The Garamantes are a mysterious African tribe. For a long time, they were considered simply undeveloped nomads. However, over the years, new and new facts have been discovered, proving that the Garamantes created a highly civilized state and possessed advanced technology for its time. Three thousand years ago, for example, they could perform first-class operations […]
George Stinney Jr. became the youngest person to have ever been executed in the history of the United States of America by an electric chair in the 20th century. He was just 14 years old. The African American boy was detained and charged in March 1944 for killing two little girls, Betty June Binnicker (11) […]
Nature is continuously posing enigmas for humans to solve, many of which are inexplicable even by today’s scientific understanding. One such location may be found in Kazakhstan and is known as the valley of balls. On the Mangystau peninsula, experts have been trying to figure out for more than 250 years where the enormous fossils […]
With over 550 characters, Naruto is one of the most immersing anime of all time. Moreover, Naruto is known for its indigenous storyline and exhilarating battles. Hence, fans have always wondered and are often intrigued to know which characters are the strongest in the shinobi world. Additionally, there have been multiple debates on the following […]
Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at Okubo Elementary School in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan would be unlike any other before it. At lunchtime that day, 11-year-old Natsumi Tsuji invited her classmate and friend, 12-year-old Satomi Mitarai, into an empty classroom where she promised to show her a new game. Under the guise of walking her through how […]
This story is a horribly gruesome one. All murders are terrible, but the murder of Junko Furuta takes it to a whole other level of terror. The hardship Junko had to endure before her life was snuffed out was unbelievably cruel. It’s the kind of crime that makes you wonder how such horrible human beings […]
Yesterday marked the 31th anniversary of the death of Junko Furuta. She was murdered on the 4th of January 1989, after having been kept captive and tortured for 41 days. Back then I was working in Tokyo. I remember reading the newspaper about the murder which was known as THE CONCRETE-ENCASED HIGH SCHOOL GIRL MURDER […]
You might have a bit of money saved. It’s probably not enough for a house, but you reckon I should probably invest this in something.Maybe you’ve heard on the news about Tesla or Netflix or Amazon and how, if you’d invested 10 years ago in Tesla then you’d be a millionaire by now or things […]
Bitcoin The top cryptocurrency fell below the $33,000 mark on Monday to its lowest point since July, before regaining some losses later in the day. Still, the digital asset is down about 20% year to date, and roughly 40% below its all-time high hit in November. That means that an investor who had put $1,000 […]
The Sasebo Incident The tragedy occurred in 2004 in the city of Sasebo, in Japan’s Nagasaki Prefecture, at the public Okubo Elementary School. The entry for the incident on Wikipedia JP goes into detail about what happened the day before. It also covers the day of the incident in a minute-by-minute recreation[1]. The trouble began […]
