It's difficult to imagine what it would be like finding out that the person you trusted most in the world has been hiding a dangerous secret for your entire relationship. But that's the reality that faced Elizabeth Kloeper over a series of horrific reveals throughout the 1970s.
Read MoreIn the late 1990s, few NBA players seemed more uniquely qualified to enter a pro-wrestling ring than Dennis Rodman. On the court, Rodman wasn't just a Chicago Bull; he was a pit bull, and a very bad boy at that.
Read MoreFirst of all, the only thing we know for sure about Davy Crockett is that he is, indeed, dead. (He was born in 1786. This math is not difficult.)
Read MoreFrom your own car to that bridge you’re driving on, these are the world's biggest threats that few people know about.
Read More83% of cellphones lost in the city of Tokyo ultimately found their way back into the pockets of their rightful owners last year. In a city of 9.2 million people, that might seem like a remarkable accomplishment, but it's normal with a lost and found system that should be the envy of the world.
Read MoreFor a long time, Al Capone seemed untouchable. But eventually, the mobster found himself behind bars. So what was life like for Capone in prison? It was incredibly easy ... until he found himself in Alcatraz.
Read MoreOnce upon a time, Apple had its own line of sneakers. But what happened to these shoes, and how much are they worth today?
Read MoreIt sounds like something out of an episode of Rick and Morty, but scientists say time crystals are very real and now officially a brand new state of matter. The name comes from a substance discovered back in 2018 with an atomic structure that repeats -- not just in space -- but also in time.
Read MoreWho was the Man in the Iron Mask? What was his crime? Did he really wear a skillet on his face for 30-plus years? Well, the answers to all those questions, in order, are ‘hard to say,’ ‘nobody's sure,’ and ‘probably not.’
Read MoreErnest Hemingway had a Nobel Prize in literature and, three years before, picked up a Pulitzer. He also had a boatload of wives.
Read MoreSometimes, major celebrities get behind really dumb products, and one big celeb who made this mistake was Steven Seagal, who in the early 2000s decided to "gift" the world with a weirdly offensive energy drink.
Read MoreGasp! A group of wicked hackers are threatening to take over the world's satellites, crippling communications and sending humanity back to the information stone age where we had to read newspapers for information... Here's how hackers could turn satellites into weapons.
Read MoreThe scientific reality of our journey to sapience is unsurprisingly far more complicated than our 11th grade textbooks would have us believe. And now with the discovery of a 'ghost population,' things just got even more complicated.
Read MoreWolves and blueberries seem like they'd go together like break dancing and Vaseline, but as Science News tells us, the lupine predators have a low-key thing for the delicious superfood.
Read MoreLASIK, which somehow stands for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, is the process of using a high-intensity light beam to reshape the cornea. That sounds kind of dangerous.
Read MoreHenry VIII was deathly afraid of being poisoned. But what really killed him may have already been inside him.
Read MoreNo, not Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael. An 8-million-year-old turtle shell discovered in Venezuela measures just shy of 8 feet in diameter, clearing the hurdle to become the largest complete turtle shell ever unearthed.
Read MoreIf your dog is calm and collected 24/7, it might be best to check its pulse. That being said, there are certain dog breeds that are significantly less hyper than others. So today's quest to find -- drum roll -- the calmest dog breed in the world.
Read MoreBritish royal history buffs know Queen Victoria had nine children. There are the famous ones, like Edward VII, and then there was Sara Forbes Bonetta, who is oft-forgotten. Yes, Albert and Victoria sort of adopted a tenth child. Here's the untold truth of Queen Victoria's adopted child.
Read MoreNicolas Cage is one crazy dude, and he should, of course, have an equally eccentric grave site. Cage's final resting place — an honest-to-God pyramid, which is already perched up in New Orleans' Saint Louis No. 1 Cemetery — does not disappoint. Here's the truth about Nicolas Cage's pyramid tomb.
Read MoreA mysterious virus has been discovered in Brazil, and scientists are absolutely shocked because over 90 percent of its genes are completely unrecognizable. Yeah, this virus is changing the scientific game.
Read MoreTed Bundy is arguably the most infamous serial killer in the annals of American crime. And if you've ever read or watched anything about him, you probably know he was highly intelligent. But just what was Ted Bundy's actual IQ?
Read MoreJeffrey Lendrum is currently on his fifth stint serving jail time for the same nefarious act. And what is that crime, you ask? Well, it’s egg-smuggling. In fact, the man is so notorious that he’s known as the ‘Pablo Escobar of eggs.’
Read MoreA new result published in the scientific journal Neuron, has scientists and philosophers alike atwitter about its implications for our understanding of human consciousness. The experiment itself sounds like something out of Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory.
Read MoreA question that often confuses animal lovers is how closely related hyenas might be to dogs.
Read MoreTrue love, we’re told, is forever. But what if death gets in the way? Well, that didn’t stop Bess Houdini, wife of the famous magician. When Harry Houdini passed away, she did her best to keep the relationship going.
Read MoreWhen asked why he spent so much time and money on outer space instead of, say, donating to earthbound charities like fellow uber-billionaire Bill Gates, Bezos offered a simple answer...
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