enforcement personnel, especially homicide detectives, in tracking killers down and bringing the monsters to justice, some of the worst of the worst can be so slick as to go undetected even when talking face-to-face to the very police officers who are tracking them. Here are ten times the police had their killer in their grasp and let him go free to kill again....

At the forefront of all of this information overload are the relatively new live streaming services that have become mainstream over the last few years. From a guy in his basement to a multibillion-dollar company, anyone can broadcast live video to anywhere in the world with the press of a button. As you’re about to find out, when you’re broadcasting live, anything can go wrong in the blink of an eye....