"There is today one state in which at least weak beginnings toward a better conception are noticeable. Of course, it is not our model German Republic, but the American Union." – Adolf Hitler American Philosophical Society/WikimediaWinners of a Fitter Family contest stand outside the Eugenics Building at the Kansas Free Fair in Topeka, KS, where families are registered for the contests judging which family was most likely to produce good children.

Mary Anning's discoveries shook the very foundations of science but she battled constant misogyny and rarely received credit for her work while she was alive. Mary Anning spent her life uncovering treasure. Not gold — fossils. Along the beaches near her home in Dorset, England, Anning hunted for prehistoric secrets. Her thrilling finds contributed to the growing understanding of geology and paleontology throughout the early 19th century. But, as a woman, Anning rarely received credit for her discoveries — and she was forbidden from attending meetings of the Geological Society to discuss them.

After a multiple murder and decapitation, boys were made to eat a victim's flesh in what is just the latest instance of cartel cannibalism.STR/AFP/Getty ImagesA bus believed to have been burned in central Mexico by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel during a clash between the gang and authorities. May 1, 2015. On May 22, members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) on motorcycles raided a car dealership in the Mexican state of Tabasco and killed five people, decapitating some.

Investigators found Satanic symbols and "significant" numbers in Nathan Gilmore's house, as well as Snapchat messages that implied he'd killed someone.Iowa Department of Public SafetyNathan Gilmore allegedly murdered Angela Bradbury after the two met at the Cerro Gordo County Courthouse in April 2021. On July 12, 2021, a teenager wandering through Greenbelt River Trail Park outside of Mitchell, Iowa, came across a horrific sight — a human skull impaled on a stick.

Nicosia International, Cyprus Wikimedia CommonsTaken over by political insurgents in the 1970s, this abandoned airport now sits in decay. Built in the 1930s, Nicosia was intended to be a military airfield, but its use was gradually expanded. Now, it’s primarily known as being the focal point of a military coup by Greek Nationalists in 1974. When Turkish forces invaded Cyprus with the intent of uniting the country with Greece and declaring the Hellenic Republic, Nicosia airport fell into the second sector of the demilitarized zone, commercial travel halted in 1977, and it became one of the world’s bleakest abandoned airports.

Poachers are fundamentally altering the African elephant's gene pool.TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty ImagesElephant calves playing at the Amboseli Game Reserve. New reports show that poaching has caused an increasing number of African elephants to be born without tusks. Because poachers have been killing off elephants with tusks, there are now less of those animals in the wild and able to breed. The tuskless elephants that are left to breed are then more likely to pass that trait on to their offspring.

In 1953, Immigration and Naturalization Service's commissioner Argyle Mackey said that "the human tide of 'wetbacks'" was the "most serious enforcement problem of the Service."Dean/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesIllegal immigrants being escorted back across the border to Mexico. 1955. While the United States has enacted many dubious policies in its 241-year history, few were as explicitly so as the 1954 law enforcement initiative known as Operation Wetback. Today, there is much talk of mass illegal immigration along the Mexican-American border, but far from being a new phenomenon, the Mexican-American border has always been a porous entity, with vast numbers of people passing through at all times, legally and illegally.

See the most incredible images from the life and career of the man who has been married to Queen Elizabeth II for 70 years. Princess Elizabeth and her fiance, Philip Mountbatten at Buckingham Palace, after their engagement was announced, 10th July 1947. Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images The Duke of Edinburgh batting at the nets, 31st July 1947. Douglas Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 24th November 1947: Princess Elizabeth and The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh enjoying a walk during their honeymoon.

For several months in 1949, the family of 14-year-old Ronald Hunkeler, a.k.a. Roland Doe, were stricken with terror as he exhibited disturbing symptoms that prompted them to put him through a series of grueling exorcisms.In 1949, several newspapers across America, including The Washington Post, released an unsettling, anonymous report that detailed the alleged demonic possession of a 14-year-old boy identified only as “Roland Doe.” These reports, and the chilling story surrounding them, would eventually inspire William Peter Blatty’s 1971 novel, The Exorcist and its iconic film adaptation two years later.

Explore TreeHouse Point, Washington's wondrous treehouse hotel, and discover its surprising ins and outs with these stunning photos and facts. In 2005, Pete Nelson was led by the light of a blue moon to the spot where he would build TreeHouse Point's first treehouse: The Temple of the Blue Moon (above). Source: Facebook The first rule of treehouse building: don't let the treehouse actually touch the tree. It instead rests entirely upon a manmade support structure so as to not harm the tree.