Way before diversion could be found at your fingertips, there was the classic circus. The pro to-TLC, it relied on shock and exploitation to draw its crowd.The traveling circus was once such a popular event that families would plan their vacation around it coming to town. It might seem impossible now, but there was a time–indeed, there were centuries–when entertainment could be found outside of an LCD screen. Before “Angry Birds”, there was the circus, which in many ways was the proto-TLC, as circus execs relied heavily on shock and exploitation to provide people with an escape from the drudgeries of reality–and, of course, make some killer profits for themselves.

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Scientists used scans to determine that the Venus of Willendorf's limestone is "virtually indistinguishable" from limestone found in Italy.In 1908, an archaeologist digging along the banks of the Danube River near Willendorf, Austria made a striking find: a 30,000-year-old limestone statue of a voluptuous woman, since dubbed the “Venus of Willendorf.” Now, scans of the statue have revealed that it likely originated in northern Italy, nearly 600 miles away. The origins of this 4.

This Pew report reveals the fastest growing religion in the world. The answer will likely surprise and, sadly, terrify many in the U.S.Muslims pray during the “Islam on Capitol Hill 2009” event — meant to promote the diversity of Islam in America — at the U.S. Capitol on September 25, 2009. On April 18, anti-Islam protestors will rally outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta and march on to CNN headquarters, shredding images of President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and the Prophet Muhammad along the way.

From 1978 to 1995, James "Whitey" Bulger reigned as boss of the Winter Hill Gang in Somerville, Massachusetts — while secretly working with the FBI.Wikimedia CommonsThe mugshot of James “Whitey” Bulger on the day he was sent to Alcatraz, November 15, 1959. After spending much of his youth behind bars, Whitey Bulger controlled Boston’s Winter Hill Gang for nearly two decades starting in the 1970s. If you asked longtime Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger, he’d tell you everything we’ve heard about him is wrong.