In the smoldering remains of wrathful destruction, nothing was permitted to pass through except ravens. It was totally cool if they lived there. As you can imagine, this didn’t do much to bolster their image. Beyond acting as harbingers of death and adorning spooky Halloweenscapes, ravens are actually highly intelligent, adaptable, and truly fascinating creatures. SEE ALSO: 10 Shockingly Creepy and Bloodthirsty Birds 10 They Are Crazy Smart People have always known that ravens are smart....

10 See Different Colors Try to imagine a different color. It seems impossible, doesn’t it? Even when we think we’re thinking of a unique color, it is just a combination of colors we are able to perceive. In fact, there are a vast collection of other colors which we as humans are unable to comprehend. Birds have the fascinating ability to see colors which are invisible to humans. This is due to the extra color cones in their retina which are sensitive to the ultraviolet range....

If you’ve seen any movie in the past dozen years, you’ll know that this particular scene probably wasn’t hard for the filmmakers to film. All they needed to do was to digitally insert an explosion—or with that kind of budget, perhaps take one of the three hundred or so remaining DB5’s and blow up the real thing. Instead, the filmmakers printed detailed 1:3 scale models of the Aston Martin on 3D printers, and blew them to absolute bits, saving the real cars for the museums....

Each of these 10 unique children has given us an incredible story to tell. Whether working to overcome unusual medical problems or learning to master their amazing abilities, these kids are an inspiration to us all. 10 Bayezid HossainReal-Life Benjamin Button Bayezid Hossain was born in Magura in 2012 with progeria, an extremely rare condition. Progeria is known for its characteristic aging of the body at up to eight times the normal rate....

Many believe stigmata to be a blessing to the holiest of servants, those saints among men who’ve been touched by Christ. Skeptics, on the other hand, believe that it is merely a medical problem, self-harm, or other explainable malady. The world may never truly know how stigmata appears on the bodies of those chosen, but each case is a parable of interest. 10 St. Catherine De Ricci St. Catherine de Ricci (baptized as Alexandrina) was born in Florence, Italy, in 1522....

But life in the future comes with its own set of questions that we’ll need to answer before they even arise. Here are some of the craziest sci-fi quandaries our experts are currently working on. 10 Writing The Constitution Of Mars Who wants to live on Mars? Roughly 90 percent of you just shouted, “I do!” Living on the red planet has been every space nerd’s dream for decades. But setting up a human colony on Mars isn’t just a logistical nightmare....

There is so much we can learn from these inventors—from their determination to their resourcefulness and sacrifices. They did some surprising things in the process. In these modern times, we sometimes need to remind ourselves how far we’ve come. 10 Christopher CockerellThe Hovercraft Christopher Cockerell became interested in the idea for the hovercraft after scientists discovered a basic prototype could float with a cushion of air inside it. The problem was that the air quickly escaped through the sides....

This list looks at 10 Jane or John Doe cases that took decades to solve. 10 Woodlawn Jane Doe On September 12, 1976, the body of a young girl was discovered in the 5600 block of Dogwood Road near Lorraine Park Cemetery in Woodlawn, Maryland. She had been strangled and sexually assaulted, and chlorpromazine was in her system. Chlorpromazine is used to manage and treat some mental illnesses and can have a sedative effect....

Sometimes these secrets are awesome; sometimes, they’re creepy. On this list is a mix of both these types of islands found around the globe. 10 Suwarrow Suwarrow forms part of the Cook Islands in the south Pacific Ocean and often suffers storm surges because it is an extremely low-lying atoll. The island was declared a National Heritage Park in 1978 and falls under Cook Islands law. Two island caretakers share the space with over a million sea birds, which include eleven different species....

What’s more, reports of wrecked flying saucers have come in from all over the planet, and they’ve occurred over a broader range of history than you might have guessed. Here, then, are ten lesser-known claims of crashed alien craft from other worlds! 10 The Dalnegorsk ‘Height 611’ Crash On the evening of January 29, 1986, a strange, red sphere suddenly appeared in front of hundreds of witnesses in the skies over the small mining town of Dalnegorsk, on the southeasternmost side of the Soviet Union....

While much of Europe engaged in bloodshed and spreading misery to all corners of the continent, some individuals would experience incidents that perhaps quite literally came from out of this world. Were they close encounters? Were they “war nerves?” You decide. 10 Daniel Leger And The Aviatrix In July 1943, 21-year-old Frenchman Daniel Leger was on a day’s leave from German compulsory work service at a labor camp near the Baltic Coast of Poland....

From a highway of tombs that kept the living alive to a famous route in the history books that never existed to a mysterious thing Roman roads still do today, here are 10 facts that will make you look twice at the next highway you see! 10 A Submerged Beach Road In 2021, archaeologists found an old Roman road at the bottom of the Venetian Lagoon. Sure, these old roads are not always a surprise, given how prolific Roman builders once were....

10 Independence Day Way back in the day when Will Smith wasn’t a Hollywood pariah, he was the star of the biggest film of 1996, Independence Day, the script of which was written in a mere four weeks. The movie made top dollar regardless of reviewers calling it the ultimate B-movie or an over-the-top cheese-fest. What some may not know is that the film had the support of the U.S. military, which agreed to provide greater access to military facilities and make their officers, soldiers, and pilots available for consultation....

Those who live outside the natural range of reindeer may think of them only at Christmastime. In other cultures, however, reindeer are a way of life. Here are some little-known, odd, and even disgusting facts about reindeer. 10 Domestic And Wild Differences There are different estimates on when reindeer were domesticated. In Eurasia, they are believed to have been tamed about 7,000 years ago. Other estimates say it happened around 2,000–3,000 years ago....

This week was the usual chaotic mess we’ve come to expect over the course of 2018. There was madness in Washington. Yet more instability in London. Riots in France. Oh, plus a whole load of violence unfolding in Brazil, Russia, and France (again). Par for the course for this freewheeling year? We’ll let you be the judge of that. 10 Yellow Vest Protests Continued To Rock France By some measures, the “yellow vests” movement in France has to count as one of the most successful protests in modern history....

This week started with a gentle wind down from the highs of Easter before suddenly taking a sharp left turn into the unexpected. In California, a female shooter attacked YouTube’s offices, resulting in injuries but no deaths. Elsewhere, there were man-made disasters, huge scientific breakthroughs, and an unusual political thaw in the Middle East. 10 A Female Shooter Attacked YouTube’s Offices Female mass shooters are exceedingly rare. The FBI’s data says that only about 4 percent of those committing massacres in the US are female, and the most recent high-profile woman shooter (Tashfeen Malik) was motivated by terrorism....

Of course, monuments can be mired in controversy, as has been exemplified by the Confederate statue debate, which asks whether it is more important to preserve history, such as with a General Lee monument, at the risk of perpetuating the racial stigma felt by African Americans. This list casts the net wider to other monuments around the world which are also controversial, though in some cases, the controversy is not immediately apparent....

In this look at how media responds to, and influences, events, terrorists on a ship in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor threaten to detonate their small nuke if their demands are not met. This 1983 TV special was done in the same fashion as Orson Wells’ 1938 broadcast of War of the Worlds, and, like that radio drama, produced a minor panic. Repeated statements were played before and after commercial breaks, stating that the events were not actually happening; the NBC affiliate in Charleston even had the word “fiction” displayed throughout the special, but that didn’t stop many people from calling numerous TV stations, wondering if it was real....

Eric Lynn Wright, better known by his stage name Eazy-E, was an American rapper who performed solo and in the group N.W.A. In 1963, Wright was born in Compton, California. After dropping out of high school in the tenth grade, Eric supported himself primarily by selling drugs. In 1986, at the age of 23, Wright allegedly earned as much as USD $250,000 from dealing drugs. At this time in his life, Eric decided to move to Los Angeles and enter the hip-hop scene....

For over 100 years, circuses have exploited animals that are often dominated, confined, and treated violently. They have been ripped from their natural habitat and are forced to perform relentlessly most nights. The following tragic deaths of circus animals are heartbreaking in both their brutality and their complete lack of compassion. 10 Tyke One of the most haunting videos of an escaped circus animal is that of Tyke the elephant....