You’ve probably heard of the mysterious Bermuda Triangle before? But do you know what makes it so mysterious? “The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil’s Triangle, is an urban legend focused on a loosely defined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of […]
This lawyer took a bullet for his client, literally! “Clement Laird Vallandigham (/vəˈlændɪɡəm/ və-LAN-dig-əm; July 29, 1820 – June 17, 1871) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the leader of the Copperhead faction of anti-war Democrats during the American Civil War. He served two terms for Ohio’s […]
The same woman’s DNA was found at 40 crime scenes, eventually leading to her identification by police, but she was never punished. Why? “The Phantom of Heilbronn, often alternatively referred to as the “Woman Without a Face”, was a hypothesized unknown female serial killer whose existence was inferred from DNA […]
Mike the chicken survived for over a year without a head; could a human? “Mike the Headless Chicken (April 20, 1945 – March 17, 1947) was a male Wyandotte chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off, surviving because most of his brain stem remained […]
The Green Man was spotted by multiple people travelling State Route 351 at night. And there’s proof what they saw was real. “In the stories, he is the “Green Man”, and as a boy, he climbed an electric pole to see into a bird’s nest, and was shocked. He fell […]
Over 70 years ago, someone came up a with a pretty good idea. So good it’s still used all over the world to this day. “The BIC Cristal (stylised as BiC Cristal and also known as the Bic Biro) is an inexpensive, disposable ballpoint pen mass-produced and sold by Société […]
No, it’s not a prop – that’s real crack in the President’s hands. How did he get it? Well, it was sold just outside the White House… “George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 – November 30, 2018) was an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the 41st […]
Cannibilism? Isn’t that illegal? Well, it depends actually. Here’s how you can get away with it. “Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal. The meaning of “cannibalism” has been […]
The silent man tests the law in strange ways over and over – frequently getting himself in trouble – but never explains his actions or his motives… “A mute of malice is a defendant in a criminal case who willfully chooses not to speak, as opposed to one who does […]
You and your enemy both have nukes – so maybe it’s a good idea to just use sticks when you fight. “The Sino–Indian border dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute over the sovereignty of two relatively large, and several smaller, separated pieces of territory between China and India. The territorial […]
