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33 Photos From The Prolific Career Of Elizabeth Taylor, The Violet-Eyed 'Queen Of Hollywood'

Elizabeth Taylor captivated audiences worldwide with her onscreen presence, but to simply call her an actress would be an understatement. She was one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century.

Taylor made her big screen debut at just 10 years old, and she continued to dominate American culture for the next 60 years as a performer, an advocate, and a beauty icon.

Her story was far more than her career, however. Taylor was just as famous for her tumultuous personal life as she was for her s...
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Jean-Claude Romand Lied About Being A Doctor For 18 Years — Then Murdered His Entire Family To Avoid Being Found Out

Jean-Claude Romand was a respected doctor with the World Health Organization. At least, that was what his family believed.

But he wasn’t a doctor at all. He hadn’t even taken his first year medical exam. He had been living a lie since 1975.

For nearly two decades, Romand would leave his house, drive to a café or a parking lot, and pretend to be at work. He lived off his wife, and took money from family and friends under the pretense that he was investing it for them.

But his story took an eve...
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A New Study Just Revealed That Some Ancient Nubians Tattooed Their Children's Faces

A new study has nearly doubled the known number of tattooed individuals from the ancient Nile Valley, revealing that the practice was far more widespread than previously understood. This includes evidence of tattoos even on children under the age of three.

Researchers from Arizona State University and the University of Missouri-St. Louis conducted a systematic survey of 1,048 human remains from Sudan, dating from the Meroitic to medieval periods (around 350 B.C.E. to 1400 C.E.). Their findings,...
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Explore The World's Creepiest Abandoned Hotels, From A Destroyed Hawaiian Resort To North Korea's 'Hotel Of Doom'

The world’s grandest hotels were built on dreams of eternal prosperity — glittering buildings designed to host the elite, celebrate milestones, and create lifelong memories. Yet, scattered across the globe stand the hollow shells of once-magnificent resorts and hotels, their empty corridors and ballrooms telling stories of disasters, tragedies, and changing times.

Some of these abandoned hotels were casualties of warfare. Others fell victim to natural disasters, economic collapses, or environme...
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The Horrific Story Of Anneliese Michel, The Young Woman Who Inspired 'The Exorcism Of Emily Rose'

Despite its PG-13 rating and mixed reviews, the 2005 film The Exorcism of Emily Rose is considered by many to be extremely disturbing. Jennifer Carpenter’s portrayal of Emily Rose, a 19-year-old who dies after an exorcism attempt, has been lauded as one of the greatest on-screen depictions of a person possessed by a demonic entity, while fans of the film also praise how other aspects of the story seem surprisingly realistic and grounded — and there’s a good reason for that.

The Exorcism of Emil...
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Archaeologists In Denmark Just Unearthed A Pair Of Gold-Plated Lances Dating Back 2,800 Years

Archaeologists have discovered Denmark’s earliest-known iron weapons — two gold-plated lances — at a sacred Bronze Age site near the village of Boeslunde on Zealand. This find is now offering new insights into the region’s ancient metalworking and ritual practices.

The excavation, carried out by archaeologists from Museum Vestsjælland in August 2025, initially aimed to investigate the history behind Boeslunde’s famed wealth of ancient artifacts made of gold, which includes 10 oath rings and mor...
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25 Mysterious Out-Of-Place Artifacts, From Egyptian Hieroglyphs That Look Like Helicopters To An Ancient Greek 'Computer'

Out-of-place artifacts, or OOPArts, are objects that appear to contradict our understanding of technological development in ancient civilizations. These historical oddities have captivated public imagination for decades, spawning countless theories about advanced prehistoric technology, ancient aliens, and lost civilizations with sophisticated engineering capabilities.

From the so-called “Baghdad Battery” to ancient figurines that supposedly resemble modern aircraft, these artifacts often serve...
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At Least 32 Skeletons Have Been Found At A 16th-Century Gallows In France Where The Dead Were Publicly Displayed After Execution

Archaeologists have unearthed a public execution site from the 16th century in Grenoble, France, revealing a grim chapter of religious persecution during the country’s Wars of Religion.

The discovery at the city’s Grande Esplanade includes the remains of 32 people and the stone foundation of a gallows structure, known as a gibbet, that once stood as a warning to those entering the city.

Researchers from France’s National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) found the site d...
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33 Vintage Photos Of The Wild World Of Deadheads

As any fan would say, there was nothing like a Grateful Dead concert. For decades, legions of fans called the Deadheads embraced this statement like gospel, following the band from venue to venue, and creating one of rock music’s most devoted subcultures. Ultimately, that devotion sometimes proved to be a double-edged sword for the band.

While the Grateful Dead’s relationship with their fans began as something rather revolutionary, it gradually evolved into something almost cult-like. Many fans...
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Bombings, Kidnappings, And Cold-Blooded Murder: 33 Photos From Italy's Violent Years Of Lead

Beneath the familiar rhythms of Italian life in the 1970s, something had fractured. The café tables still filled each evening along Rome’s Via Veneto, couples still strolled through Florence’s Piazza della Signoria, and the espresso machines still hissed in Milan’s fashionable bars. But things were not as peaceful as they may have seemed in these quiet moments.

Between roughly 1969 and 1988, Italy descended into a period of political violence so pervasive that it earned a chilling nickname: Ann...
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'The End Of An Era': Inside The Tragic Death Of Legendary Rock Drummer Keith Moon At Just 32

As the pounding heartbeat of The Who, Keith Moon didn’t just keep time; he assaulted it. Moon lived his life with the same chaotic velocity that came to define his drumming. But sadly, this fast-paced way of living would also lead to Keith Moon’s death in 1978.

By then, he had many nicknames, including “Moon the Loon” — an apt moniker for a man who portrayed himself as the indestructible court jester of rock music. But behind Moon’s manic grin and over-the-top antics lay a fragile man who fough...
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Scientists In Brazil Just Classified This Tiny, Bright Orange Pumpkin Toadlet As A New Frog Species

Deep in the cloud-covered mountains of southern Brazil, researchers have identified a new species of pumpkin toadlet — a group of tiny, brightly colored frogs known for their bold hues. It’s been dubbed Brachycephalus lulai.

According to a new study published in the journal PLOS One, this frog, which measures less than half an inch in length, is highly endemic and lives only in the leaf litter of a small section of the Serra do Quiriri mountain range.

This is just the latest discovery to revea...
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Archaeologists In Turkey Just Uncovered A Rare Fresco Of A Young, Beardless Jesus Inside An Ancient Tomb

Amid ongoing excavations at the Hisardere Necropolis in the Turkish district of Iznik — known in antiquity as Nicaea — archaeologists have uncovered an early Christian fresco depicting the “Good Shepherd Jesus,” a rarely-seen figure that could very well be the only example of its kind in the region.

No artifacts were recovered nearby that could help experts date the fresco, but the tomb in which it was found is believed to date to the third century C.E. At that time, the region was under Rome’s...
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'Chopper' Read, The Australian Folk Hero Who Murdered Fellow Criminals And Wrote Bestselling Books About It

Mark “Chopper” Read was a walking contradiction: a violent criminal who became a bestselling author, a man who openly claimed to have killed 19 people yet was never found guilty of murder, and an ex-convict who went on to become one of Australia’s most recognizable media personalities.

Read was an understandably controversial figure. Before his writing career took off, his biggest claim to fame was having his ears cut off while behind bars. Later in life, he would write a children’s book, recor...
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The Tragic Death Of Shannon Hoon, Blind Melon's Lead Singer Who Overdosed On The Band's Tour Bus

Blind Melon was supposed to play a show in New Orleans on Oct. 21, 1995. Their tour bus was parked on St. Charles Avenue, and the band’s energetic frontman, Shannon Hoon, was lying inside. But he wasn’t resting between performances.

He was dead.

Just hours before, the 28-year-old had been an electric, unpredictable lead singer who had charmed and worried the world in equal measure. Now, he was gone, a casualty of a battle he had fought publicly, loudly, and tragically.

Shannon Hoon’s death wa...
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John Smith Mapped Several Indigenous Villages In Virginia In 1608 — Now Researchers Have Found Them

Over 400 years ago, English explorer John Smith wrote of several Indigenous settlements along a river in modern-day Virginia. Smith’s journals also described an attack on his men by Native Americans from one of these villages. Yet, no evidence of them had ever turned up. Some scholars disputed Smith’s claims outright.

Now, however, archaeologists may have vindicated the explorer’s records.

For months, a team of researchers from St. Mary’s College of Maryland has been surveying the land around...
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55 Photos That Capture The Halcyon Days Of Haight-Ashbury

In the mid-1960s, a neighborhood in San Francisco underwent a historic transformation that placed it at the center of the counterculture movement. Haight-Ashbury, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury Streets, was now the hippie capital of the United States.

Of course, that change didn’t happen overnight. It started as an enclave of bohemians and artists drawn to the neighborhood because of its cheap Victorian housing and close proximity to Golden Gate Park. However, the convergence...
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11 Strange Historical Events, From A War Against Emus To The Time A Pope's Corpse Was Put On Trial

History classes tend to cover the major events from our past: wars, the founding of new nations, the exploration of unknown lands. However, there are countless weird historical events that rarely make it into textbooks.

Some of these incidents include wars fought (and lost) against birds, popes put on trial after they were already dead, and entire neighborhoods nearly drowned in beer. As ridiculous as these events may sound, though, they were not the fever dreams of bored historians — they real...
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A Volcanic Eruption May Have Kickstarted The 'Butterfly Effect' That Led To The Black Death

The Black Death was the most devastating pandemic to ravage Europe, killing up to half of the continent’s population between 1348 and 1349. It is widely accepted that the disease was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, but the circumstances of how it spread so rapidly are less clear. Now, a team of scholars may have found the answer.

New research suggests the devastation may have begun with a volcanic eruption in the year 1345, which then led to a series of events that brought the deadly d...
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The Story Of Leon Trotsky's Assassination And The Soviet Secret Agent Behind It

The death of Leon Trotsky in the summer of 1940 wasn’t necessarily a surprise to the Russian revolutionary. He knew that Joseph Stalin wanted him dead. He just didn’t know who was going to do the killing.

He found out on August 20, 1940. That afternoon, Trotsky was sitting in his study in Coyoacán, a leafy suburb of Mexico City. It was quite a different setting than he was used to.

The man who had once commanded the Red Army, who had stood beside Lenin during the most tumultuous days of the Ru...
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New DNA Study Reveals That Australia Was First Settled 60,000 Years Ago

Nearly 250 years ago, Europeans established their first permanent settlement in Australia and came into contact with the continent’s Aboriginal people. Now, a new study published in Science Advances has determined when these Aboriginal inhabitants arrived in Oceania themselves.

The study involved the analysis of nearly 2,500 genomes from Aboriginal communities across Australia, New Guinea, and other Pacific islands to clarify the timeline of when the first modern humans landed on Sahul, a prehi...
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Who Really Killed Malcolm X? Inside The Lingering Mysteries Surrounding The Black Nationalist's Murder

On Feb. 21, 1965, one of America’s most powerful voices fell silent in a hail of bullets. Malcolm X, the fiery civil rights leader who offered a poignant expression of Black rage and Black pride, was murdered at age 39 while preparing to speak at New York City’s Audubon Ballroom.

Three Nation of Islam members were later convicted of his murder: Thomas Hagan, Muhammad A. Aziz, and Khalil Islam. Hagan admitted to his role in the assassination, but Aziz and Islam always maintained their innocence....
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A 65-Year-Old Woman In Thailand Was Just Found Alive In Her Coffin Right Before Her Cremation

A 65-year-old woman who was believed to be dead stunned workers at a Thai Buddhist temple when, moments before she was meant to be cremated, she began rattling her coffin and knocking on the lid — clear indicators that she was, in fact, alive.

The shocking incident occurred on Sunday, Nov. 23, at Wat Rat Prakongtham, a temple in Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok that livestreams its cremation ceremonies as a community service. In the video captured of the incident, temple staff are seen lo...
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16 Facts About Rosa Parks That Go Beyond Her Refusal To Give Up Her Bus Seat

On Dec. 1, 1955, a quiet act of defiance on a Montgomery, Alabama public bus ignited one of the most significant social movements in American history. When Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat to a white man, she didn’t just challenge a local law — she challenged a whole system of racial oppression that had defined the American South for generations.

Rosa Parks is often remembered for that single moment of courage, but her story extended well beyond that act of defiance. Parks was a lifelon...
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