Jessica Krug taught both African and Latin American studies, all while claiming to be Black and Caribbean herself.Embassy of HaitiAssociate professor Jessica Krug speaking at the Embassy of Haiti in Washington, D.C.
A George Washington University (GW) professor who portrayed herself as a Black woman for her entire professional career has just revealed that she’s been lying. According to CNN, Jessica A. Krug not only taught African and Latin American studies, but wrote extensively about these identities as if they were hers for years. Read More...
Yoshie Shiratori became known as the "man no prison could hold" after he escaped four different times — once using little more than miso soup.Wikimedia CommonsA photograph of Yoshie Shiratori, who escaped from four different prisons.
Between 1936 and 1947, Japan’s Yoshie Shiratori escaped from prison four times, earning him the nickname “the man that no prison could hold.”
The escape artist also became famous – or infamous. His escapes brought attention to horrible conditions in Japan’s prisons. Read More...
After suffering cardiac arrest in the hospital, 76-year-old Bella Montoya was declared dead. She later surprised her family and friends by "resurrecting" at her own wake. Ecuador ComunicaciónA still from the video of Montoya’s wake showing relatives and firefighters freeing her from her casket.
After 76-year-old Bella Montoya suffered a cardiorespiratory failure in a hospital in Ecuador last week, doctors there declared the retired nurse dead. Montoya’s friends and family gathered for a wake that same day — and a few hours in, they were startled to hear a knocking sound coming from inside the coffin. Read More...
