In 2002, Ward Weaver III went on TV and proclaimed his innocence in the disappearances of Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis — while standing on the very spot where he’d buried Pond.Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office/GettyWard Weaver III is shown in this photograph from the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. In August 2002, Francis Weaver, the son of Ward Weaver III, contacted Oregon City Police to report his father had raped his 19-year-old girlfriend.

What happened on this day in history: The first smallpox vaccine is tested, Lewis and Clark begin their expedition of the American West, and more momentous events. 1796: Edward Jenner Tests History’s First Smallpox Vaccine Edward Jenner tests his first smallpox vaccine. For centuries, smallpox devasted populations around the globe. Smallpox has killed 300 million people since 1900 alone, and its history dates as far back as 10,000 B.C. An English physician, Edward Jenner, took the first step in developing a smallpox vaccine after noticing that dairymaids who had been exposed to cowpox became immune to smallpox.

What happened on this day in history: The death of Holocaust hero Oskar Schindler, the execution of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, and more momentous events from October 9th throughout history.1635: Roger Williams Is Banished From Massachusetts Bay Colony Theologian and author Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. A Puritan minister, Williams was expelled by the General Court of Massachusetts for calling for religious tolerance, which officials saw as “Satan’s Policy.

Evidence shows an undeniable link between bacon and cancer.Bacon might bring you joy, but it also might bring you bowel cancer according to the World Health Organization. Image Source: Flickr Creative Commons/Didriks Bad news, bacon lovers, your favorite breakfast meat may just give you cancer. So confirms a comprehensive survey just published by the Guardian, itself following up on the bombshell report on the matter that you may recall from late 2015.

This tiny papyrus fragment is 2,700 years old and is one of just three that has ever been discovered from the First Temple Period. Israel Antiquities Authority/FacebookAnalysis of the fragment confirmed that it dates back to the late seventh or early sixth century B.C.E. A lost fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls has been found in an unlikely place — Montana. For almost 60 years, it hung in the home of an American woman who’d acquired the treasure during a trip to Israel.

From farms to factories, these colorized Great Depression pictures help reveal what American history's worst economic catastrophe was like for those who lived through it. Flood victims line up for Red Cross relief in Kentucky. 1937.Margaret Bourke-White; Ryan Stennes A destitute family in the Ozark Mountains area of Arkansas. 1935.Ben Shahn/Farm Security Administration/New York Public Library; Ryan Stennes Children of a migrant fruit worker in Berrien County, Mich. July 1940.

Soak in the beauty of cinemagraph GIFs, where the motion and the motionless collide into these elegant GIFs.Developed in 2011 by Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg, cinemagraphs are GIF images that combine still photography and video to produce a stunning effect. Typically, the entire GIF is motionless except for one or two elements, providing a brilliant juxtaposition between the motion and the motionless. For your viewing pleasure, we’ve collected 43 beautiful cinemagraph GIFs:

Whether mummies that were preserved naturally or those that were intentionally embalmed, these stories are as fascinating as they are unsettling.Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Chinchorro mummies are over 7,000 years old, making them some of the oldest in the world. The ancient Egyptians are perhaps the most well-known group of people to have used mummification to preserve their dead. They placed the bandage-wrapped corpses of their rulers in elaborate tombs, along with items that the deceased would supposedly desire in the afterlife.

One photograph paints a bleak future for polar bears throughout the Arctic.Image Source: The Dodo This devastating photo of an emaciated polar bear presents us with yet another ugly view of a climate-changed future. Just this August, wildlife photographer Kerstin Langenberger captured this heartbreaking image off the shores of Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. The islands that comprise the archipelago are home to one of the world’s largest populations of polar bears.

The 6,000-foot mountaintop once held temples, the homes of rulers, and a games court.The southwestern village of Santa Cruz Huehuepiaxtla in Mexico is fairly quaint and remote. At 6,000 feet high, the Cerro de Peña mountain has arguably been its most fascinating landmark. That is, until locals discovered ancient Zapotec ruins and carvings dating back 2,500 years on its summit. According to the BBC, the find consisted of two pre-Hispanic stone monuments carved into the mountain.