For 80 years, the disappearance of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart has fascinated the public. New research believes it's solved what exactly happened in her final days.New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection/Library of CongressAmelia Earhart sitting in the cockpit of an Electra plane Since she disappeared over the Pacific in 1937, Amelia Earhart’s death has captivated the public. The story’s unanswered questions have kept people wondering how one of the most accomplished female pilots met her untimely demise, but now a new report analyzing her final distress calls claims to have solved the mystery.

The floating museum can't actually sail on its own and has to be towed wherever it goes. It has been trapped by an international stalemate over its status as a "non-certified floating vessel." Verhalen Ark/The Ark Museum/FacebookThe ark was built in the 1960s. It took seven years to construct and followed biblical descriptions exactly. A giant replica of Noah’s Ark has been trapped in Ipswich, England for nearly two years — the result of an international bureaucratic nightmare of biblical proportions.

After Rebecca Schaeffer was murdered by unhinged fan Robert John Bardo on July 18, 1989, California passed groundbreaking laws to prevent stalking.Getty ImagesRebecca Schaeffer was murdered at age 21 on July 18, 1989, when a deranged stalker named Robert John Bardo shot her outside her Hollywood home. In the summer of 1989, 21-year-old model and actress Rebecca Schaeffer was well on her way to becoming a star. She had already appeared in several movies and TV shows while her future prospects were looking good.

Noh Huyn-soo removed Maurizio Cattelan's piece from the wall at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul and then ate it, later saying he did so simply because he "skipped breakfast."Kim Kyoungtae/Maurizio Cattelan/Leeum Museum of ArtMaurizio Cattelan’s banana art piece, titled “Comedian,” before the incident. A hungry museum visitor in South Korea recently chowed down on Maurizio Cattelan’s banana art piece, titled “Comedian,” which has an estimated worth of $120,000.

Until this study, it was believed that the last member of the Beothuk died in 1829.Wikimedia CommonsAn alleged portrait of Demasduit, the aunt of the last-known Beothuk woman. A recent study has found DNA evidence that an unsuspecting Tennessee man may be the descendant of an Indigenous group that was long believed to have gone extinct. The Beothuk once thrived on the Canadian island of Newfoundland — until the Europeans arrived in the 1500s.

From the delightfully tiny American Pika to the oddly cute Tree Kangaroo, look at some of the cutest animals you've never seen before.The Cutest Animals In The World : Red Panda More closely related to raccoons and weasel, the adorable red pandas frolic in the forests of the Himalayas, Burma, and central China. These adorable creatures hardly grow bigger than a house cat and spend most of their time in trees.

Deranged Mafia Hitman “Tommy Karate” Wikimedia CommonsThomas Pitera was known as “Tommy Karate” for his proficiency in martial arts. Unlike most other Mafia hitmen, Thomas Pitera was well-trained in martial arts. Born on Dec. 2, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York, he was raised by first-generation Italian immigrants from Salerno. By his 40th birthday, he would be suspected of as many as 60 murders for the Bonanno crime family. Dubbed “Tommy Karate,” Pitera was a dutiful soldier for the crime family before he became a caporegime, or captain of his own crew.

Ernst Röhm was ruthless in his rise to power in Nazi Germany. Too bad for him Adolf Hitler didn't like rivals — even if they were his friends.Wikimedia Commons A portrait of Ernst Röhm in his Nazi uniform. Ernst Röhm — just like Hitler — desired a strong Germany. As a former soldier wounded three times during World War I, Röhm was upset that the loss had resulted in limitations on the country’s military.

After hanging himself in his Detroit hotel room on May 18, 2017, Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell was found dead at the age of just 52.Buda Mendes/Getty ImagesAs the lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave, Chris Cornell was a living legend of the grunge era. Here, the singer performs at Lollapalooza Brazil in 2014. Chris Cornell’s death was shocking — but it wasn’t a complete surprise. After all, the Soundgarden frontman had a long history of drug addiction and depression before his apparent suicide in Detroit on May 18, 2017.

There are only five living members of the Hitler family. If they have their way, the family bloodline will stop with them.Peter Raubal, Heiner Hochegger, and Alexander, Louis and Brian Stuart-Houston are all vastly different men. Peter was an engineer, Alexander was a social worker. Louis and Brian run a landscaping business. Peter and Heiner live in Austria, while the Stuart-Houston brothers live on Long Island, a few blocks from each other.