From his prison escapes to his Twitter wars, discover some of the wildest facts about Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. Because Joaquín Guzmán grew up poor in a rural area, he began selling marijuana in elementary school. By age 15, he was his family's primary breadwinner. ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images He was first recognized on Forbes' list of billionaires in 2009. At the time, his cartel was responsible for supplying nearly half of America's drugs.
What was once considered a fairly common jellyfish fossil is actually an ancient sea anemone, a new study reveals. Artwork by Julius CsotonyiAn artist’s depiction of the ancient sea anenomes that were mistaken for jellyfish.
Mazon Creek in northern Illinois is a world-famous Lagerstätte, a term coined by paleontologists to describe sites with exceptionally preserved fossils. The most common type of fossil found at Mazon Creek is referred to as “the blob,” which in 1979 was determined by Bradley University professor Merrill Foster to be a jellyfish fossil.
From doll masks to bags over heads to outfits that can't even be described with words, these vintage Halloween costumes are supremely creepy.The Halloween costumes of today may be flashy, complicated, and over the top, but in days gone by, there was enough horror for everyone in a simple mask. While these outfits were quite basic — and often just composed of something like a bag over someone’s head — these getups were also a million times creepier than any costume you’d see today.
Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez Seymour Wally/NY Daily News Archive via Getty ImagesRaymond Fernandez (left), attorney Herbert Rosenberg and Martha Beck hold hands after court adjourned on July 13, 1949.
Serial killer couple Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez became known as the Lonely Hearts Killers because they targeted victims who placed and answered personal ads. It started out as just a scam but ended in bloodshed.
Fernandez was a con artist who suffered a horrible skull fracture during World War II and thought of himself as master of voodoo who could entice any woman.
Over three feet of hail fell onto the unsuspecting town of Guadalajara in Mexico — and many are pointing the finger at climate change. A woman and a child walk on hail in the eastern area of Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, on June 30, 2019. ULISES RUIZ/AFP/Getty Images Enrique Alfaro / Twitter Some areas saw hail piled as high as six feet.ULISES RUIZ/AFP/Getty Images 450 homes were affected.ULISES RUIZ/AFP/Getty Images ULISES RUIZ/AFP/Getty Images ULISES RUIZ/AFP/Getty Images Temperatures will go back to the 80s and 90s this week.