In 1890s Australia, chronic pain sufferers flocked to a cure: a rotting whale corpse.
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From valuable paintings to dirty underwear, there’s no telling what could be lurking behind the sheetrock.
It’s 123 years old. Oh, and it’s still edible.
Discover how King Henry VIII and other members of the Tudor nobility handled going to the bathroom in the mid-1500s. (Spoiler: There was velvet involved, but it still wasn’t pretty.)
From a bag of human hands to LEGO bricks and rubber duckies, some very weird things have washed up on the world's beaches.
Whitetop the therapy llama just celebrated a record-breaking birthday.
Oregon‘s Mill Ends Park is no longer the smallest in the world. The title now belongs to a park in Nagaizumi Town, Japan.
If you're from a town with a strong union presence, you know that if new commercial construction happens without union labor, protests often follow.
A one-of-a-kind spicy Cheeto, shaped like Charizard, has become a viral sensation, selling for an unbelievable price at auction.
Satisfy your cookie dough and spice cravings at the same time.
A record-setting launch of 1.5 million helium balloons was fun until it wasn’t.
In the world of politics, nobody is safe from a well-executed smear campaign.
Some New Year’s superstitions and traditions are spookier than others, but these are some of those most memorable from around the world.
For thousands of years, physiognomy—pseudoscience that purports to divine a person’s character from their physical appearance—was accepted as valid fact. Can you guess which characteristics were linked to which physical feature?
Cut through the half-truths and urban legends to find out more about Friday the 13th, allegedly the unluckiest day on the calendar.
You don’t want to run into these creatures in the woods after dark—or ever.
It wasn’t just the cover of the Purple One’s shelved 1987 LP ‘The Black Album’ where things got dark.
Your Thanksgiving turkey is harmless, but the live bird stalking your backyard might not be.
In 1908, a playboy made a bet he could walk around the world without being identified. Then things got weird.