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Jim Garrison, The D.A. Who Investigated The JFK Assassination

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In 1967, prosecutor Jim Garrison accused Clay Shaw of conspiring with government agencies to assassinate President John F. Kennedy — but many believe it was all for media attention.Less than a year after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963, an official government investigation into his death found that Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, had acted alone. That didn’t sit well with Jim Garrison, then the district attorney in New Orleans, Louisiana. Read More...

Kentucky Inmates Escape Jail By Hiding Inside Trash Cans

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The two men were wheeled in trash cans outside the jail by fellow inmates.Louisville Metro CorrectionsLeft: Justin Stumler’s mugshot, Right: Jeremy Hunt’s mugshot. Two Kentucky inmates are back in their cells just 48 hours after they escaped jail via trash cans. On the evening of Oct. 6, inmates Justin Stumler, 27, and Jeremy Hunt, 38, made a smelly and successful escape from jail with the help of their fellow inmates. The pair was at large for only a couple of days, however, before they were both back in police custody. Read More...

Kopi Luwak, The Bizarre Beverage Known As 'Cat Poop Coffee'

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Made from coffee cherries that have been digested and defecated by civets, Kopi Luwak is widely known as "cat poop coffee" in the West — where it sells for $600 a pound.The civet is a raccoon-like nocturnal mammal native to the tropical forests of Asia. It was once considered a pest in the urban areas of Indonesia — but its dung has proven to be a very valuable commodity known as Kopi Luwak, a. Read More...

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