The Cadaver Synod: When a Pope Put His Dead Predecessor on Trial
— April 13, 2026In the dead of winter 897, inside Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran, one…
It’s expected that babies and little kids are going to try to eat things that are not meant to be eaten. It’s a different story however, when it’s adults that show up in hospital emergency departments with strange objects in their stomachs. Some of them may be suffering from mental health issues, while others might simply be classified as odd. As hard as some of these are to believe, these are items that have been discovered in the human stomach.
A woman in China sought a very unique and different way to express her unhappiness after a fight with her boyfriend. She swallowed approximately 20 stones, thinking that they would simply pass naturally through her digestive system. When she later experienced pain and discomfort, she reported to a local hospital seeking treatment.
In the dead of winter 897, inside Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran, one…
Just after 2 a.m. on Sunday, July 30, 1916, New Yorkers were jolted from…
In the summer of 1587, 115 English men, women, and children stepped ashore on…
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