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ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Stock PhotoMary Kay Letourneau and her former sixth-grade student, Vili Fualaau, who she eventually married. Like countless others, Mary Kay Letourneaus relationship with her future husband Vili Fualaau started with a kiss. Unlike other couples, however, Letourneau was 34 and Fualaau was her 12-year-old student.

FlickrGravestone of Mercy Brown. In 1892, tuberculosis was the leading cause of death in the United States. Then known as consumption, its symptoms included fatigue, night sweats, and the coughing up of white phlegm or even foamy blood.

Caters News Agency What started out as a way for tourists to sightsee is turning into a nightmare for the donkeys involved. Thousands of tourists flock to the Greek island of Santorini every day to take in the beautiful sites by riding donkeys up and down the cobbled steps of the islands hilly terrain. However,

istockOctopuses evolve in a way no other organisms do. Octopuses do something that no other organism does: they edit their own bodies. In evolution, genetic mutations cause DNA to change in a way thats beneficial to the host. Octopuses routinely edit their RNA to adapt to their environments.

Ahmed Emam/Ministry of Tourism and AntiquitiesRestored zodiac painting depicting the decans, zodiac signs used to measure the twelve hours of the night. Located about 36 miles south of Luxor, the Temple of Esna was an important place of worship for ancient Egyptians built to honor Khnum, the ram-headed god of fertility. Recently, archaeologists sifting through