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To Sell Stuff Online, Make It Easy to Buy in the Bathroom
Thanks to the Apple iPad and other tablets, people are now shopping in the bathroom -- not to mention the couch and the bed and the kitchen.
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The Royal Baby
Complete Coverage: The Royal Baby 2013
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The pictures Hitler wanted nobody to see
Nazi leader demanded the destruction of negatives that made him look half-crazed as he rehearsed for a speech... but the brave man who took them ignored his wishes. New photographs of dictator Adolf Hitler, show the genocidal Fuhrer rehearsing gestures while listening to recordings of his own speeches.
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5 Mind-Blowing Cases of Mistaken Identity by the Police
We like to think that law enforcement weighs up a pretty high standard of evidence before they straight up throw a dude in prison. After all, we have all this fancy new technology to discern the guilty from the innocent! It's not like any of us could just wind up in jail for looking like a serial killer.
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3,700 Unpublished Marilyn Monroe Shots, With Full Copyrights, Up for Sale
A trove of 3,700 unpublished photos of iconic movie star Marilyn Monroe, each with full copyright included, will go up for sale at a Los Angeles auction late this month. The images were shot by fashion and celebrity photographer Milton H. Greene on assignment for Look magazine and are part of library of 75,000 negatives and slides to be auctioned off live and online July 27 by Hollywood memorabilia specialist Profiles in History.
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This Is What Beauty Treatments Looked Like In The 1900's
These days its rare to find a celebrity who hasn't undergone some form of plastic surgery, from tummy tuck, breast implants, facelift, nose jobs and eyebrow lifts are part and parcel of our ongoing...
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Ali vs. Williams
45+ years ago
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How 3D printing will change your life forever
Would you like to print out the weekly shopping in the comfort of your own home? Perhaps you're in the market for a new body part printed from your own cells? Click to discover how 3D printing will change your life.
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25 Years After Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Company Still Hasn’t Paid For Long-Term Environmental Damages
The long-term plan for rehabilitating damaged resources has yet to be implemented a full quarter century after the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spewing more than 11 million gallons of crude oil into the surrounding ecosystem.
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How Each MLB Team Got Its Name
With the 2013 All Star game just around the corner, we thought it might be a good time to read-up on the history of today’s National League team names and a few interesting facts about each franchise.
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Hitler's Baby Pictures: The Diversity Paradox and Fear of the Normal
Evil needs a face and it doesn't look like your neighbor—or your child. Evil must be inhuman, other. The familiar is innocent. We let our guard down.
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NASA cuts spacewalk short
A spacewalk outside the International Space Station was cut short Tuesday morning because of a malfunction with one of the astronauts' space suits, NASA said.
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World's Oldest Calendar Discovered in U.K.
Archaeologists working in Scotland have uncovered what they believe to be the world's oldest lunar calendar—a series of 12 large, specially shaped pits that were designed to mimic the various phases of the moon.
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The US Surveillance State Dates Back to the 19th Century
The American surveillance state is now an omnipresent reality, but its deep history is little known and its future little grasped. Edward Snowden's leaked documents reveal that, in a post-9/11 state of war, the National Security Agency (NSA) was able to create a surveillance system that could secretly monitor the private communications of almost every American in the name of fighting foreign terrorists.
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Remembering the 1980s – Hold On, Was It Really Like That?
Ah, the 1980s. Whether you were born in the 80s, grew up in the 80s, or never set foot in that infamous decade, hearing the term “1980s” probably makes you think of something. Is it DOS? 8-bit video games? 80s music? Is it horrible clothing and hairdos? 80s TV shows?
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10 Lifehacks from 100 Years Ago
From steaming out a splinter to stopping a mad dog, here's how your ancestors handled life's big problems.
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Today in 1935: The First Parking Meter Is Installed
The next time you're frantically rushing to plug your parking meter, you can curse Carl C. Magee. Because it was on this day in 1935 that Magee's parking meters made their world debut, much to the chagrin of future drivers everywhere.
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American coal miner in the 1930's
Living the hard life
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The Truth Behind The Iconic 'Anonymous' Guy Fawkes Mask
Created by world-renowned illustrator David Lloyd but launched into the mainstream conscious via the V for Vendetta movie is the infamous ‘Anonymous’ mask. A modern day symbol of global protest and discontent around the world. Interestingly enough the mask itself its Lloyd’s artistic interpretation not of a mythical character, but a very real individual by the name of Guy Fawkes. A man who is a controversial as he is celebrated.
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A Visual History of Evil People on Magazine Covers
The editors of Rolling Stone probably weren't surprised when the cover of their August issue, featuring the bedroom eyes of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, provoked controversy online and off. Worrying that the photo glorifies his image, some Massachusetts businesses are even refusing to sell copies of the issue.
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