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On Aug. 29, 1911, Ishi, the last of the Yahi, walked out of the California wilderness and into American culture. He emerged onto a scene that had mostly forgotten the Native Americans who once roamed the land. Thin from starvation and soot-smudged from the fires that had ravaged the nearby forest, he was a shocking

YouTubeMarco Siffredi atop Mount Everest. Since British explorer George Mallory attempted to climb Mount Everest for the first time in 1924 and tragically perished on its slopes, over 4,000 people have tried to follow in his footsteps. Most have been successful, but hundreds of them have followed in his ill-fated footsteps, succumbing to the incredibly

Tony Jolliffe/BBCThe massive skull of the pliosaur measured nearly six and a half feet long. Paleontologists just extracted an enormous skull fossil from the cliffs of Kimmeridge Bay in England. Now, researchers believe it may be from a completely new species of Jurassic sea monster.

Edward Bird/Wikimedia CommonsThe artist Edward Bird painted Princess Caraboos portrait in 1817. On the Thursday before Easter in 1817, a strangely dressed woman walked into Almondsbury, a village eight miles north of Bristol. Carrying no more than soap and a few coins, the mysterious woman began knocking on doors, calling herself Princess Caraboo. And when

Mongolian Naadam Festival Opening Ceremony. Source: Blue Silk Travel Mongolia has never really been a source of fascination for Westerners. Sure, popular culture has made usfamiliar with throat singing, yak fur, and Genghis Khan, everybodys favorite great-great-great-uncle;but the true spirit of Mongolia has always eluded the Western consciousness.