Crime Joe Duncan August 24, 2017 Serial killers have long shaken our society to the very core. With their bizarre behavior and ruthless killings, we know they operate differently than the rest of us. The idea that there are serial killers out there right now, lurking in the shadows, passing you on the street, killing

Weird Stuff Adam R. Ramos August 24, 2017 Body piercing has been practiced throughout the world since ancient times for religious, aesthetic, and sexual purposes. While many people choose to display their piercings proudly, in Victorian times, piercings were secretly hidden beneath a prim exterior. Others on this list were forcibly pierced against their will.

Mysteries Samantha Spencer August 23, 2017 Sadly, many people go missing. Some of these people become very well-known in the aftermath of their disappearances. But we’re always left to wonder if the efforts to find them might have been more thorough—and possibly more successful—if they had been rich, powerful, or famous. As you’ll see, even

Pop Culture Tiffany Stronghart August 23, 2017 It’s no secret that advertisers sell their products by offering a solution to a consumer’s problem—and in some cases, a problem they didn’t even know they had. For example, people didn’t worry about bad breath until Listerine created mouthwash. Yet, the Listerine-induced halitosis scare resulted in one of

Misconceptions Radu Alexander August 22, 2017 To the victor go the spoils . . . and the privilege of writing their own history, most frequently in glowing terms. But, alas, this has all too often resulted in misconceptions, myths, and outright lies being taught and believed by future generations. History seldom lets truth get in

Facts Tom Lohr August 22, 2017 While the navy’s aircraft carriers get most of the media’s attention, they make up a small portion of America’s surface combatants. Destroyers, the fast, mobile, weapons-packed greyhounds of the fleet are the actual backbone of the nation’s maritime presence, constituting a large percentage of the navy’s warships. Weighing in

Humans Huda Abu-Suwa August 21, 2017 We have all seen movies or read books that describe psychopaths. They are often portrayed as cold-blooded killers or rapists or as just pure evil. While this is the case for some psychopaths, not all of them are violent killers. Some psychopaths have normal lives and jobs. If you