Pope Innocent VIII, The Supreme Pontiff Who Drank The Blood Of Children SPCOLLECTION/Alamy Stock PhotoA portrait of Pope Innocent VIII.
A common theme in many fictional stories about immortals is blood. Tales of vampires may be the best example of this: The monsters feed on the blood of their innocent victims to extend their own eternal lives. As it turns out, the idea of drinking blood as a method of extending life isn’t completely fictional. Read More...
This 28-foot boat sat just five five beneath the surface of Lake Waccamaw for nearly a millennium before three local teens uncovered it by accident while going for a swim.North Carolina American Indian Heritage CommissionThe North Carolina Office of State Archaeology and the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe oversaw the removal of the ancient indigenous canoe.
Two years ago, a teenage boy swimming in North Carolina’s Lake Waccamaw stumbled upon what appeared to be a log wedged in the muck. Read More...
After amassing a multibillion-dollar empire as the head of the Juárez Cartel, Amado Carrillo Fuentes died during a botched plastic surgery in 1997.As the legend goes, Amado Carrillo Fuentes left his small village around the age of 12, telling people: “I won’t come back until I’m rich.” He kept his word. Carrillo went on to build a multibillion-dollar empire and become Mexico’s most powerful drug trafficker. The head of the Juarez cartel, Carrillo earned the nickname “Lord of the Skies” because he used private planes to smuggle cocaine. Read More...
