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After 100 years of speculation surrounding his fate, the partial remains of Andrew Comyn “Sandy” Irvine are believed to have been discovered on the Central Rongbuk Glacier below the North Face of Mount Everest. Irvine vanished while attempting to conquer the world’s tallest peak in 1924, along with climbing partner…
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There are widespread oral reports, though little official documentation, of human cannibalism being practiced in various forms as a result of the famine. To survive, people had to resort to every possible means, from eating soil and poisons to stealing and killing and even to eating human flesh. Yang Jisheng,…
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The pair were also shoved and kicked as they lie on the ground and try to shield themselves from the blows. The incident was filmed by onlookers in the town of Tapachula in the south-western Mexican state of Chiapas. It was then shared on Twitter , where it has been viewed over…
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A viral video has shown the moment a Woman in Haiti caught her husband red-handed, naked in bed with his mistress he dared to bring home. The woman wouldn’t have it and used a long wooden stick to flog them both mercilessly while the mistress was busy scampering for help…
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A Police Inspector has been detained for allegedly cutt**g off his pregnant wife’s hand over N3000 in the Dong area of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. The police man committed the act after his wife allegedly took N3000 out of his savings. It was gathered that the…
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Slavery is a Woman:Race, Gender, and Visuality in Marie Benoist’s Portrait d’une négresse (1800)By James Smalls Hanging on one wall of the Musée du Louvre, in the company of the gargantuan machines by Jacques-Louis David, Eugène Delacroix, Théodore Géricault, and others, is an exquisitely crafted and modestly sized painting of…
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This woman was full of crap — and she didn’t mind sharing it in front of horrified diners. A Canadian woman was so incensed that a Tim Hortons employee denied her access to a restroom that she popped a squat, pooped on the floor and flung her dung at him.…
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In 1903, on his last visit to his in-laws at Quarry Farm in Elmira, New York, Mark Twain (1835-1910) posed for this photograph with his friend, John T. Lewis (1835-1906), who was born a free man in Maryland and who had migrated to upstate New York. They met in 1877…
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It is made of bronze and stainless steel. The statue is designed to withstand 13 metre waves. In early 2015, a 11.5 meter wave swept over the statue. It stood firm and no damage was caused. The legend of Kópakonan (the Seal Woman) is one of the best-known folktales in…
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WARNING! Content below is not for the weak at heart! Image caption,Qaiser says he is proud of his actions After a Pakistani boy cut off his own hand following a public accusation of blasphemy, BBC Urdu’s Iram Abbasi travelled to his village in Punjab province to find out what happened.…