Franceska Mann knew she was going to die, but she was determined to go down with a fight.Wikimedia CommonsFranceska Mann
In early 1943, Franceska Mann was transferred to the Hotel Polski along with hundreds of her fellow countrymen. Moved from the Warsaw Ghetto, the hotel seemed like a reprieve; rumors of being given passports and papers to be sent to South America hung over the crowd, a beacon of hope for those who had had little in the past. Read More...
The gangster-turned-informant who inspired Goodfellas, Henry Hill's true story was far crazier than the 1990 film could ever portray.Martin Scorsese’s 1990 film Goodfellas is a classic mob drama, telling the story of a young gangster as he becomes heavily involved with organized crime in New York City. But Scorsese’s film is not entirely a work of fiction. It’s based on the nonfiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi — which chronicles the life of Henry Hill, a real gangster-turned-informant. Read More...
The "cradle of mankind" is bigger than researchers thought.Jean-Jacques Hublin / Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyAn almost complete adult jaw discovered in Morocco.
The oldest ever discovered fossil remains of Homo sapiens have been uncovered in Jebel Irhoud, Morocco. The 300,000-year-old remains — which include a lower jaw and partial skull — are not only notable for being 100,000 years older than any other hominid remains found in the past, but for the clues they offer into our species’ evolutionary history. Read More...
