Josef Mengele was a breed of monster all his own, a doctor who opted not to heal the sick but instead conducted torturous and often fatal experiments on Jews at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Here's how he died.
Read MoreOnly half of the emperor of China actually died in office. And that's just the beginning. This is the tragic history of Chinese emperors.
Read MoreA 1993 study showed that just shy of half of the members of the yakuza had been ritualistically deprived of a portion of their finger, and that 15% of those had undergone the procedure more than once. The practice is called "yubitsume," or "finger shortening," and it goes back over a hundred years.
Read MoreHygiene is your friend in the best of times. However, now that the COVID-19 pandemic has plunged the world into the blurst of times, sanitizing surfaces seems more paramount than ever. But what about the surfaces that go in your mouth?
Read MoreIt's a frog-eat-frog world, and it's only getting hungrier. However, the award for the most WTF defense goes to the aptly named "horror" frog, which freaking breaks its own toes and turns them into weapons.
Read MoreHe was named Johnny Cash (except when he wasn't). He always wore black (except when he didn't). Complicated? Of course he was. Everyone is. For instance, it's worth examining his famous song "Folsom Prison Blues," and what inspired it ...
Read MoreWith "social distancing" expertly positioning itself as 2020's Word of the Year, companies and schools have turned to teleconferencing with unprecedented interest. At the forefront of this movement has been Zoom, the video calling service which has experienced a meteoric rise to the top.
Read MoreMata Hari has gone down in history as the femme fatale du jour of World War I. Mata Hari is the classic archetype. She was exotic and alluring, a promiscuous dancer, a courtesan, a divorcee, and a seductive spy. But that isn't Hari's whole story. This is the crazy real-life story of Mata Hari.
Read MoreIt would be easy to assume that Ringo Starr decided to leave the Beatles due to ego. Shockingly, it wasn't ego that drove Ringo to leave the Fab Four mid-recording session on August 22nd, 1968. To hear it described by those involved, it was the opposite: he didn't feel good enough.
Read MoreOn March 31, Deutsche Welle reported that scientists recorded the first known heat wave in Antarctica's history.
Read MoreThe fiery disintegration of Columbia ultimately led to the loss of lives and the retirement of NASA's shuttle fleet. But as it turns out, there's more to the story that makes it so much worse. As you'll find out, the worst part of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster might not be what you think.
Read MoreA three hundred year-old 'possessed' nun's cryptic, Satanic messaged has finally been decoded.
Read MoreBenjamin Franklin is generally considered a somewhat eccentric genius. The man's accomplishments span several different fields... including music.
Read MoreYou like cats, but don't necessarily want one glued to you -- one that doesn't require your constant loving attention and affection; what some might call an "independent" cat. So which breed is right for you?
Read MoreIf you're trying to hunt bears, guns help, of course, but what you need is a good dog. Especially a bear dog. You'll want the Blue Ribbon Champion of bear annihilation: the Caucasian mountain dog, bred specifically to help take down Mr. Bruin in the Caucasus region of Russia.
Read MoreShaolin monk warriors seem to defy gravity and bend the laws of physics. This is the truth about the legendary Shaolin monk warriors.
Read MoreHave you ever dreamed one of those dreams where you're flying? The liberating feeling of being able to take it to the skies. The wonderful experience of actually feeling in control of the dream. You can handily escape whatever ogres or bloodthirsty were-kittens your subconscious throws at you ...
Read MoreAs the nation is captivated with the Netflix docuseries Tiger King and its eccentric and, uh, less than law-abiding central character, Joe Exotic, many aspects of the world's most famous mullet-wearer have been made public. But his net worth is a little tougher to unravel.
Read MoreThe sudden urge to "nibble" an adorable baby or "dropkick that puppy" because "he's so cute," demonstrates a phenomenon that scientists call cute aggression. Apparently, a person or pet can be so aww-inspiring that you feel the spontaneous urge to eat or beat it.
Read MoreTake a moment to let the following sentence sink in: One time, Keith Richards fired a guy for doing too many drugs. That man was Brian Jones.
Read MoreToday, the Flex Tape Guy might be sitting at the top of the meme-able product spokesman pyramid, but back in the day, Billy Mays was king. But how big was his throne of cash?
Read MoreIf you're going to run for Governor of the State of Oklahoma, it only stands to reason you'll want endorsements from, say, goth-rock performer Marilyn Manson. At least that's the case if you're Joe Exotic.
Read MoreThe subject of Tiger King, one self-styled Joe Exotic, created a zoo/wild animal park in memory of his late brother, the Garold Wayne Exotic Animal Memorial Park in Oklahoma. That morphed into the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park. Here's what it's like today.
Read MoreDuring Motown's heyday, it boasted the best musical acts ever assembled. In the 1960s, music didn't get more elite than the Supremes. Originally formed in 1959 as the Primettes, the teen quartet of Florence Ballard, Betty McGlown, Mary Wilson, and Diana Ross started as ...
Read MoreGoogle Doodles crop up every so often -- according to the company's web site, over 4,000 have appeared over the years -- celebrating a person, place, thing, or event. Recently, the Doodle featured Jean Macnamara, a pivotal figure in helping rid the world of polio.
Read MoreAmerica's Gilded Age was a time of industrial advances, a soaring economy, and an honest-to-goodness debate about whether or not doctors should wash their hands before sticking them into a bullet wound.
Read MoreThere are spoiled kids who spend their days doing nothing but living the good life with the sweet, sweet millions of their parents. Shane McMahon is not one of them, despite the fact that his father, the WWE main man Vince McMahon, is a billionaire who makes an amazing amount of money every year.
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