Giant Isopods, The Strange Deep-Sea Animals That Look Like Pillbugs Giant isopods (Bathynomus giganteus) may look like overgrown insects, but they are actually crustaceans.Wikimedia Commons These weird animals belong to the order Isopoda, which includes the land-dwelling pillbug and wood lice. Giant isopods, however, are marine isopods.NOAA They are deep-sea animals and have been found as far as 8,500 feet below the ocean's surface. Jesse Claggett/Flickr Giant isopods have 14 insect-like legs and two antennae on their heads.
From her battles with pirates to the ghosts that walk her deck, these are the most amazing USS Constitution facts.During the War of 1812, the United States’ small and relatively new navy was taking a major beating at the hands of the powerful British. The U.S. needed a victory, and the USS Constitution would help provide one.
In August 1812, she met head on with Britain’s HMS Guerriere and astonished sailors on both sides with her resilience.
Every winter for the past three decades, Icehotel in Sweden has reinvented itself as a hotel and art exhibition made of ice and snow. The entrance to the Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. Greenland Travel/Flickr The "banished dragon" art suite in the ice hotel.Laplandish/Wikimedia Commons Ice sculptures showcased within one of the main halls of the ice hotel.Laplandish/WIkimedia Commons It takes about 14,000 tons of "snice" — a manmade mixture of snow and ice — to build the hotel each winter.
From "Cadillac Frank" to "Tick Tock," these mafia nicknames reveal some of the craziest characters and stories in the mob's bloody history. Al "Scarface" CaponeAl Capone got his nickname after having his face slashed open with a broken bottle at the Harvard Inn bar in Coney Island. It was before the infamous bootlegging king of Chicago took over the Windy City that he made an indecent remark to a woman.
Those who have who had out-of-body experiences say they can leave their physical form or float above their body as if they were in a state of lucid dreaming. YouTubeOut-of-body experiences are said to occur due to psychological and neurological factors.
Out-of-body experiences (OBE’s) are curious, unexplained incidents during which a person feels like they are floating outside of their body, as if in a state of lucid dreaming. In some cases, OBE’s occur right before a person falls asleep or during sleep.
Butterflies tend to get much more positive attention than moths. We want to change that with this list of incredible moth species.Source: Flickr
The phrase “like a moth to a flame,” has existed in some form since before Shakespeare referenced it in “The Merchant of Venice.” Why moths are drawn to bright light is still a mystery; though scientists do have theories, including the nocturnal insects’ reliance on bright celestial light, like the moon, for navigation.
Wayne Jenkins, The Corrupt Cop Behind Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force And ‘We Own This City’ Baltimore Police DepartmentOnce highly lauded officers the Baltimore Police Department, Wayne Jenkins (center) and his Gun Trace Task Force unit were caught by the FBI robbing and extorting citizens.
Wayne Jenkins had been a superstar cop. By 2015, he was a Baltimore Police Department favorite. In 2016, he was appointed as the leader of the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF).
Irena Sendler: The Polish Humanitarian Who Helped Save 2,500 Children Wikimedia CommonsIrena Sendler helped rescue thousands of Jewish children from German-occupied Poland.
Irena Sendler learned this life lesson from her father: “When someone is drowning, you don’t ask if they can swim, you just jump in and help.”
That’s exactly what Sendler did after the Nazis invaded Poland in September 1939. As an employee at the Polish Social Welfare Department, Sendler and some colleagues falsified thousands of documents to help Polish Jews.
Akku Yadav raped almost 200 women from a slum town in India, but after a decade of abuse, they finally got their brutal revenge. Before August 13, 2004, Akku Yadav thought he was untouchable. A documented rapist and assaulter of young girls, he was known for bribing police officers to leave his crimes alone. Residents of New Delhi even said he got away with murdering at least three people. As untouchable as he felt he was, so too were his victims.