The wooden door frame from Titanic played a pivotal role in the 1997 movie and has been the subject of debate among fans in years since.Paramount Pictures and 20th Century FoxJack and Rose’s final moments on the debris from the RMS Titanic.
In one of the most famous scenes from 1997’s Titanic, Jack and Rose cling to a piece of floating debris in the icy waters of the North Atlantic after the ship sinks.
Orvieto Underground: The City That Lies Beneath Orvieto, Italy Umbria Lovers/Flickr Creative CommonsOrvieto, Italy sits on the summit of a flattened volcanic bluff, which was dug into to create an underground city.
In ancient times, historians believe, the Etruscans established a city reportedly known as Velzna on top of a volcanic bluff. The location afforded them ample defense, but it came with a host of problems too — namely, that their water source was far down below on the plains beneath the bluff.
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A man spars with an equally tall kangaroo outfitted with boxing gloves. Berlin, Germany. 1924. Ullstein Bild via Getty Images A man slugs a kangaroo with a left hook as bystanders look on during a match in Paris. 1932. Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images A circus clown falls backwards after taking a kick during a boxing match with a kangaroo. Location unspecified. 1955. Tracey/BIPs/Getty Images A circus dwarf known as Six-Foot poses with a young kangaroo before a boxing match in London.
A city of over 300,000 people, Yakutsk is just 300 miles south of the Arctic Circle and becomes so cold in the winter that residents don't wear eye glasses outside because they freeze to the skin. A pedestrian strolls by a church in Yakutsk, Russia, where where temperatures routinely hover around negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit throughout the winter. Magnús H Björnsson/Flickr A beautiful purple hue tints the Yakutsk sky.
Members of the Friends of the New Germany, forerunner of the German-American Bund, give the Nazi salute during a rally at New York's Madison Square Garden on May 18, 1934.Larry Froeber/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images Young German-American Bund members stand in uniform at the group's Camp Will And Might in Griggstown, New Jersey in 1934.Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images Fritz Kuhn, the leader of the German-American Bund, addresses a crowd of supporters at New York's Madison Square Garden on February 20, 1939.
Featuring everything from murderous frogs to dead birds, Victorian Christmas cards were often more disturbing than they were jolly.The Victorian age is often thought of as a time of high collars, corsets, and unsmiling photos. But Victorians had a wry sense of humor beneath their stony exterior, and many used the holidays to enjoy the new tradition of sending Christmas cards — the weirder the better. A mouse rides a lobster in this strange Victorian Christmas card.
Discover the colorized mugshots of notorious criminals, petty thieves, and David Bowie. Al PacinoArrested for possession of a concealed weapon.
1961.Woonsocket Police Albert FishAmerican serial killer, child rapist, and cannibal.
1903.Wikimedia Commons Bugsy SiegalA Jewish-American mobster.
1928.New York Police Department Charles MansonCult leader and career criminal.
1968.Wikimedia Commons Clyde BarrowAn early mugshot of Clyde Barrow of Bonnie And Clyde infamy.
Circa 1930.Dallas Police Department David BerkowitzNotorious serial killer known as the "
The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum In West Virginia, U.S.A. The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum first opened its doors to patients in 1863. It was the creation of American physician and unconventional mental health advocate Thomas Kirkbride. Viv Lynch/Flickr Viv Lynch/Flickr Kirkbride originally designed the asylum as a sanctuary for those living with mental health disorders. It featured a dairy farm and waterworks, but now, it stands in ruin.Barbara Nitke/Syfy/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images In the beginning, patients had their own clean and private rooms.
The ancient cocktail was consumed by a cult dedicated to the deity Bes, who served as a protective spirit, particularly to mothers and children.Tanasi et. al/Tampa Museum of Art in FloridaThe Bes head vase analyzed in the study.
An ancient Egyptian cult dedicated to a deity known as Bes consumed an odd mixed drink for their ritual practices: a mixture of booze, honey, human blood, and hallucinogenic plants. The strange cult practice was revealed thanks to an in-depth chemical analysis of an ancient Bes vase released on the pre-publication feedback site Research Square.