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Inside The Little-Known Story Of Who Actually Invented Television

From John Logie Baird's first-ever transmission of moving images to Philo Farnsworth's first fully electronic television system, the process of inventing television was a complicated one.

By Austin Harvey • Jan 21, 2026

Inside The Little-Known Story Of Who Actually Invented Television

From John Logie Baird's first-ever transmission of moving images to Philo Farnsworth's first fully electronic television system, the process of inventing television was a complicated one.

By Austin Harvey • January 21, 2026

Meet Aimo Koivunen, The Soldier Who Survived WWII Thanks To Accidentally Overdosing On Meth

In 1944, Finnish soldier Aimo Koivunen got separated from his unit and survived for weeks inside the Arctic Circle without food or shelter — fueled by a dose of meth large enough for 30 men.

By Genevieve Carlton • Jan 21, 2026

Meet Aimo Koivunen, The Soldier Who Survived WWII Thanks To Accidentally Overdosing On Meth

In 1944, Finnish soldier Aimo Koivunen got separated from his unit and survived for weeks inside the Arctic Circle without food or shelter — fueled by a dose of meth large enough for 30 men.

By Genevieve Carlton • January 21, 2026

The Story Of The Chernobyl Disaster And The Radioactive Ghost Town Of Pripyat It Left Behind

On April 26, 1986, a failure during a reactor systems test led to the meltdown of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Pripyat, Ukraine. It would become the worst nuclear disaster in history.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jan 21, 2026

The Story Of The Chernobyl Disaster And The Radioactive Ghost Town Of Pripyat It Left Behind

On April 26, 1986, a failure during a reactor systems test led to the meltdown of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Pripyat, Ukraine. It would become the worst nuclear disaster in history.

By Marco Margaritoff • January 21, 2026

The Disturbing Story Of Danny Rolling, The ‘Gainesville Ripper’ Whose Murders Inspired The Movie Scream

Over four nights in August 1990, Danny Rolling viciously murdered five college students in Gainesville, Florida — and after he was caught, police discovered these weren't his first killings.

By William DeLong • Jan 21, 2026

The Disturbing Story Of Danny Rolling, The ‘Gainesville Ripper’ Whose Murders Inspired The Movie Scream

Over four nights in August 1990, Danny Rolling viciously murdered five college students in Gainesville, Florida — and after he was caught, police discovered these weren't his first killings.

By William DeLong • January 21, 2026

The Peculiar Story Of Anatoli Bugorski, The Scientist Who Stuck His Head In A Proton Accelerator And Lived To Tell The Tale

Soviet physicist Anatoli Bugorski is the only person known to have been directly exposed to a nuclear particle accelerator beam and survive.

By Kara Goldfarb • Jan 20, 2026

The Peculiar Story Of Anatoli Bugorski, The Scientist Who Stuck His Head In A Proton Accelerator And Lived To Tell The Tale

Soviet physicist Anatoli Bugorski is the only person known to have been directly exposed to a nuclear particle accelerator beam and survive.

By Kara Goldfarb • January 20, 2026

Inside The Real History Of Deadwood, The Wild West’s Infamous Hotbed Of Brothels, Saloons, And Opium Dens

These photos captured inside Deadwood during the heyday of the Old West illuminate the exploits of everyone from Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok to Al Swearengen and Seth Bullock.

By Ainsley Brown • Jan 20, 2026

Inside The Real History Of Deadwood, The Wild West’s Infamous Hotbed Of Brothels, Saloons, And Opium Dens

These photos captured inside Deadwood during the heyday of the Old West illuminate the exploits of everyone from Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok to Al Swearengen and Seth Bullock.

By Ainsley Brown • January 20, 2026

A Prohibition-Era Gun Was Just Uncovered In A Distillery Once Controlled By Al Capone

The weapon, a Colt Model 1908 pistol, was still loaded and stashed away in the wall of a catacomb beneath Thornton Distilling Co. in the Chicago suburb of Thornton, Illinois.

By Austin Harvey • Jan 20, 2026

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A Prohibition-Era Gun Was Just Uncovered In A Distillery Once Controlled By Al Capone

The weapon, a Colt Model 1908 pistol, was still loaded and stashed away in the wall of a catacomb beneath Thornton Distilling Co. in the Chicago suburb of Thornton, Illinois.

By Austin Harvey • January 20, 2026

Tsutomu Miyazaki, The Cartoon-Loving ‘Otaku Killer’ Who Raped And Murdered Four Children

A serial killer who murdered four girls in late 1980s Japan, Tsutomu Miyazaki was known as the "Otaku Killer" for his obsession with anime and pornography.

By Katie Serena • Jan 20, 2026

Tsutomu Miyazaki, The Cartoon-Loving ‘Otaku Killer’ Who Raped And Murdered Four Children

A serial killer who murdered four girls in late 1980s Japan, Tsutomu Miyazaki was known as the "Otaku Killer" for his obsession with anime and pornography.

By Katie Serena • January 20, 2026

The Life And Death Of Ueli Steck, The Record-Breaking Mountain Climber Who Fell 3,000 Feet To His Death

Known as the "Swiss Machine," mountain climber Ueli Steck fell from the Nuptse peak in the Everest massif on April 30, 2017, leaving him dead at the age of just 40.

By Daniel Rennie • Jan 18, 2026

The Life And Death Of Ueli Steck, The Record-Breaking Mountain Climber Who Fell 3,000 Feet To His Death

Known as the "Swiss Machine," mountain climber Ueli Steck fell from the Nuptse peak in the Everest massif on April 30, 2017, leaving him dead at the age of just 40.

By Daniel Rennie • January 18, 2026

The Disturbing History Of The Quest To Create A Human-Chimp Hybrid Known As A ‘Humanzee’

From attempts to inseminate a female chimpanzee with human sperm to ominous rumors about the origins of a performing chimp named Oliver, the mission to create a "humanzee" is one of the strangest in modern scientific history.

By Katie Serena • Jan 18, 2026

The Disturbing History Of The Quest To Create A Human-Chimp Hybrid Known As A ‘Humanzee’

From attempts to inseminate a female chimpanzee with human sperm to ominous rumors about the origins of a performing chimp named Oliver, the mission to create a "humanzee" is one of the strangest in modern scientific history.

By Katie Serena • January 18, 2026