Though tarring and feathering is closely associated with the vigilante justice of the American Revolution, it actually originated in the 12th century and was practiced throughout history.Public DomainA depiction of the 1774 tarring and feathering of loyalist John Malcom in the lead-up to the American Revolution.
On a bitterly cold night in Boston in 1774, a crowd of angry Bostonians gathered around the pitiful figure of John Malcom, a 50-year-old customs agent and loyalist to the British Crown. Read More...
After hanging himself in his Detroit hotel room on May 18, 2017, Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell was found dead at the age of just 52.Buda Mendes/Getty ImagesAs the lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave, Chris Cornell was a living legend of the grunge era. Here, the singer performs at Lollapalooza Brazil in 2014.
Chris Cornell’s death was shocking — but it wasn’t a complete surprise. After all, the Soundgarden frontman had a long history of drug addiction and depression before his apparent suicide in Detroit on May 18, 2017. Read More...
The Greenland shark is the world's longest living vertebrate and one of the longest living animals ever. A Greenland shark swimming in the cold depths of the ocean.
Icelanders call it “Skalugsuak,” after an old Inuit legend that claims that it lives in the urine pot of Sedna, the goddess of the sea, and that its flesh can destroy human skin. But most people know it as the Greenland shark. Read More...
