From “lobster boy” to the human zoo exhibit, discover the most interesting stories you’ve never heard.

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In studying history, one finds moments in time, interesting stories, that pierce the veil that separates us from history and reveals the diverse tapestry of events that is the past.

These include tales of unique individuals under extraordinary circumstances.

These stories will show that the past is much more complex, much more disturbing, and much more incredible than one can ever imagine.

Interesting Stories: The Serial Killer’s 175-Year-Old Head In A Jar

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Considered by many to be Portugal’s first serial killer, Diogo Alves was born in Galicia in 1810 and traveled to Lisbon as a young child to work as a servant in the affluent homes of the capital city.

It wasn’t long before young Alves realized that a life of crime was better for turning a profit, and in 1836, he had himself transferred to work in a home located on the Aqueduto das Águas Livres.

Despite the fact that those traveling across the Aqueduct were humble farmers returning home, Alves would lie in wait for them at nightfall, when he would rob them of their earnings.

Afterward, Alves would throw them over the edge of the 213-foot tall structure, sending them falling to their deaths. Between 1836 and 1839, he repeated this process some 70 times.

Local police initially attributed the deaths to copycat suicides, which led to a temporary closure of the bridge.

Alves then formed a group of bandits, before they were caught while killing four people inside the home of a local doctor, and Alves was arrested and sentenced to death by hanging.

But it’s what happened next that makes this one of history’s most interesting stories.

Scientists at the time wanted to study Alves’ head, to determine the origin of his murderous nature. For this reason, they had his head removed from his dead body and preserved in a jar for study — where it has remained ever since.

This severed head now sits in the University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Medicine where students can experience this chilling reminder of a horrifying man.

The Vicious Crimes Of Lobster Boy

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Grady Stiles Jr., who would become known as “Lobster Boy”, was born in Pittsburgh in 1937 as the latest in a lineage of “Lobster Men” carnival sideshows who inherited the congenital deformity ectrodactyly, which fuses their fingers together into “lobster claws.”

Stiles’ case was pretty severe: In addition to his hands, he also experienced ectrodactyly in his feet, and therefore could not walk. For most of his life, he primarily used a wheelchair, but also learned to use his upper body to pull himself across the floor with impressive strength.

Limited by these deformities, Stiles grew up confined within the carnival world, and so it wasn’t surprising that as a young man he fell in love with another carnival worker named Maria Teresa, a young woman who had run away to join the circus as a teenager.

The couple soon married and had two children, but things took a turn for the worse when Stiles started drinking and, combined with his overpowering upper body strength, he became abusive toward his wife and children.

When Stiles’ teenage daughter, Donna, fell in love with a young man that he didn’t approve of, he murdered his daughter’s fiancé in cold blood on the eve of the wedding.

At his trial, he admitted his act with no remorse whatsoever, but pointed out that he couldn’t possibly be imprisoned because no jail could properly accommodate his disability. He was subsequently let off with 15 years probation and allowed to return home.

Though they had divorced during the trial, for reasons that no one, either in the Stiles family or outside of it, has been able to understand, his first wife agreed to remarry him in 1989.

When she returned, the beatings became more severe and few years after they remarried, she paid her 17-year-old neighbor, Chris Wyant, $1,500 to shoot and kill him, bringing one of history’s most incredible stories to an end.

Not one of them denied that they had killed Stiles. During the trial, his wife spoke at length of his abusive history. “My husband was going to kill my family,” she told the court, “I believe that from the bottom of my heart.”

The Woman Who Survived The Titanic — And Two Other Shipwrecks

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Depending on your perspective, Violet Jessop was either the luckiest or unluckiest women to ever live. Either way, she certainly has one of the most interesting stories you’ll ever read.

Jessop was a stewardess on ocean liners who began her career aboard the Orinoco in 1908 at age 21.

She started with the White Star Line when she went aboard the HMS Olympic, one of three Olympic class cruisers created by the company, in 1910.

A year later, while Jessop was still working aboard the ship, it collided with the British warship the HMS Hawke while the two were passing through a narrow strait. Though both vessels were damaged by the encounter, it did not completely destroy either ship and there were no fatalities.

While the Olympic was being repaired, Violet was employed aboard another White Star Line ship, and the sister vessel to the Olympic, the RMS Titanic. Jessop was onboard when the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank, but was able to find a lifeboat and survived.

Despite these two sea accidents she had been a part of, Jessop was undeterred, and during World War I, she served as a Red Cross stewardess aboard the HMHS Britannic.

It had been converted into a hospital ship and was transporting injured soldiers to the United Kingdom when they hit a German mine in the Aegean Sea and sank.

While escaping the sinking ship on a lifeboat, Jessop and many other passengers were almost sucked into the ship’s propeller blades, but narrowly escaped, cementing her reputation as “Miss Unsinkable.” She would later recount her harrowing story in Titanic Survivor: The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet Jessop who Survived Both the Titanic and Britannic Disasters.

The Human Zoo Exhibit

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Ota Benga was a Mbuti pygmie tribesman born in the Ituri Forest of the Congo in 1883.

Benga married young and fathered two children, but his dreams of living a normal life were shattered when, sometime in the 1890s, Belgian colonial troops came across his village and killed his entire family while he was out hunting.

Without a family or tribe, Benga was lost and had no place in the society he had grown up in. Surprisingly, at this point, some of Benga’s most trying times were still ahead of him.

Shortly after the death of his family, Benga was captured by slave traders and put to work on an industrial farm. It was there, in 1904, that Benga was discovered by, of all people, an American businessman named Samuel Verner with racist beliefs about evolution.

He thought that Benga, with his short stature, dark skin, and sharp teeth, filed as part of a cultural ritual, was a “missing link” between humans and our evolutionary ancestors. He then purchased Benga for a bag of salt and a bolt of cloth.

Verner’s group promptly brought Benga to St. Louis, where he was the hit of the 1904 World’s Fair. Following the exhibition, Benga briefly returned to Africa, where he remarried, but returned to the U.S. after his wife died from a snake bite.

He was later placed in the ape enclosure at the Bronx Zoo, displayed as part of the New York Anthropological Society’s exhibit on human evolution. Local black clergy were appalled by the exhibit and demanded Benga’s release. They successfully lobbied the governor to force the zoo to shut down the display.

Benga then briefly lived in Virginia working at a tobacco plant. In 1914, he decided to return to Africa, but when World War I broke out, he was unable to do so.

On March 20, 1916, depressed at the thought of not being able to return home, Ota Benga shot himself in the heart and died, bringing an end to one of history’s most heartbreaking yet also interesting stories. Pamela Newkirk would later document the life of Ota Benga in the award-winning Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga.

Interesting Stories: The Only Catholic Priest Ever Executed In U.S. History

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Hans Schmidt was an unusual child. He was born in the German town of Aschaffenburg in 1881 and had an eerie childhood habit of spending his afternoon watching the cows and pigs be processed through the local slaughterhouse.

He was also entranced by Roman Catholic rituals, and played priest with a homemade altar. These two childhood passions would eventually converge in an unsettling way.

A 25-year-old Schmidt was ordained in Germany in 1904, but by 1912 found himself at St. Boniface Church on the east side of Manhattan.

But he wasn’t the only recent addition to St. Boniface at the time; a young Austrian housekeeper named Anna Aumuller had recently been hired to keep shop. Schmidt and Aumuller then began having an affair.

On February 26, 1913, Schmidt married Aumuller in a secret ceremony that he performed himself. However, later that year, Aumuller told Schmidt that she was pregnant, and he knew that his days as a priest would be over if word got out that a purportedly celibate Catholic priest had married and impregnated a woman.

On September 2, Schmidt slashed Aumuller’s throat with a 12-inch butcher’s knife in a Manhattan apartment that he had rented for her. He then sawed off her head with a hacksaw and sliced her body in half, finally dumping her remains in the Hudson River.

When the body washed up days later, police traced the remains back to Schmidt. Within minutes, he confessed to the marriage and murder of Aumuller, claiming “I loved her. Sacrifices should be consummated in blood.”

The jury convicted Schmidt of first-degree murder and sentenced him to death by electric chair. Schmidt was electrocuted to death on February 18, 1916. To this day — and this is what truly makes his tale one of history’s most interesting stories — Schmidt is the only priest to ever be executed in the United States.

America’s First Supermodel, Who Died In A Mental Asylum

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To refer to Audrey Munson simply as a supermodel would be dismissive, as the iconic Gilded Age star was a renowned artist’s model, clothing model, and film actress whose fascinating tale stands out among a crowded field of similarly interesting stories.

She was, in fact, the model for some the most iconic sculptures in New York City, including the massive, 25-foot-tall statue perched atop Lower Manhattan’s Municipal Building: Civic Fame.

Born in Rochester, New York in 1891, Munson moved to New York City when she was still a teenager. She was first discovered when a photographer spotted the young beauty in a Fifth Avenue store window.

This led to Munson’s initial collaborative work with various photographers and sculptors, who were drawn to her tall, photogenic frame and “neoclassical” features. This fame also led to her being cast in silent films of the era.

Despite her fame, Munson received little compensation and was not able to save up enough to support herself after her star had faded. By the 1920s, as her popularity decreased, she and her mother moved to upstate New York.

With no savings to speak of, Munson took work as a waitress. It was during this time that she began to demonstrate signs of mental illness, such as her insistence on being known as “Baroness Audrey Meri Munson-Munson.”

She blamed her downfall on Jewish people, and her outspoken anti-Semitism led her so far as to contact the U.S. House of Representatives, insisting that they create a law that would protect her from “the Hebrews.”

At the age of 40, Munson was sent even further upstate to Ogdensburg, along the Canadian border. There, she would reside at St. Lawrence State Hospital, where she would live for many years.

Toward the tail end of her life, the hospital threw Audrey out to make room for incoming patients and moved her to a nearby nursing home. Audrey Munson eventually ended up back in the rooms at St. Lawrence, where she died at the age of 104. Her story inspired the biographical book The Curse of Beauty: The Scandalous & Tragic Life of Audrey Munson, America’s First Supermodel.

Perhaps The Richest Person Who Has Ever Lived

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Perhaps the richest person who ever lived, Mansa Musa I has (despite being at the center of one of history’s most interesting stories) largely been forgotten by history due to a lack of focus and study on Africa, from which he came.

Musa became emperor of Mali in 1312 when then-emperor Abubakari II deputized Musa to temporarily assume his role. Through trading gold and salt, which were found in abundance in West Africa at the time, Musa amassed an enormous fortune.

Though Musa had become fabulously wealthy through trade, the rest of the world only became aware of the extent of his wealth when he embarked on a pilgrimage to Mecca.

His caravan traveled throughout Cairo, Medina, and finally to Mecca with a procession of more than 60,000 people, dozens of animals, and plenty of gold. In fact, as they traveled, Musa and his entourage gave gold away to people in the streets.

They bought so many goods that they messed up the global economy for a while because he sizably increased the amount of gold in circulation.

Musa used his gold to build a great number of mosques, to the point that legend says he built one every Friday of his reign. The most famous of the mosques he commissioned is the Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu, Mali.

When adjusted for inflation, Musa’s wealth is believed to have been around $400 billion. The only person who comes close to Musa’s wealth is John D. Rockefeller, who economists believe amassed a worth of around $336 billion when adjusted for inflation.

The Mormon Girl Who Was Raised By The Mohave

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Born in 1837, Olive Oatman was one of seven siblings all raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before she found herself at the center of one of the most interesting stories of the American West.

In 1850, when Oatman was just 13 years old, her parents joined a Mormon wagon train traveling to California. Midway through their journey, the Oatmans were attacked by members of the Western Yavapai tribe who slaughtered her parents and four of her siblings.

Oatman was then taken captive by the Yavapai and kept as a slave at their nearby village where she was forced to forage for food and carry firewood, and was often beaten and otherwise mistreated if she did not comply.

After a year with the Yavapai, she accompanied them to an inter-village trade, where she was sold to the Mohave tribe for a horse. The Mohave were much more prosperous than the Yavapai and, luckily for Oatman, were also more compassionate.

Oatman was given a plot of land to farm and traditional Mohave clothes to wear, and she was also tattooed on her chin and arms, a tribal custom reserved for members of the tribe.

Then, when Oatman was 19 years old, a messenger arrived at the Mohave village from Fort Yuma, saying they had heard there was a white girl living with the Mohaves and demanding that she be returned.

Fearing the white men would destroy them, the Mohaves brought Olive to Fort Yuma, where officers dressed her in Western clothing, deeming her Mohave clothing, consisting of a skirt and nothing above the waist, to be inappropriate.

Oatman then reintegrated into American society after a few years, though she always looked back on her time with the Mohave fondly. She would later recount her experience in the book The Captivity of the Oatman Girls Among the Apache and Mohave Indians.

Interesting Stories: The Man Who Revolutionized Medicine Only To Be Ridiculed For It

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Ignaz Semmelweis was a doctor who made a huge medical breakthrough that remains important to this day, although at the time he was shunned and ridiculed for his ideas.

While working in a Vienna maternity clinic in 1847, Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis noticed a disturbing trend: New mothers were dying in droves due to some mysterious ailment known as “childbed fever.”

Semmelweis resolved to figure out what was behind these deaths, and started by looking for disparities between the hospital’s two maternity wards, and discovered that women treated in the doctors’ ward were dying at a rate nearly five times that of those in the midwives’ clinic.

Semmelweis realized that the difference between the doctors and the midwives was that doctors performed autopsies in addition to delivering babies, and often went straight from one procedure to the next.

He hypothesized that the doctors were spreading material from dead bodies to maternity ward patients, and concluded that by stopping the route of transmission, he could likely stop the spread of the fever.

Semmelweis then pioneered disinfection measures, mostly using the chemical chlorine. After implementing the simple policies that maternity wards needed to be kept clean, and that doctors needed to wash their hands, the rate of childbed fever dropped dramatically

Despite proving that disinfection reduced mortality to below one percent, Semmelweiss’ technique was rejected by most doctors of his time because they felt that it was insulting to require them to wash their hands.

Constant criticism and hounding from the medical community led Semmelweis to have a nervous breakdown that placed him in a mental asylum, where he eventually died in 1865, bringing his tale, one of recent history’s most interesting stories, to an end.

The irony of his death is that many historians believe he died of sepsis, the same thing that killed all those women on the maternity ward.

The Prostitute Turned Pirate Queen

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Born in 1775, Ching Shih grew up in the Guangdong province of southeastern China, where at one point she worked as a prostitute on a floating brothel.

In 1801, the famed Zheng Yi, pirate commander of the Red Flag Fleet, raided the brothel, and was so struck by Shih’s beauty that he asked her to marry him. Shih said yes to Yi’s proposal, but only after Yi agreed to give her equal partnership in fleet leadership, as well as 50 percent of the admiral’s share of anything attained.

Just six years after marrying Shih, Yi fought his last fight amid the Tay Son Rebellion in Vietnam, where he died in 1807. Seeing an opportunity to rise to power, Shih then took command of the entire squadron.

Shih’s fleet went on to pillage the south China coast, taking over several towns and taxing countless others. Also under Shih’s rule, the fleet would sink 63 Chinese government vessels, which prompted the British and Portuguese navies to stay out of her affairs.

Three years after Shih assumed rule over the Red Flag Fleet, the Qing emperor, seeing no way to curb the pirate fleets, offered amnesty to anyone willing to give up their pirating ways and return to the mainland.

She returned to civilian life, bringing with her the vast wealth she acquired from her piracy (as well as one of the most interesting stories in recorded history). She then went on to marry a former underling, Pao. Together they returned to the Guangdong province, where Shih opened and operated a gambling house until her death in 1844.

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Actors also believe and experience the love at first sight notion because no matter how famous they get, they still possess a heart capable of giving and receiving love. It is not an uncommon practice that actors marry their fans although it sounds bizarre. Fans are not always clingy and creepy like those shown in the movies. Most celebrities avoid direct or intimate contact with their fans and marrying them does not rest on ordinary ears very easily. However, there are a few celebs who actually did marry their die hard fans and have lived very happily with them ever since! Have a look at top 7 celebrities who married their fans.

John Travolta

Kelly Preston vowing to marry John Travolta is one of the huge ultimate story which went around about as a fan marrying her celebrity crush! She saw the hunk on a poster of his movie Grease and at that time she was just sixteen years old. Thirteen years later, she did what she thought. Being a model and an actress herself, she pursued him and the two met while filming a movie and eventually married in 1991. They have been together ever since and have three children together. Currently, Travolta is 63 and Preston is 54 years old.

Anne Hathaway

After she got arrested for money laundering in 2008 along with her boyfriend, Raffaello Follieri, she swore off men and it was hard for people to imagine her in another relationship but the cupid had some other plans for the princess! She met her future husband, Adam Shulman the very same yet terrible year for her. He was a longtime fan of Hathaway and met her through mutual friends. They developed a fast relationship in a very less time and the two got married in 2012.

Adam Sandler

Jackie Titone is a low profile actress but this never stopped her from marrying the super star of that era and her crush, Adam Sandler. She met him through some mutual friends and he offered her a part in his movie Big Daddy. Apart from that, she has also appeared in several of his other movies like Grown ups, Little Nicky and Blended. Just like a fidel admirer and a die hard fan would do, she converted to Judaism for Sandler and they later married in 2000. They have two beautiful daughters at the present.

Jessica Alba

In 2004, while filming for Fantastic Four, Jessica Alba found the fantastic husband who was working as a production assistant for the movie. Warren undoubtedly adored Jessica and her work before their face to face encounter and had always been a big fan of her. The two of them just hit it off there and then. They admit that they had an instant chemistry on set which has resulted into a seven year old marriage till now. The also have two kid together.

Patrick Dempsey

Can you imagine finding your future spouse in a hair salon because Patrick Dempsey! Jillian Fink was a stylist and thought someone was pranking her when she saw Dempsey’s name on the list for an appointment. But there he was. He walked right into her salon expecting a haircut. What he got was a wife. They got married the same year which was 1999 and have been together ever since. He still depends on his wife to cut his hair and have three children together till now.

Conan O’Brien

Picture yourself sitting in the audience of a talk show where the host falls under your magic. Difficult? It may sound like a fairytale but it actually happened to Lisa Powell when she was just sitting in the audience, minding her own business as a loyal fan when the host of the show, Conan O’Brien fell for her. He has admitted several times that it was love at first sight and the two wed in 2002.

Kelsey Grammer

Kayte Walsh was a flight attendant and a fan girl when she stole the actor Kelsey Grammer. And by stole, it literally means stealing! Kelsey was still married to Camille Donatacci, with whom he also had two daughters when he started a relationship with Kayte. When he divorced Kayte, the two were very quick to take each other as husband and wife, only two weeks following it. They have been together ever since then.

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Robert Downey Jr.

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Robert Downey Jr. is most recognised for his portrayal as Iron Man. He drew the attention of reviewers right away for his outstanding acting ability. He portrayed “Charlie Chaplin” in the 1992 film “Chaplin,” which surprised his admirers because we can’t see him portraying such a role nowadays. He not only acquitted himself admirably in that role, but he also garnered his first Academy Award nomination. His career quickly descended into a terrible spiral as a result of his drug use. After battling personal issues, he made a comeback with films like “Kiss Kiss Ban Bang” and “Iron Man.”

Richard Burton

Richard Burton was a fantastic actor who drew the attention of critics in the 1950s and was named one of the best performers of his time by several of them. Burton, however, failed to live up to such expectations owing to his drunkenness, disappointing reviewers and colleagues while fueling his mythology as a brilliant thespian wastrel. Burton was nominated for an Academy Award a total of seven times, but never won.

Johnny Depp

Johny Depp is a highly regarded and tremendously successful actor best known for his portrayal as Jack Sparrow in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy. Depp has been nominated for a number of major acting honours, including three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor. His most recent film, Black Mass, demonstrated that he still has more than enough strength to win an Oscar at the age of 53.

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise is without a doubt the most well-known Hollywood actor on the planet. In terms of performance, he cannot be compared to Marlon Brando or Robert De Niro, but he is undoubtedly a brilliant actor. Even though he is more of an action man who performs most of his stunts in movies and is most known for films such as “Mission Impossible,” he has also shown to be an actor with extremely mature acting talents. Even the Academy nominated him three times for an Oscar in the Best Actor category, but he never won.

Will Smith

Will Smith is without a doubt one of Hollywood’s most well-known performers. He’s also one of the world’s wealthiest actors, and unquestionably one of the best. Despite the fact that he has appeared in over 20 Hollywood films, his performances in two of them have garnered the notice of the Academy. He was nominated for Best Actor in an Academy Award for his roles as Muhammad Ali in “Ali (2001)” and as stockbroker Chris Gardner in “The Pursuit of Happyness (2006),” but he did not win.

Brad Pitt

Various media sites have referred to Brad Pitt as one of the most prominent and powerful figures in the American entertainment business, as well as the world’s most gorgeous guy, yet he is first and foremost a superb actor. He has been nominated for Academy Awards twice for Best Actor and once for Best Supporting Actor.

Edward Norton

Edward Norton is one of those rare persons who was born to play the part of an actor. Almost all of his films have received positive reviews for his performance. However, he received Academy Award nominations for his roles in films such as Primal Fear (1996), American History X (1998), and Birdman (2001). (2014). He’s a fantastic performer who deserves to win an Academy Award. His followers can only hope that he will acquire such honour in the future.

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Emily Ratajkowski

Among the many hottest models on Instagram Emily Ratajkowski was born on 7 June 1991 in London to an American dad and mom. This sizzling feminine mannequin started with a performing profession at the early age of 14 after receiving a contract with Ford to start teen modeling. In 2009-10 she featured in iCarly, focussed extra on vogue magazines, and appeared on erotica journal treats in March 2012. Additionally, She options in varied top-notch commercials like Nikon and multi variations of Carl Jr. In 2015, she starred in the movie Entourage, a mini-series, the spoils earlier than dying, and we’re pals, all critically properly acclaimed. The identical 12 months, she debuted in runway modeling for high-end labels, and in 2016-17 she appeared on many vogue journal covers. In 2022, she showcased her creativity by way of My Physique, a set of essays.

Kendall Jenner

Kendall Nicole Jenner is presently essentially the most stunning and hottest American mannequin in 2022. She is a well-liked mannequin, businesswoman, socialite, and media persona. She has an acceptable web price of $50 million and is among the many highest-paid female models in the world. This American mannequin first appeared on their household actuality present Maintaining with the Kardashians and rose to fame.

Kendall did her education at Sierra Canyon Faculty, later switching to house faculty to deal with modeling. She started her modeling profession at 13 in 2009 and received featured in Teen Vogue in 2010. In 2011 walked for the Mercedes-Benz vogue present, adopted by that includes on several journal covers. Later in 2015, she walked for Chanel and different high-end labels. In 2016 she unveiled her statue in Madame Tussauds. She is in a relationship with Devin Booker, an NBA participant.

Kylie Jenner

Kylie Kristen Jenner efficiently takes the 2nd spot among the many high 10 hottest fashions in America. She can also be a well-known businesswoman, socialite, and media persona, born on 10 August 1997. She is legendary for being on the fact present Maintaining with the Kardashians.

At 14, she collaborated with her sister to create a clothesline, Kendall & Kylie, and her personal cosmetics line, particularly Kylie Cosmetics, for the next 12 months, together with a cellular app Kendall and Kylie. The mannequin additionally shares the listing of the most influential teenagers with her sister.

Camila Morrone

Camila Rebeca Morrone Polak is one other probably the most stunning and hottest American fashions and actresses. She was additionally shortlisted among the many top 10 women with the hottest figure. She was born on 16 June 1997 in Los Angeles, United States.

This American magnificence Camila graduated from Beverly Hills high school in 2015. In 2016, Camila was featured on the quilt web page of Vogue and debuted because of the runway mannequin in 2017 on the Moschino resort assortment. In 2013, she made her debut by performing in the movie Bukowski and made a comeback with the motion movie demise want, By no means going again, and Daisy jones and the six. She acquired the Rising Star Award and targeted extra on performing than modeling in 2018. She has been in a relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio since 2017.

Hailey Baldwin

Hailey Rhode Bieber comes at fifth place among the many high 10 hottest American fashions. She can also be a socialite and a media persona. This American mannequin Baldwin is the daughter of Stephen Baldwin, and at 09, she debuts on tv together with her household. The mannequin did homeschooling and later joined American ballet theatre in her teen years. She is the primary company she signed a contract with and featured in vogue magazines like Love, V, Tatler, and I-D. In 2014 she made her debut because of the runway mannequin in a photograph session.

Bella Hadid

One of many most beautiful and sexiest American women Bella Hadid clutches the 4th spot within the hottest American fashion listing. The daughter’s (Jordanian) father and (Dutch) mom started her profession in 2012. The fashionable persona entered a modeling profession after quitting her horse-riding profession.

This sizzling American mannequin Bella graduated from Malibu high school in 2014. Then she shifted to New York to pursue pictures however signed with IMG fashions to proceed with research later and made her runway debut in 2015 with the Tom Ford assortment. The brand new file holder for many Vogue cowls in September of the 12 months; made her appearances in varied campaigns and vogue exhibits. The mannequin showcased her glamorous perspective at Harper Bazaar, Elle, Chanel, Givenchy, and Mercedes Benz Trend Week.

Gigi Hadid

The third place for many stunning and hottest American fashions goes to Gigi Hadid. She was born in Los Angeles on 23 April 1995. In 2013, she graduated from Malibu high school and was enthusiastic about horse driving additionally, being captain of the volleyball staff. They shifted to New York to review Felony Psychology however left her research to deal with a modeling profession. She started her modeling profession at two when seen by Paul Marciano as Child Guess, took a break to focus on research.

Robert Downey Jr. was paid $10 million for only 8 minutes of screen time in ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’. He got paid over $1 million per minute he’s in the movie.

Robert Downey Jr. largely credits the martial art Wing Chun for helping to maintain his sobriety, as well as helping to keep him “grounded, well and focused.”

In 2013, Robert Downey Jr. beat out George Clooney in a bidding war for movie rights to Black Mirror (UK) episode ‘The Entire History of You’ because they loved it so much.

Robert Downey Jr. buried the clothes that he wore in 1987’s “Less Than Zero” in the backyard of his house in a symbolic attempt to bury his decadent 1980s Brat Pack image and begin a new phase of his life and career after filming Chaplin.

When Robert Downey Jr. was on the set of the Avengers he would hide food on the sets. Nobody was ever able to find it so they let him continue to do it. The scene where he is eating blueberries is unscripted and part of the collection of food that he hid.

Before his sobriety, Robert Downey Jr. was once pulled over for speeding, but the officers quickly discovered Downey was naked and hallucinating allegedly throwing imaginary rats at the officers on the scene. On another occasion, Downey was discovered curled up in the fetal position behind a grungy Los Angeles hotel.

Robert Downey Jr. only got clean because his girlfriend (now wife) Susan Downey Jr. saw him on drugs, then gave him an ultimatum of quitting or losing her. He stopped at a Burger King on the coast and threw his drugs in the ocean. She is now known around Hollywood as “the Miracle That Saved Robert Downey.”

Robert Downey Jr.’s first acting role in the film Pound was as a puppy which was directed by his father, Robert Downey Sr.

Robert Downey Jr. made a documentary “The Last Party” in 1993 where he interviews, among others, Bill Clinton.

Robert Downey Jr. pissed in jars and left them lying around the set of “Zodiac” to protest not having enough time to go to his trailer and relax.

Robert Downey Jr. was cast as Lex Luthor in Superman: Flyby, a Superman reboot written by J.J. Abrams that was never made.

Robert Downey Jr was in a 1985 movie called “Tuff Turf”. At 30:52 of the movie it predicts (by 27 years) his biggest role with a spray paint tag on the wall of: “THE NEW AVENGERS”.

Robert Downey Jr.’s portrayal of Tony Stark in the Iron Man movie series was directly inspired by and based on Elon Musk.

Asia is a huge tourist magnet. Some travelers go there for the beautiful beaches, ancients monuments, and a unique atmosphere, but it also delivers an extraordinary culinary experience. But only if you dare.

Asia is considered one of the most developed culinary regions in the world, offering the most interesting, strange, and often even disgusting edible things you could never imagine to land on your plate. Snakes, spiders, dogs, smelly fruits – these are just some of Asia’s greatest dished. Be sure you know all the ingredients before you decide to order something!

 Sannakji, South Korea

Chopped up octopus tentacles are not the worst thing to gnaw on, but how would you like them if they were still squirming around on your plate? It looks like a scene from a nightmare.

Arachnids, Cambodia

In Cambodia, nobody thought they’d be eating fried tarantulas. Up until when thousands of people started dying of starvation due to some messed up political situation. They had no choice but to love off the land and all the critters they could find. But nowadays, these spiders are considered to be quite a delicacy!

Fugu, Japan

Fugu, or pufferfish, is incredibly poisonous, but crafty Japanese chefs have found a way to safely remove the dangerous glans and make the fish edible. However, the chance that the chef had missed the spot is always there, and you may actually die. Are you ready for this fish to be your last meal?

Birds Nest Soup, China

Have you tried one of the most expensive soups in the world? The white nests are made of the birds’ spit, which basically means you’re frenching some poor bird momma when you eat the soup. Disgusting!

 Bat Soup

We couldn’t let this one slide. One the one hand, it’s just a bowl of soup, but on the other, there’s a hairy bat in your soup. We’re sure it tastes great, but we’d rather stick to ramen noodles.

Cobra Heart, Vietnam

Eye of the tiger? Pshhh! How about a hear of a deadly cobra? Oh yeah, in Vietnam, you can order this delicacy in its raw state, served with a glass of cobra blood, or you could drown it in some rice wine.

People with extra fat wallets love to shower themselves with expensive things, but you’ll rarely surprise anyone with a new car or a diamond ring these days. That said, if you’re in the market for some record-breaking expensive thingamajigs, you’re in luck! Here are the top 7 most expensive things in the world.

Jewel Royale Chess

The most valuable set of chess ever was sold in Britain for $9.8 million. The chess pieces are made of platinum and gold and sprinkled with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and emeralds. And of course, pearls. Because, why not. The king alone weighs about 165 grams and costs $ 100,000.

Transmission Audio Ultimate

This audio system consists of six panels, 2 meters high each. It’s got woofers, sub-woofers, amps, and pre-amps able to unload 500W on your dearly beloved neighbors. This audio system, made of aircraft aluminum, takes up half a room and weighs more than five tons. When all is said and done, Transmission Audio Ultimate will cost you a whopping 1,000,000 dollars.

Joaillerie Manchette Watch

The most ridiculously-priced watch in the world looks like a bracelet made of pure white gold, decorated with 576 diamonds and 11 onyx stones. The small dial is made of silver and covered with sapphire crystal. $26 million is what you’ll need to pay for this extravagant accessory, which apparently, is a bit too much, as nobody wants to buy it.

History Supreme Yacht

This yacht is the most comfortable and expensive marine vessel in the whole world. Aside from the mind-boggling amount of gold used in its production, the designers used small meteorites and bones of a tyrannosaurus as ornaments. History Supreme is owned by a Malaysian businessman who acquired it for $ 4.8 billion. But seeing as gold prices are steadily growing, it’s worth much more.

Mayan Cigars

During excavations in Guatemala, archaeologists discovered ancient Mayan Sigras cigars. These cigars are already about 600 years old, but they are so well-preserved that you can smoke them. Some daredevil bought these cigars for 507,000 dollars.

The World’s First Diamond Ring

This ring was created by Swiss jewelers who are famous for their craftsmanship. This particular 150-carat ring was made from a solid diamond. It looks pretty, but it’ll cost you a cool $70 million.

Heidsieck Monopole Champagne

“Heidsieck Monopole” is a vintage champagne brand, one bottle of which was sold at an auction for 25 000. For that price, it better give a great buzz!

Violin by Giuseppe Guarneri

The violin was created in 1741 by, you guessed it, Giuseppe Guarneri. In 2010, the instrument was sold for $18 million at an auction, making this violin the most expensive musical instrument on the entire planet.

Instead of figuring out what the biggest cat species in the world are, this list takes a closer look at some of the most beautiful cats in the world. So here you go, scroll down and enjoy these cute little creatures!

Scottish Fold

The Scottish Fold is a fascinating type of cat which has a very distinctive appearance, often described as resembling an owl. That’s because they suffer from a genetic mutation that causes their ears to fold. That’s why they were originally known as lop-eared or lops and only acquired their current name in 1966.

Siamese Cat

The Siamese Cat is one of the best-recognized and most beautiful cats in the world. Originally from Thailand, which used to be called “Siam” and which is how this cat species got its name, it became very popular in Europe and North America in the 19th century. They have very distinctive blue eyes and triangular-shaped heads.

British Shorthair

The British Shorthair is one of the most popular domestic cats in the UK and has a strong body and thick coat. It usually comes in a grey type of color with orange eyes, even though it can come in a wide variety of colors. It’s also considered one of the oldest cat breeds in the world.

Norwegian Forest Cat

The Norwegian Forest Cat originates in Northern Europe and is perfectly adapted for cold temperatures. They have thick fur and a protective woolly undercoat below them to ensure they don’t get cold in the harsh winters of Scandinavia. These are also good climbers and have strong bodies and powerful claws.

Turkish Angora

The Turkish Angora is another Ancient breed of cat and originated in central Turkey in the region near Ankara, the capital of the country. They have long hair and mostly a distinctive white color, even though they can come in a variety of colors as well. Their eyes can come in a variety of colors as giving them a stunning appearance.

Ragdoll

Ragdolls have semi-long hair with an extremely soft and silky coat. They are quite muscular and acquired their name from being so soft that people instantly feel relaxed when they sit on their laps. This breed originates in the United States and is considered to be one of the best types of pets of any cat species because they tend to be very cuddly and affectionate!

Russian Blue

The Russian Blue is a cat that has a distinctive silver or dark grey coat with thick hair. It originates in Russia and is a natural breed of cat and has amazing green eyes. Their coat consists of two layers which makes them particularly soft and extremely cuddly as well!

Toyger

The Toyger is a type of domestic cat that was bred in an attempt to create a cat that resembles a toy tiger, which is how it got its name. It’s the result of breeding domestic shorthaired tabbies, a process that started in the 1980s and which introduced this remarkable type of cat.

As a comedian, Robin Williams delivered a high-wire act of verbal dexterity balanced with an unpredictable physicality.

Williams said comedy is rooted in a ‘deeper, darker side’

When Williams died in 2014 at the age of 63, the world mourned a stand-up comic and Oscar-winning actor who could make them laugh – and think – due to roles in television and film such as Mork & Mindy, Good Morning Vietnam, Mrs. Doubtfire, Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting, Jumanji, Aladdin, and The Birdcage. Audiences at Williams’ stand-up shows recall hilarity at the speed of an out-of-control freight train. According to good friend and occasional comedy partner Billy Crystal, doing a set with Williams “was like trying to lasso a comet.”

“For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt from there, if at all,” Williams once said of his work. “It comes out of a deeper, darker side. Maybe it comes from anger, because I’m outraged by cruel absurdities, the hypocrisy that exists everywhere, even within yourself, where’s it’s hardest to see.”

To Williams, comedy was equally as addictive as drugs and alcohol

Williams had publicly addressed his struggle with alcohol and cocaine many times over the years, but comedy, the desire to get the laugh, land the joke, was also a type of addiction for the performer.

Drugs and alcohol became a need he couldn’t satisfy, not to elevate his zaniness on stage but for opposite reasons. “Cocaine was a place to hide,” Williams told People in 1988. “Most people get hyper on coke. It slowed me down.” When his first wife, Valerie, was pregnant with their son Zachary, he quit cocaine and alcohol. The death of his friend John Belushi from an overdose had also gave him the courage to kick his addictions. “His death scared a whole group of show-business people. It caused a big exodus from drugs,” he said. “And for me, there was a baby coming. I knew I couldn’t be a father and live that kind of life.”

Though he relapsed with alcohol and returned to rehab in 2006, he never touched cocaine again. Instead, he sought fulfillment in his roles. “It’s like he didn’t worry about anything when he worked all the time,” recalls his makeup artist Cheri Minns in the biography, Robin, by Dave Itzkoff. “He operated on working. That was the true love of his life. Above his children, above everything. If he wasn’t working, he was a shell of himself. And when he worked, it was like a light bulb was turned on.”

His children were also a source of joy to Williams, though he carried guilt for splitting his family due to his three marriages. In Robin, his children revealed they tried to help him free himself of the guilt, that there was nothing to apologize for. “He couldn’t hear it. He could never hear it. And he wasn’t able to accept it,” Zachary said. “He was firm in his conviction that he was letting us down. And that was sad because we all loved him so much and just wanted him to be happy.”

Towards the end of his life, Williams claimed he didn’t ‘know how to be funny’ anymore

By late 2013 Williams was experiencing symptoms he did not know the cause of. He had become paranoid, could no longer remember his lines, experienced insomnia, and an impaired sense of smell, Schneider chronicled in a 2016 editorial she wrote for the journal Neurology. Extreme anxiety, tremors and difficulty reasoning soon followed.

In May, Williams was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder. Doctors said they had drugs that could control his tremors and that he would likely live another decade.

On August 11, 2014, Williams was found dead in his California home. A release from the County Sheriff’s office following an autopsy revealed he had hanged himself. No alcohol or illegal drugs were found in his system. His publicist said prior to his death he was suffering from severe depression.