A nine-month investigation by Al Jazeera discovered rare, radioactive
polonium on the ex-Palestinian leader's final belongings. The finding
suggests that Arafat was poisoned with polonium, a rare, highly
radioactive element. The polonium was found in blood, sweat, urine and
saliva stains on his personal effects, and the levels recorded by
forensic pathologists in Switzerland - who studied the items - do not
occur naturally. Meanwhile...
After spending four hours in makeup, 2012 NBA Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving heads to the courts of New Jersey to devour some young bloods in a pick-up game
Agnes Richter was a German seamstress held as a patient in an insane asylum during the 1890s. During her time there, she densely embroidered her straightjacket with words, undecipherable phrases and drawings which documented her thoughts and feelings throughout her time there. This remarkable object was collected by Hans Prinzhorn, a psychiatrist who ardently collected the artwork of his patients at a Heidelberg psychiatric hospital in the early 20th century... MORE
Single typewritten page from The Shining,
filled with the repeated phrase “All work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy.” This particular page with its zig-zag pattern was not seen
on-screen in the film, but was part of the stack that Wendy flips
through. The prop box of yellow typing paper is located in the Stanley Kubrick Archive in London. About one-third of the stack was manually typed; the remainder was photocopied. There are also additional boxes in other languages. Via