Insects comprise about 90% of all living things in the world, but you'll wish they didn't after you see these five creepy insects!Source: Wikimedia
Sometimes truth is stranger than the fiction seen on the silver screen. Case in point? Insects. Between six and ten million insect species live on Earth, representing more than 90 percent of differing animals on the planet. Their sheer numbers can be daunting for humans to comprehend, especially when estimates say that for every living human being there are 1. Read More...
"Feral Child" Genie Wiley was strapped to a chair by her parents and neglected for 13 years before she was finally rescued — then she was experimented upon by researchers studying human development.Getty ImagesFor the first 13 years of her life, Genie Wiley suffered unimaginable abuse and neglect at the hands of her parents.
The story of Genie Wiley the Feral Child sounds like the stuff of fairytales: An unwanted, mistreated child survives brutal imprisonment at the hands of a savage ogre and is rediscovered and reintroduced to the world in an impossibly youthful state. Read More...
At one of the darkest points of the Cultural Revolution, political strife devolved into extreme brutality in China’s southern region of Guangxi, where hundreds were cannibalized.Bettmann/Getty ImagesDuring China’s Cultural Revolution, petty political rivalries turned brutal during the Guangxi massacre when civilians began murdering and cannibalizing their opposers.
Modern Wuxuan County, in southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is a relatively quiet corner of the country, marked by wide green farm fields and bustling small towns. Read More...
