UPD: Gerry, thank you for being attentive. Fixed now.

Well-known American sideshow performer and actor, best known as Schlitzie Surtees for his role in the movie Freaks, was possibly born under the name of Simon Metz in the New York’s community Bronx in 1901. According to other rather “mystical” sources, he was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Maybe that’s why many of the circus posters billed Schlitze under the title “The Last of the Aztecs”.

Appearing in Beijing on Christmas Eve as if out of a dream, this masked superhero began handing out food, supplies and in some instances cash to the homeless and needy. Who is hiding behind the mask?

With Google Street View it has become so much easier to find locations-made-famous for appearing on popular album covers.

Submarines are often used by drug traffickers to smuggle cocaine to Central and North America. They are mostly reported to be used by Colombian drug cartel members who export drugs from Colombia to Mexico. Such narco subs are usually small, capable to hold 5-6 people and about 10 tons of cargo. The first time U.S. Coast Guard uncovered such a submarine was in 2006.