A pioneer in both physical therapy and forensics, Bessie Blount Griffin was best known for creating devices to help veteran amputees during World War II and teaching them to write with their teeth and feet.TwitterForced to leave school after the sixth grade, Bessie Blunt Griffin nevertheless went on to become a nurse, an inventor, and a pioneer in both physical therapy and forensics. A physical therapist, an inventor, a writer, and a forensic handwriting analyst, Bessie Blount Griffin got her start in a one-room segregated schoolhouse with no textbooks — and rose to greatness.

In addition to the 2,700-year-old well, archaeologists also found struck flint, animal bone, and pottery used for storage and waste.Oxfordshire County CouncilThe Bronze Age well was in good condition, perhaps because of the waterlogged earth that surrounded it. While conducting a routine archaeological survey ahead of roadwork in England, archaeologists came across a stunning artifact buried deep in the earth: a wooden well from the Bronze Age. Despite its age, the well is in surprisingly good condition — and may shed light on Bronze Age settlements that existed in the area several millennia ago.

Dumbo was forced to perform so many "rave" dance routines for laughing tourists that his legs literally snapped — and the zoo is calling it an accident.Moving AnimalsDumbo the Elephant. He was forced to perform so many tricks for tourists that it literally killed him. According to the Moving Animals activist group, a baby elephant named Dumbo died last month at the Phuket Zoo in Thailand after suffering broken legs resulting from his grave mistreatment.

This discovery could help scientists better understand human interest in mind-altering activities.YouTubeZola the gorilla spins in a pool at the Dallas Zoo. It turns out that humans aren’t the only species who like to get loose. A new study examining the behavior of great apes found that the creatures spin intentionally to get “tipsy.” Researchers believe these developments may help us understand why humans often seek out mind-altering drugs and activities.

Even though she was emancipated in 1848, Henrietta Wood was kidnapped and enslaved again for 16 more years. After she was freed a second time, she took her captor to court.In 1853, a deputy sheriff lured a Black woman named Henrietta Wood across the Ohio River from Ohio into the slave state of Kentucky. Once she was on the other side of the river and had no legal rights, Wood became property – even though she’d been living as a free woman for years.