In 1943, white servicemen attacked Mexican-American youths amid rising racial tensions in Los Angeles in the now infamous Zoot Suit Riots. Sailors in the armed forces patrol the streets with clubs, ready to fight anyone they see in a zoot suit. Los Angeles. 1943. Library of Congress A group of Hispanic teenagers, members of the "zoot suit" culture. Los Angeles. 1943. Bettmann/Getty Images A brawl breaks out. A man in a fedora and a US serviceman beat each other with bats.

These amazing photos of Mars show just how varied — and not so alien — some of the terrain is on the fourth planet. This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Aram Chaos, a 174-mile wide impact crater that lies within in the Southern Highlands of Mars. NASA Here Mars' bedrock is exposed except where covered by sand dunes, as shot by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.NASA This image shows a set of pits, faults, and layers on Mars' western Valles Marineris.

Recent research proves that cats can understand humans and do know their own names, even if they sometimes choose to not respond.Kelly Bowden/Getty ImagesA series of experiments on 16 domesticated felines found that cats can understand humans and are able to recognize their owner’s voice. If you’ve ever felt like your cat was intentionally ignoring you, you’re not paranoid. In fact, a new study shows that they are fully aware that you’re talking to them — they just sometimes choose not to respond.

The boy joins several other young patients the hospital has treated by removing foreign objects from their penises, including an ear pick and knotted up electrical wire. Asia WireAfter x-rays confirmed the suspicion that there might be a foreign object or two lodged in the boy’s bladder, he confessed. The transition into puberty can be quite painful. From the growing pains of maturing bones to unexpected acne breakouts, early adolescence involves a few complications.

"He told deputies he only came to the meeting place because he believed it was an undercover sting and he thought it would be cool to see it in action."VCSO/FlickrJames Bowen, 34. A barbershop owner from Gainesville, Florida was arrested after he was caught in a sting operation intended to capture men looking to have sex with children. James Bowen, 34, was caught alongside six other men. But what made Bowen’s arrest different from the others was his defense.

Natalia Nemets East2WestNewsNatalia Nemets, the woman killed by caramel. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time sweet treats have led to unusual deaths. The Boston Molasses Disaster of 1919 caused 21 deaths, but the case of Natalia Nements is stranger still. The tragic story of Natalia Nemets boiled alive in a confectionary factory is perhaps one of the most gruesome and horrifying accidental deaths in recent memory. The 36-year-old mother was busy at work in a candy factory in October 2017, in the Russian city of Stary Oskol.

After the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts, the local Indigenous population fell from 30,000 to just 300 — within a decade. Library of CongressA depiction of the “first” Thanksgiving in 1621 — as disease had already ravaged the land. While exact figures remain debated, historians estimate that 18 million Indigenous people inhabited the North American continent before the 16th century. But within years of European settlers arriving, these populations would be decimated by up to 90 percent, killed by diseases that colonists brought with them to the New World.

Archaeologists analyzing turtle shell fragments found near Magdeburg, Germany, believe they may have been carried to the area by Ice Age hunters as a living food source.Uwe Beye/State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology Saxony-AnhaltThree of the European pond turtle shell fragments found in Germany. Archaeologists in Magdeburg, Germany, recently discovered fragments of European pond turtle shells in a gravel quarry, and now they’re trying to determine how they got there.

During the Golden Age of Piracy, some buccaneers engaged in matelotage, a form of civil union. Sometimes these arrangements were purely financial — but often they were affectionate, romantic, or sexual.Wikimedia CommonsPirate symbols and myths are strong, but there are fascinating under-discussed elements to their communities, like matelotage. Pirates have been an endless source of fascination for centuries — their rootless ways, their quests for treasure, and their sophisticated and stateless societies hold a strong appeal.

Venice's Poveglia Island was a quarantine center and mass grave for victims of bubonic plague, earning it the nickname the "Island of Ghosts."In the Venetian lagoon sits Poveglia Island, a small, unpopulated landmass cut down the middle by a canal. For all its unassuming appearance, however, it has a dark history and is said to be one of the most haunted places in Europe, a continent saturated with tales of ghosts and the paranormal.