According to local legends in Chihuahua, Mexico, the bridal shop mannequin known as La Pascualita is actually the embalmed corpse of a real-life woman.La Pascualita/FacebookFor more than 90 years, many in Chihuahua, Mexico have believed that the bridal shop mannequin La Pascualita is actually the mummy of the former owner’s daughter.
Embalmed corpses are not an unheard-of tourist attraction. Several popes are on view at the Vatican and visitors still flock to see Lenin’s preserved body in Moscow’s Red Square. Read More...
Cpl. Waverly Woodson Jr. spent 30 hours treating the wounded at Normandy — all while enduring the pain from his own severe injuries.Courtesy of the Woodson family via APCpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr. spent 30 hours treating wounded soldiers and saving drowning troops at Normandy — all while being injured himself.
A bipartisan coalition of U.S. lawmakers is working to push for a special posthumous award for an American hero of World War II whose bravery was not properly recognized. Read More...
These fascinating photos of life under the Shah of Iran before 1979 reveal just how similar the country was to the Western nations that are now its enemies.Perhaps Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi says it best: “The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk and we understand each other perfectly.
The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. Read More...
