In 2002, U.S. Special Forces were rumored to have killed a giant beast in the mountains of Kandahar with a red beard and hair, six fingers on each hand, and two sets of teeth — and the government's allegedly been covering it up ever since. But in 2016, one member of the tas... https://inter.st/awcl

Born in 1921, Jacqueline Jenkins-Nye was the mother of Bill Nye — and a "Goucher girl" recruited by the Navy to decipher Japanese and German codes during World War II. Jenkins-Nye and a dozen other women from Goucher College cracked a number of important codes, including one... https://inter.st/n02

On this day 25 years ago, Balbir Singh Sodhi was planting flowers outside his Arizona gas station to honor 9/11 victims when a man drove up and shot him five times in the back, killing him because he was wearing a turban. His death was the first in a series of "revenge" murders following Septemb....

Before she was America's biggest porn star, Linda Lovelace was a working-class Catholic girl from the Bronx. Growing up in an abusive household, she sought refuge with her future husband Chuck Traynor — who would introduce her to the world of pornography. While Lovelace sta... https://inter.st/azi8

One of the most shocking moments in Academy Awards history came in 1973, when Marlon Brando won Best Actor for his role in The Godfather. Then, it wasn't Brando who mounted the stage, but a 26-year-old Native American activist named Sacheen Littlefeather. In this interview, he explains his decision.

George W. Bush reacts as he flies over the World Trade Center on September 14, 2001. See more heart-wrenching photographs of 9/11 and its aftermath here: https://inter.st/3ugm

Derby and bowler hats dominated the Wild West, whereas the Stetson model now known as the cowboy hat didn't become popular until the tail end of the 19th century.

In 2019, Jon Stewart famously lambasted Congress for failing to ensure that the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund didn't run out of money. The "Daily Show" host was especially furious with congresspeople who refused to show up to a hearing and listen to 9/11 first resp... https://inter.st/ng6a

A gas station displays an apologetic sign during the 1973 oil crisis. See some of the most iconic images in American history here: https://inter.st/e4bs

Donald Trump calls a local news station shortly after the September 11 attacks to discuss how he now owns the tallest building in New York City.

When the Twin Towers collapsed on September 11, 2001, thousands of workers, firefighters, and visitors were killed instantly. But in the decades since the world's deadliest terrorist attack, thousands of other victims have died from illnesses caused by the carcinogens releas... https://inter.st/2tbr

On September 11, 2001, United Flight 93 was hijacked en route to Washington, D.C. — but passengers led by Tom Burnett launched a revolt that forced the plane down in rural Pennsylvania. All 44 people aboard were killed, but their actions spared countless lives in the nation'... https://inter.st/nren

The hole left by Flight 11 after crashing into the North Tower on September 11th.

As New York City watched from the ground and the rest of the world watched on television, astronauts aboard the International Space Station witnessed plumes of smoke rising from the World Trade Center. The view offered a perspective of the tragedy unlike any other. See more ... https://inter.st/hwz6

On September 10, 2001, 31-year-old Sneha Anne Philip mysteriously disappeared after shopping at a Manhattan department store near the Twin Towers. Because she was a doctor, her loved ones believe that she died while helping victims of the 9/11 attacks. But her husband also s... https://inter.st/4sb3

In September 2001, a French film crew was producing a documentary on life inside the New York City Fire Department. On the morning of September 11th, they accompanied firefighters on a call to check a gas leak in Lower Manhattan — and happened to capt... https://allthatsinteresting.com/9-11-pictures

The accuracy of progression images for missing children.

In the 1980s, the mujahideen in Afghanistan were given billions of dollars by the CIA, which in turn provided the first funding for al-Qaeda. ⁠After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States and Saudi Arabia agreed to match funding to jihadi and Islamic groups in 1... https://inter.st/lie2

One of the last photos of Al Capone, taken with his wife Mae and their grandchildren in Miami in 1946. A month later, he would die of syphilis, which he contracted in the 1920s from a prostitute but refused to get treated out of embarrassment.

Born on Nov. 9, 1914, in Austria-Hungary, Hedy Lamarr was an American actress who later became a scientist. Lamarr may have gotten her start on the silver screen, but her larger legacy is much more important. After she immigrated to the United States from Austria, Lamarr devoted her life to sci....

Violet Bonham Carter — the grandmother of actress Helena Bonham Carter — was an outspoken orator and politician. She spoke out against the Treaty of Versaille and Nazi Germany, leading Hitler to add her to his "black book" of Britons he would imprison if he ever invaded Engl... https://inter.st/n02

Minutes before Jim Thorpe, pictured here on July 23, 1912, was supposed to compete in the Olympics, his shoes went missing. (If you look closely, you can see he's wearing mismatched shoes.) Thorpe got a too-small shoe from one teammate, and found another in the trash. Nevertheless, he won the g....

British 55th Division troops blinded by tear gas await treatment at an advanced dressing station during the Battle of Estaires in April 1918. See more colorized images that bring World War 1 to life: https://inter.st/pkh5

After ejecting from his F-105, pilot Victor Vizcarra parachuted to safety as his aircraft passed beneath him and crashed into a mountain in Vietnam in 1966.

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Born on Jan. 30, 1946, in Dallas, Texas, Paul Alexander spent the majority of his life in an iron lung. Alexander contracted polio at the age of six in 1952, which paralyzed him from the neck down for the rest of his life. Despite this, Alexander became a lawyer, wrote a memoir, and became acti....

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What an emperor would have done when deciding a gladiator's fate is extend a thumb for a kill and hide a thumb in his fist for an acquittal. Read more of history's most persistent myths here: https://allthatsinteresting.com/history-myths-busted

Residents of John Gotti's Howard Beach neighborhood are asked about him after his conviction in 1992.

Born in 1890 in Poland, Stephan Bibrowski had a condition called hypertrichosis — or "werewolf disease" — that resulted in hair covering his entire body from birth. Bibrowski made his livelihood by touring with the Barnum & Bailey Circus and the Ringling Brothers, but he also had another side: ....