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Sword Swallowing, The Shocking Circus Act That Can Quickly Turn Deadly

Throat lacerations, perforated organs, and pierced hearts are just some of the complications that performers can suffer when swallowing swords, but despite these dangers, only 29 deaths from this ancient art form have been recorded in the past 150 years.

By Marc Hartzman Apr 17, 2025

Sword Swallowing, The Shocking Circus Act That Can Quickly Turn Deadly

By Marc Hartzman April 17, 2025

Doug Hegdahl, The POW Who Pretended To Be ‘Incredibly Stupid’ To Undermine The North Vietnamese Army

After he was captured and sent to the "Hanoi Hilton" in 1967, U.S. Navy sailor Doug Hegdahl played dumb to trick his captors and then spent the next two years gathering key information to relay to U.S. military officials upon his release.

By Austin Harvey Apr 15, 2025

Doug Hegdahl, The POW Who Pretended To Be ‘Incredibly Stupid’ To Undermine The North Vietnamese Army

By Austin Harvey April 15, 2025

33 Incredible Images Of The 2018 Thai Cave Rescue, One Of The Most Daring Rescue Operations In History

For 18 days, the world watched as a team of 10,000 rescuers worked to free 12 young boys and their soccer coach from Tham Luang cave in Thailand.

By Amber Morgan Apr 10, 2025

33 Incredible Images Of The 2018 Thai Cave Rescue, One Of The Most Daring Rescue Operations In History

For 18 days, the world watched as a team of 10,000 rescuers worked to free 12 young boys and their soccer coach from Tham Luang cave in Thailand.

By Amber Morgan April 10, 2025

This 44,000-Year-Old Animal Painting Found In A Cave In Indonesia Could Be The “World’s Oldest Story”

"It has always been assumed that the tradition of figurative painting arose in Europe... This shows the tradition does not have its origins in Europe."

By Natasha Ishak Apr 8, 2025

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This 44,000-Year-Old Animal Painting Found In A Cave In Indonesia Could Be The “World’s Oldest Story”

"It has always been assumed that the tradition of figurative painting arose in Europe... This shows the tradition does not have its origins in Europe."

By Natasha Ishak April 8, 2025

American YouTuber Caught Trying To Contact The World’s Most Isolated Tribe — And He Left Them A Can Of Diet Coke

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov was arrested after landing on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean and attempting to interact with the virtually uncontacted Sentinelese tribe.

By Kaleena Fraga Apr 7, 2025

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American YouTuber Caught Trying To Contact The World’s Most Isolated Tribe — And He Left Them A Can Of Diet Coke

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov was arrested after landing on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean and attempting to interact with the virtually uncontacted Sentinelese tribe.

By Kaleena Fraga April 7, 2025

Researchers Reconstruct The Face Of A 3,600-Year-Old Woman From Ancient Japan Using Her Molar

Thanks to modern-day genome sequencing technology, we now know more about Japan's ancient world than ever before — and all because of a tooth.

By Marco Margaritoff Apr 1, 2025

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Researchers Reconstruct The Face Of A 3,600-Year-Old Woman From Ancient Japan Using Her Molar

Thanks to modern-day genome sequencing technology, we now know more about Japan's ancient world than ever before — and all because of a tooth.

By Marco Margaritoff April 1, 2025

99-Million-Year-Old Parasitic Wasp With A ‘Venus Flytrap’ Abdomen Found Preserved In Amber

At first glance, Sirenobethylus charybdis may look like a wasp you'd see today — but a closer look reveals a horrifying "grasping apparatus."

By Austin Harvey Mar 28, 2025

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99-Million-Year-Old Parasitic Wasp With A ‘Venus Flytrap’ Abdomen Found Preserved In Amber

At first glance, Sirenobethylus charybdis may look like a wasp you'd see today — but a closer look reveals a horrifying "grasping apparatus."

By Austin Harvey March 28, 2025

2,100-Year-Old Mass Grave Filled With Brutally Dismembered Han Warriors Found Near The Great Wall Of China

This grisly burial pit uncovered in southern Mongolia holds the remains of roughly two dozen warriors who were violently executed during the Han-Xiongnu Wars in the second century B.C.E.

By Kaleena Fraga Mar 28, 2025

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2,100-Year-Old Mass Grave Filled With Brutally Dismembered Han Warriors Found Near The Great Wall Of China

This grisly burial pit uncovered in southern Mongolia holds the remains of roughly two dozen warriors who were violently executed during the Han-Xiongnu Wars in the second century B.C.E.

By Kaleena Fraga March 28, 2025

A 700-Year-Old Statue Of Vishnu Just Mysteriously Washed Ashore On An Indian Beach

A local woman out for an evening stroll along the beach at Pedda Rushikonda on India's eastern coast recently stumbled upon a 700-year-old statue of Vishnu, Hinduism's supreme deity and creator of the universe.

By Austin Harvey Mar 24, 2025

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