Pilar Abel has publicly insisted since 2015 that she is the artist's daughter, saying: "The only thing I’m missing is a mustache."Juan Medina/Reuters/Paul Almasy/Corbis/GettyPilar Abel (left) claimed both her mother and grandmother believed Dalí was her father. A five-year saga during which a psychic claimed to be the daughter of Salvador Dalí ended this week when a Madrid court ruled that not only were they not related, but also that the woman now has to pay for exhuming the artist’s body in the first place.

While Pukwudgies are said to be good-hearted if treated kindly, they can become lethal when slighted — and they can use their magical powers to kill.New York Public LibraryPukwudgies are often described as similar to gnomes or fairies, like those depicted in Arthur Rackham’s The Little People’s Market (1915). Almost all cultures throughout history have their own cryptids, elusive beings whose existence has never been proven. In Wampanoag legend, that creature is the Pukwudgie.

Redoshi was kidnapped when she was 12 years old, sold to an Alabama banker, and renamed Sally Smith.U.S. Department of Agriculture/National ArchivesRedoshi, appearing in a 1930s public information film called “The Negro Farmer” produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. American slavery officially ended with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, but the nation’s history with the practice has undeniably impacted generations to come. Millions of lives, spanning centuries, were irrevocably altered.

The Raid On The Pagoda Manhai/FlickrMonks in the pagoda chant funeral prayers for Thich Quang Duc. Saigon, South Vietnam. June 11, 1963. When the fire died out, the monks covered Thich Quang Duc’s body with yellow robes, put it in a wooden casket, and carried it back to the pagoda. The body of the “Burning Monk” didn’t leave alone. Though Thich Quang Duc had arrived with 350 men, a crowd of more than 1,000 followed the body away from the scene — some monks, some civilians, and some even police officers who’d been moved to abandon their posts.

A centuries-old interrogation method, Chinese water torture was actually invented far from Asia and eventually evolved into far crueler forms of punishment.Wikimedia CommonsA 1674 illustration from Sweden depicting Chinese water torture (left) and a reproduction of a water torture device on display in Berlin (right). Human beings have inflicted untold suffering on each other since the dawn of time. Over the centuries, people have worked to devise constantly evolving forms of punishment and coercion.