For almost 10,000 years the people of the island of Tasmania (320 miles from Australia) lived in complete isolation form the whole rest of humanity. They developed their own culture but were not around to benefit off of the industrial revolution. There were only 6000 inhabitants of the island and were the most primitive of the time : they were hunter gatherers and used primitive tools. In 1803 the British sent common criminals to colonize Australia. All of the aboriginals and the Tasmanians were not exposed to the deceases they brought with them. Many of the chidren were stolen for slaves. Even common shepherds killed the natives. This finally ended in the extermination of every Tasmanian and completing the only successful genocide.

We have seen countless times, that the KGB will go to great extents, to eliminate political opponents of their dictator Vladimir Putin. However this is a story of an event that took place in 1978 during the rule of soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Georgi Markov was a Bulgarian born journalist that worked for BBC. One clear day in 1978, he felt a prick in his leg while he was waiting at a bus stop. After the prick he saw a man bending over behind him to pick up an umbrella. Later that evening he felt very sick and was admitted to the hospital with a high fever, a few days later he died. After his death the investigators found a sharp tipped umbrella in the trash. It turns out that the umbrella was containing Ricin, a highly lethal neurotoxin. Do you think political opponents of Putin who seek asylum in other countries are truly safe?

These are images of the Armenian genocide, if you do not know where Armenia is, it is located right under Russia, and right above Iran. During the Armenian genocide the Ottomans or modern day Turks, sought to eliminate the Armenians that were living in the Ottoman empire. At the end, over 1.5 million Armenians died, and many more were forced out. This event is called the Armenian genocide. This genocide happened in 1913 and had its hundredth anniversary in 2013, the effects of this genocide are still felt today. There are actually many communities of Armenians here in L.A. especially in Glendale.