Hachikō, The Japanese Dog Who Never Stopped Waiting For His Owner To Come Home Wikimedia CommonsA photo of Hachikō, one of Japan’s most famous dogs.
Like Greyfriars Bobby, Hachikō the dog became famous for his loyalty. For 10 years, he waited at the Shibuya train station in Tokyo, Japan, for his owner to come home. Born in November 1923 in the city of Ōdate, Hachikō was sent by train to his new owner in Tokyo, Hidesaburō Ueno, an agricultural professor who’d been on the lookout for an Akita puppy. Read More...
Located near the Arctic Circle, the city of Oymyakon, Russia is the coldest inhabited place on Earth. Winter temperatures average around -58°F — and only 500 residents brave the chill.No matter how chilly it gets where you live, it probably can’t compare to Oymyakon, Russia. Located just a few hundred miles from the Arctic Circle, Oymyakon is the coldest city in the world.
A Communist-era sign, which reads "Oymyakon, The Pole of Cold," Read More...
The Man In Anna Williams’ Closet, BTK Killer Dennis Rader Larry W. Smith/AFP/Getty ImagesDennis Rader is escorted into the El Dorado Correctional Facility in Kansas where he will spend the rest of his natural life.
Before his arrest in 2005, Dennis Rader operated as the “BTK Killer,” for which he was known because of his method of murder: bind, torture, and finally, kill.
According to Insider, Rader worked for the ADT security company for 14 years and thus had a pretty reliable understanding of how to break and enter into homes undetected. Read More...
