9 Women Who Pretended to be Men

 1-The woman who disguised herself as a man to fight in the Civil War Frances Clalin was born in Illinois in the 1830s and married Ohio-born Elmer L. Clayton with whom she had three children. Clalin also disguised as a man and used the name Jack Williams to enlist in the Union army with her husband during the fall of 1861. An estimated 400 women did likewise. She and Elmer served side-by-side until he died during the Battle of Stones River (or Murfreesboro) on December 31, 1862. He was only a few feet in front of Frances at the time, but some sources say that she didn't stop fighting—she stepped over his body and charged when the...

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9 Most Amazing Melanistic Animals

Melanistic (all black) animals, the opposite of albinism, do happen in nature. Check out some of the most fascinating examples.Lizards  Melanistic Eastern Blue Tongue Skink (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides). ----------------------------------------------------------- Ground Squirrel  Melanistic Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel; there are still a few of these squirrels in the area from periods when fires had been frequent. Melanism is just an extreme pigment mutation that causes deeply dark-colored animals. ------------------------------------------------------------ Lion  In recent weeks, two very stunning black lion photographs...

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8 Most Extreme Cultural Body Modifications

It is impossible to say who the first people were with stretched ears, or why they did it. Today, many cultures (including our own!) practice the art of ear stretching for many different reasons. Religion, coming of age ceremonies, warding off evil, sexual enhancement and physical beauty are common motivations. However, that just barely scratches the surface as there are many other reasons, as well. People all over the world still practice ear stretching. From the Masai tribes in Kenya to the Huaorani tribe in the Amazon Basin, stretched ears are still a common sight. It is a fascinating testament of human culture that a Western youth can...

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22 Most Bizarre Body Modifications ( part 2 )

12. Body Suspension  Body suspension is the act of suspending the human body via temporary piercings made just before the suspension process. The body is then raised either partially or completely from the ground by especially modified fishing hooks. 13. Tongue bifurcation  One of the newest body modifications to hit the scene is tongue splitting, or tongue bifurcation. The process involves literally cutting the tongue in half directly down the center. Once the tongue is split it is possible to move both sections independently of one another. 14. Saline Implants (in the head)  We’ve all heard of saline injections right?...

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22 Most Bizarre Body Modifications ( part 1 )

1. Ear Arm  Moving on from tentacles there really is just no making up what some people will implant into their bodies. For performance artist Stelarc, born Stelios Arcadious, silicone tentacles just didn’t quite cut it. Instead, he searched, for a decade, to find a surgeon willing to implant an ear into his forearm, a legitimate human ear. Grown in a lab and finally implanted into the 61-year-old back in 2007, Stelarc has also held onto hope that he’ll one day have a microphone implanted into the ear in his forearm which he plans on connecting to a Bluetooth device in order for his audiences2. Pointy Ears New York plastic surgoen...

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8 More of the World's Youngest great kids

World's Most youthful Whip-saltine (age 2) At only 10-months-old, little Logan Anderson, from Mudgee, New South Grains, Australia, began breaking whips. Only 11 months after the fact, he turned into the world's most youthful whip-wafer. ...

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8 Motivational Individuals Who Figured out how To Feel Great In Their Own Skin

Ciera Swaringen   One bold teenager chose to utilize online networking to show spooks they weren't breaking her soul. Nineteen-year-old Ciera Swaringen was conceived with an uncommon skin condition—goliath intrinsic melanocytic nevus—abandoning her body secured in developing moles and pigmentations....

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