How Baby Cages Became An Early 20th-Century Fad Reg Speller/FOX Photos/Getty ImagesA baby cage from the 1930s. Playpens are an essential safe space for vulnerable small children. With dangling ornaments aimed to distract and tantalize their minds, cribs are helpful for kids and a relief for parents. But in decades past, however, playpens often dangled several stories above the ground. In the late 19th century baby cages emerged. Thanks to Dr.

Cockroaches, caterpillars and blood-sucking bugs that live in your bed -- these seven creepy insects are guaranteed to give you nightmares.Image Source: jamesmshaw.blogspot.com From the bug that’s named for the specific human body part it likes to bite to the bug that’s bigger than your hand, we’ve compiled the freakiest insects nature has to offer. Be warned: these seven creepy insects are sure to make your skin crawl–in one case, literally.

Tommy Cooper Monty Fresco/Getty ImagesTommy Cooper The death of British prop comedian Tommy Cooper was not controversial nor was it any kind of statement — it just was. Cooper was a magician and a clown whose bread and butter was physical comedy. Sp when he collapsed in front of a studio audience during a 1984 live broadcast of the British variety show Live from Her Majesty’s, both his stage assistant and the crowd thought it was a joke.

From the "Japanese Schindler" to members of the Dutch resistance, these incredible stories of Holocaust heroes prove that not everyone was just following orders.The horrors of the Holocaust are well known. But the genocide led by Nazi Germany — which killed six million Jews and millions of other people during World War II — also contained moments of quiet bravery. In the darkest days of the war, ordinary people across Europe bravely stepped up to save Jewish people — often risking their own lives in the process.

The 75-Year Mystery Of George Mallory’s Death On Mount Everest Dave Hahn/Getty ImagesThe body of George Mallory, as captured in 1999. When asked why he felt driven to scale Everest, English mountaineer George Mallory replied simply, “because it’s there.” To this day, Mallory is known perhaps as much for that retort as he is for the controversy over whether or not he ever reached the top. After failing to scale Everest twice before in 1921 and 1922, he never returned from his 1924 attempt, leaving the fate of his climb uncertain.