Believe it or not, the idea of owning dogs for the sole purpose of companionship is actually a new one.Data show that no matter the economic downturn, people consistently shell out money on their pets.
While domesticated dogs these days can by and large count on their owners to take care of them for nothing but companionship in return, this kind of man-dog relationship is in fact relatively new. Dogs were once not companions, but workers. Read More...
Before he was executed in 1930, Carl Panzram confessed to a litany of crimes that included burglary, arson, rape, and murder — and didn't express one bit of remorse.Toward the end of his life, American serial killer Carl Panzram admitted to committing 21 murders, more than 1,000 acts of sodomy, and thousands of robberies and arsons. But he was far from repentant. To use his own words: “For all these things I am not in the least bit sorry. Read More...
Rediscover the tragedy and heroism of D-Day, the Holocaust, and more with this arresting look at World War 2 in color. U.S. troops, among the first to land during the D-Day invasion, approach the beaches of Normandy, France, likely near Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, on June 6, 1944.Robert F. Sargent/United States Coast Guard/Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images U.S. Navy sailors rescue a survivor from the water alongside the sunken battleship USS West Virginia amid the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. Read More...
