Biographies

Iranians prefer 'precise' Israeli strike over US attack as protests resume at universities
Iranians, while "waiting every minute and second" for a US strike against the Islamic Regime, would prefer an Israeli strike due to the precise nature of the Air Force's strikes in June, while there is a perception that US strikes would "bring terrible destruction, like in Iraq and Afghanistan," a local, identified as Ali told KAN Reshet Bet on Sunday.
By Wings of Time 8 days ago in History
Why Attacking Iran Could Be Riskier Than Capturing Maduro
When President Trump said in January that a U.S. “armada” was heading to Iran, he compared it with the kind of force used in the military’s recent lightning operation in Venezuela, saying it was “able to rapidly fulfill its mission, with speed and violence.”
By Wings of Time 8 days ago in History
Iran Could Direct Proxies to Attack U.S. Targets Abroad, Officials Warn
A new billboard in Tehran this month. The uncertainty surrounding possible threats from Iran’s proxy groups further complicates the Trump administration’s war planning. Credit...Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times
By Wings of Time 8 days ago in History
The Annotated Elephant Man
The discovery as a child of the haunting, tragic life story of Jospeh Carey "John" Merrick was one of the most defining creative and spiritual apsects of my personal development. Throwing a tantrum as a child, not wanting my parents to watch the stage play starring Philip Anglim as "John Merrick, " and Kevin Conway, and later seeing that same play rebroadcast in images that haunt me, dream-like, to this day; images that seemed to have welled up from some past existence. Images of an eerie, quiet, void-like place wherein a Victorian presumed "Doctor" is unaccountably taken by the prone figure of someone we never see. Someone that a mob or crowd has captured, lifting them above their shoulders, holding them up to the light of God, outside a growing circle of musty darkened despair.
By Tom Baker9 days ago in History
Disturbing History: The Unsettling Case Of The 5 Year Old Mother From Peru
Born in September 1933 in the poverty-stricken district of Ticrapo, Peru, Lina Medina was one of nine children of Tiburelo and Victoria.
By Matesanz12 days ago in History
The Bizarre Disappearance Of Lars Mittank
On 30th June 2014, 28 year old German tourist Lars Mittank, travelled with a small group of friends to Golden Sands, a luxury resort on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast.
By Matesanz12 days ago in History
Chinese New Year 2026: Year of the Fire Horse — Date, Traditions & More
Chinese New Year 2026: The Ultimate Guide to the Year of the Fire Horse When is Chinese New Year 2026? Tuesday, 17 February 2026 — and this one hits different.
By Zayn Naseer14 days ago in History
The Man with the Bottomless Stomach: Tarrare, the 18th-century Frenchman who could eat cats, stones, and silverware.
The wet, rhythmic sound of a cat’s skull cracking between a man’s molars is something the French military surgeons didn't quite know how to record in their ledgers. It was 1792. The air in the mobile hospital unit smelled of gangrene, scorched gunpowder, and the visceral, overwhelming stench of the man himself—a vapor so foul it was said to be visible, a shimmering miasma of rot that rose from his skin in waves. Tarrare didn't look like a monster. He was thin. He was pale. His cheeks were a deranged expanse of loose, folded skin that hung like curtains around a mouth that could open wide enough to swallow a basket of apples whole. He picked up a live eel, bit through its spine, and slid the thrashing length of it down his throat as if it were a noodle.
By The Chaos Cabinet14 days ago in History
The Chilling Mystery of Kuru: The “Laughing Death” That Shocked the World
There are diseases… and then there are mysteries that haunt science for decades. Back in the 1930s, something terrifying was unfolding in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Among the Fore people, a tribe of roughly 11,000 individuals, a strange illness was claiming around 200 lives every year.
By Areeba Umair14 days ago in History
Shaolin Temple Secrets Revealed: The Real Story Behind Shaolin Kung Fu
When most people hear Shaolin Kung Fu, they picture flying kicks, shattered bricks, and warriors who move like something straight out of a movie. Maybe even someone like Bruce Lee dominating the screen with lightning-fast strikes.
By Areeba Umair14 days ago in History
She Didn’t Ask to Be Famous. Director Timothy Hines explains why he’s bringing the story of WWII resistance fighter Hannie Schaft to the screen in The Red Head
Some people step into history by accident. Some step forward because they must. Hannie Schaft never wanted recognition. She never sought attention, power, or fame. In fact, if the Nazis had never captured her, the world might never have known her name. But she lived in a time when silence was complicity — and courage became a choice.
By Roy15 days ago in History
6 Ancient Legends That Were Surprisingly Real
Humans are natural storytellers. For thousands of years, myths and legends have ignited our imagination, fed our souls, and passed wisdom from one generation to the next. While many of these tales are just that, stories, some are rooted in real events, revealing fascinating truths about our planet and the universe.
By Areeba Umair15 days ago in History