ZestVib

Here we meet another of Santa Claus less savory friends Pre Fouettard, or Father Whipper, another sort of anti-Santa who has a propensity for child-eating. There are several legends that speak of Father Whipper, but one of the most common, originating sometime around 1150, involves an evil butcher who kidnapped three children.

Pascal Guyot/AFP via Getty ImagesThe 19th-century mask was used by the Ngil secret society in Gabon for purifying rituals. An elderly couple in France is suing an antique dealer after he bought an African mask from them for $158 and then turned around and sold it for $4.4 million. The unidentified couple, an 81-year

Rubn Salgado EscuderoThe mask was discovered in an ancient pyramid in Guatemala that had been looted by grave robbers. While studying the ancient site of Chochkitam in Petn, Guatemala, archaeologists made two startling discoveries. First, grave robbers had already tunneled into the remains of an ancient pyramid. And secondly, the looters had overlooked an area

Wikimedia CommonsWhile others died en masse all around him, Charles Joughin beat the odds and somehow survived in the frigid waters. Charles Joughin was arguably the last person aboard the Titanic when it sank into the frigid waters of the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912. Yet somehow, the ships chief baker survived for hours

Dennis Wilson didnt like to talk about it. In the summer of 1969, while the nation was thrown into a fraught state as Charles Manson was arrested for the murders of actress Sharon Tate, her companions, and supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife, Dennis Wilson was asked repeatedly to discuss his relationship with the