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R&B Legend Sam Cooke Was Gunned Down In A Seedy LA Motel " But The Police Never Arrested Anyone
3+ hour, 42+ min ago (1549+ words) On the night of December 11, 1964, singer Sam Cooke burst into the main office of the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles. He was wearing nothing but a jacket and one shoe. Cooke demanded that the motel manager, Bertha Franklin, tell him…...
There's An Island Near South Carolina That You Are Banned From: "The Most Dangerous Place In America'
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1012+ words) In the relatively few cases of domestic locales that Americans are prevented from visiting, it's usually for their own safety. For example, there are many places where military activity makes visiting both forbidden and wholly inadvisable. There are also places…...
Archaeologists Just Found A Greek Theater Mask Figurine At An Ancient Worship Site Inside A Croatian Cave
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (798+ words) Archaeological Museum of the Dubrovnik Museums The Greek theater mask found in Croatia's Crno Jezero cave in Pelje'ac. While excavating the Crno Jezero cave in Pelje'ac, Croatia, archaeologists came across a 2, 000-year-old figurine wearing a Greek theater mask. Small, scowling,…...
Gloria Ramirez: The Mystery Of The 'Toxic Lady's' Death
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (987+ words) You Tube Known as the "Toxic Lady," Gloria Ramirez emitted strange fumes that left her doctors ill. Until 1994, Gloria Ramirez was an ordinary woman living in Riverside, California, with her boyfriend and two children. But on February 19, the 31-year-old started having…...
Man Finds Out Los Angeles Has A "Forgotten Underground City." What"s Down There? : "I Bet It Has At Least One Walmart"
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (808+ words) A network of underground tunnels once used by streetcars, bootleggers, and corrupt businessmen sits right beneath Los Angeles. This so-called "forgotten underground city" may no longer be quite so forgotten, thanks to a recent video bringing renewed attention to it....
3 Ancient Civilizations Across 3 Continents Built Similar Monuments. Were They Mapping The Stars?
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (1016+ words) Raimond Spekking/Wikimedia Commons The Pyramids of Giza are said to align with the belt of the constellation Orion. Many ancient structures offer more questions than answers. While historians and archaeologists can glean a limited understanding of a building based…...
Archaeologists In Australia Discover An Ancient Dingo That Had Been Ceremonially Buried And Tended To By Aboriginals For Centuries
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (695+ words) Amy Way The bones of the dingo, which was buried here somewhere between 916 and 963 years ago. In 2000, the ancient burial of a dingo was discovered alongside a river in Australia's Kinchega National Park. This wasn't all that unusual, as dingo…...
The Little-Known Story Of The Missouri Town That Became Overrun With Toxic Chemicals From Agent Orange Production
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (1111+ words) @blakepleasestop Tik Tok Tik Toker @blakepleasestop brought attention to Times Beach, Missouri and the tragedy that wiped it away. The story of Missouri's Times Beach involves one of the strangest environmental disasters in American history, and it started with something…...
An Ancient Roman Phallus Keepsake Was Just Found During Excavations At A Cricket Club In England
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (747+ words) Uncovering Roman Carlisle The newly-unearthed penis charm is just one of many Roman-era relics found in Carlisle. Archaeologists in Carlisle, England recently uncovered a small bronze penis pendant while excavating the ruins of an ancient Roman bathhouse. Experts believe that…...
Melting Ice Caps Reveal 5, 000-Year-Old 'Graveyard' Of Mummified Penguins In Antarctica
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (791+ words) Steven Emslie Many of the 5, 000-year-old penguins in were remarkably well preserved. Rapidly melting polar ice caps have revealed that thousands of years ago, there was a thriving penguin community in the Antarctic that has since been reduced to a…...