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How Rock Hudson's AIDS Case Changed How The U.S. Treated HIV/AIDS

Silver Screen Collection/Getty ImagesRock Hudson and Doris Day circa 1960. What was intended to be an innocuous plug for an upcoming TV show ignited a national conversation about HIV/AIDS. In July of 1985, popular actor Rock Hudson traveled to Carmel, Ca., for a public appearance alongside longtime acting partner, Doris Day. Day, an animal rights

Hungarian Scientists Accidentally Create 'Sturddlefish' Hybrid

Research Institute for Fisheries and AquacultureThe hundred or so hybrids now in captivity display varying ratios of features from both their paddlefish and sturgeon parents. With a little help from Hungarian scientists, the seemingly impossible just occurred the birth of long-nosed, spiky-finned hybrids of Russian sturgeons and American paddlefish. Though the results were accidental,

Inside Canada's 'Starlight Tours' And The Saskatoon Freezing Deaths

Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceIn 1990, Construction workers found the body of teenager Neil Stonechild frozen in a field outside of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. For decades, the Saskatoon Police Service engaged in a practice known as starlight tours. After picking up Indigenous people on charges ranging from drunkenness to vagrancy, officers would drive them outside the city

Inside Nikki Catsouras' Death And The Leaked 'Porsche Girl' Photos

FacebookNicole Nikki Catsouras underwent radiation therapy as a young girl, which may have caused issues with her judgment later in life. On Halloween, 2006, 18-year-old Nikki Catsouras crashed her fathers Porsche 911 Carrera, driving at more than 100 miles per hour. While trying to switch lanes, she clipped another car, lost control, then careened over

Ireland's Eerie Tree Tunnel Made Famous By 'Game Of Thrones'

Wikimedia CommonsThe Dark Hedges in Northern Ireland. Planted back in the 18th century, the Dark Hedges are now one of the most photographed wonders of Ireland. In fact, they are so spellbinding, HBOs Game of Thrones has even filmed there, representing the Kings Road.