Spider-Man Reimagined As A Black/Hispanic Teenager… MarvelMiles Morales as Spider-Man. Marvel began discussing the notion of a non-white Spider-Man in the run-up to the first election of Barack Obama. When they executed that notion a few years later, in 2011, the world was introduced to Miles Morales, a 13-year-old boy born to an African-American father and a Puerto Rican mother. Upon the introduction of Morales, original Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee proclaimed, “Doing our bit to try to make our nation, and the world, color blind is definitely the right thing.

Hisashi Ouchi: The Lab Technician Who Suffered The Worst Radiation Death In History Peak Interest/YouTubeHisashi Ouchi became the most radioactive man in history after a lab accident. There’s a reason why workplace health and safety guidelines exist, and the chilling story of Hisashi Ouchi shows just how important they are — especially if you happen to work at a nuclear power plant. On September 30, 1999, the 35-year-old Ouchi and two others were working at the Tokaimura Nuclear Power Plant in Tokaimura, Japan under a tight deadline put in place by the Japan Nuclear Fuel Conversion Company.

12-Foot Reptile Found In The Stomach Of A 240-Million-Year-Old ‘Megapredator’ Da-Yong Jiang, et alThe stomach of the fossilized Guizhouichthyosaurus ichthyosaur which contained the remains of its 12-foot prey. During prehistoric times, a 15-foot mega fish-lizard known as the Ichthyosaur to modern scientists hunted beneath the ocean surface. It happened upon a 12-foot long Thalattosaur, which it promptly devoured. And this hefty meal stayed inside the Ichthyosaur until its remains were unearthed 240 million years later.

Sherry Johnson's family tried to protect the members of their church congregation that raped her by forcing her into marriage.GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty ImagesA young actress plays a child bride in a protest by Amnesty International to denounce child marriage. At least one child under the age of 16 gets married in Florida every few days. That’s because what many would call underage marriage is still legal in every state in America — typically with the consent of parents or a judge.

From the truth behind the cherry tree myth to the shocking story of his infamous dentures, these astounding facts about George Washington will change how you see America's foremost founding father. The French and Indian War, also called the Seven Years War, was unwittingly started by a 21-year-old George Washington. In 1754, Washington led an attack on French forces and subsequently had to surrender to the French at Fort Necessity— which sparked the French and Indian War.