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For about two centuries after it's discovery, Uranium was considered pretty useless. It could be used to make green glass, but it didn't have much value. Around 1900, Radium was discovered and quickly became the most valuable substance on earth. 
Number 5: Alaska
In Book 3 of the Iliad Homer compares the assault and war cries of the Trojans to that of Cranes "clamoring" as they are driven south by harsh winter storms. Screaming the entire way across Oceanus the cranes arrive in Africa where they "reign down slaughter and death to Pygmies" 
Number 5: The Himalayas
In his mid 20s, Brando's diet could be excused by his age and a fast metabolism, a co-star on his first movie said his diet consisted of fast food and peanut butter consumed by the jar. He was known for eating entire boxes of donuts and "Mallomars" as a snack 
Croesus was the king of Lydia in the 6th century BC. He ascended to the throne at the age of 35 and quickly conquered all of the Greek states in Ionia. This small empire brought Croesus extreme wealth and power that he loved to flaunt 
In this early example on the left, a Roman copy of an original credited to Lysippos, the pose is much more subtle, but as time went on the exaggeration by imitators grew more extreme into the signature look we know today 
Macias as he was known by, was born in a small village in Spanish Guinea in 1924, his father was a witchdoctor who was murdered and his mother commit suicide. 
The Andaman Islands are an archipelago in the Indian Ocean and are one of the most remote places on earth. They are famous today for North Sentinel Island which is home to one of the last uncontacted tribes, but the other islands were home to many other tribes 
The Darkhad Valley lies in the remote northern part of Mongolia and is inhabited by several nomadic tribes that fall under the umbrella of Darkhad, the exact number of them and who qualifies as Darkhad is up for debate from inside and out 
He was born in a small village in India in 1683, to an aristocratic family. The 5th Dalai Lama died in 1682, but his death was concealed for over ten years. Miracles surrounded Tsangyang's childhood and he was known to be highly intelligent 
A brief history of Opium. (note I will only be talking about the more unrefined types, not the modern uses that plague society) Opium comes from the seeds of the poppy plant and contains chemicals that when consumed correctly induce euphoria, and pain reduction. 
So how exactly is a head shrunken? (DO NOT TRY AT HOME) For starters you need a head, specifically just the skin. Headhunters would pull the skull and flesh away from the skin carefully to preserve the face and hair. The eyelids were sewn shut and a wooden pegs sealed the mouth 
The Giant Ground Sloth, Megatherium, is one of many mammalian megafauna that lived in the Pleistocene. The largest specimens were the size of small elephants and could stand on their hind legs to feast on leaves to compliment its mostly terrestrial diet. 
Jeremy started fishing at a young age like so many of us, but his mind was pulled out of the streams of rural England into the torrents of the Amazon, Congo and other mighty rivers by books describing the denizens of their dark waters
Gobustan is a desert mountain near the Caspian, with thousands of petroglyphs ranging as far back as 20,000 years ago. Most of the petroglyphs show expected cultural elements, people, large fauna (see this bull carving), sea creatures, etc 
Michael grew up in Southern California in the 60s and as a young man was a charismatic, but normal surf bum. When he got drafted for Vietnam he fled to Mexico and then hopped on to a freighter which took him to Europe where he would spend the next 10 years