12-Foot Reptile Found In The Stomach Of A 240-Million-Year-Old ‘Megapredator’ Da-Yong Jiang, et alThe stomach of the fossilized Guizhouichthyosaurus ichthyosaur which contained the remains of its 12-foot prey.
During prehistoric times, a 15-foot mega fish-lizard known as the Ichthyosaur to modern scientists hunted beneath the ocean surface. It happened upon a 12-foot long Thalattosaur, which it promptly devoured. And this hefty meal stayed inside the Ichthyosaur until its remains were unearthed 240 million years later. Read More...
The Haunting Legend Of La Llorona, The Mexican Ghost That Mourns For All Eternity FlickrLa Llorona has varying origin stories, with her weeping grief the most universal trait.
A tragic figure in Mexican folklore, La Llorona or “the weeping woman,” is a ghostly apparition that wears white and wanders the country’s watersides in profound grief. Some say she steals children only to drown them in a nearby body of water. The paranormal entity recently garnered renewed attention in the wake of Hollywood’s horror The Curse of La Llorona, though her story is possibly centuries old. Read More...
These daguerreotypes from the 1840s and '50s — newly restored in vivid color — capture a generation of Americans that lived through the Revolutionary War and the execution of Marie Antoinette. Many daguerreotype portraits look pretty somber. That's because it took so long for the camera to capture the photograph that those sitting for a photo couldn't keep up a smile.Public Domain Public Domain Pictured is Nathaniel P. Banks, who was 36 years old when this picture was taken in 1852. Read More...
