"Since I was the eldest among the other seven children, I felt the urge to save her. So, I jumped into the water and swam to where she was struggling to float."PixabayA brave 11-year-old girl rescued her younger friend from a crocodile attack in Zimbabwe. As we’ve come to learn already, not all heroes wear capes. In the case of a recent crocodile attack on a nine-year-old in Zimbabwe, the courageous hero came in the form of her 11-year-old friend.

While born centuries ago, Henry David Thoreau’s views are far from antiquated. The philosopher-poet believed that all people are inherently good, and that organized religion and politics offered themselves as major sources of corruption. His master work, Walden, solidified his place among the great poets of history, and served as a field guide for self-sufficiency. Thoreau’s fascinating and far-reaching work has inspired generations of artists and writers, including Spencer Byles. As the following Henry David Thoreau quotes show, it’s easy to see why:

Before Marilyn Monroe, there was Norma Jeane Mortenson: a curly-haired brunette who never imagined she would be more than a housewife.While Marilyn Monroe took America by storm with her glitz and glamor in the 1950s, this Hollywood icon had previously lived a tragedy-filled early life under her birth name, Norma Jeane Mortenson. To this day, few fans of the acting legend know the full story of Mortenson and how Monroe’s troubled youth impacted her entire life.

The visuals behind celebrations for the Day of the Dead are dazzling, but its rich traditions are just as fascinating. Young women in face paint celebrate the Day of the Dead in Hidalgo, Mexico.Chris Jackson/Getty Images A girl in costume on the Day of the Dead in Hidalgo, Mexico. Chris Jackson/Getty Images Mexican statues for the Day of the Dead at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images An altar to the dead in front of the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico City during the Day of the Dead.

These rarely-seen pictures of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, autopsy, and funeral reveal the full story of the shooting that shook the nation in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.Images of John F. Kennedy’s assassination hold a permanent place in the American consciousness. Jackie Kennedy’s pink dress. The doomed convertible. The jubilant crowds. It was the moment, in Dallas, Texas on Nov. 22, 1963, when American history changed forever. That day of the Kennedy assassination started out full of promise.