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Odd History & Mysteries
Are you a history buff? Do you love a good mystery? History is filled with all sorts of unexplained, mind-boggling curiosities and events. If you like a good slice of the unsolved past then delve into this category to read all about history’s oddest moments as well as head scratching, curious mysteries.
Amazing Japanese Ghost Towns
Friday, April 30, 2010 · 9 Comments
Wow, check out these amazing photos of Japanese Ghost Towns (known as haikyo, the Japanese word for ruins) by Michael John Grist. From abandoned hotels, hospitals, and amusement parks, there are tons of forgotten building and towns with fascinating histories.
Doctor Performs Surgery On Self
Sunday, April 25, 2010 · 4 Comments
This picture is crazy! In 1961, a twelve man Soviet crew was building a new base in the Antarctic. For months on end, the team had one doctor on hand during the time they were trapped by sub-zero temperatures. Unfortunately, an ill timed case of appendicitis forced the doctor to ...
Henrietta Lacks, Immortal
Pictured is Henrietta Lacks, who has the distinction of being immortal. Unfortunately, it’s probably not in a way she would’ve ever asked for. On February 1, 1951, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Less than a year later, the disease had killed her…but not all of her. A sample of ...
Mountains of Crystal
Before it crashed into the Moon in 2009, Chandrayaan-1, India’s first lunar probe, discovered mountainous outcroppings of crystal formed billions of years ago. Back then, the moon was a molten, hot mess of a world. Instead of solid rock, it was covered in a sea of lava that likely existed ...
Bound in His Own Skin
Thursday, November 19, 2009 · 1 Comment
The Highwayman, the deathbed confession of a convicted criminal, was bound in the skin of its very author in 1837. It is held in the Boston Athenaeum, a private library. Books bound in human skin are uncommon, but are less rare than you might think. In the 17th through 19th ...
Deadly Serious Costumes
As far as modern militaries are concerned, women in combat is a relatively recent phenomenon. In the present, nearly a dozen countries allow women into active combat roles, with many more (including the US) placing only partial restrictions on female military enlistees. That’s not to say it’s entirely new. Nearly ...
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