Some of the tools and contraptions you have used every day have been around longer than your great-great-great-grandparents. The ancients had some ideas so perfect that even now, nobody has thought of a better way to do it. Here are ancient inventions you didn't realize we still use today.
Read MoreIn 1689, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor went to press with astonishing news: he'd found baby dragons in Slovenia. Von Valvasor was describing an olm, a species of highly specialized salamanders which live in the cave formations in Eastern Europe. And friend, they're weird to the bone.
Read MoreWe live in an age of role reversals, where traditional domestic and workplace norms are rapidly shifting to accommodate cultural changes. Now we may also be living in an age of rapid pole reversals -- because scientists are reporting the Earth's magnetic poles are shifting faster than ever, via MNN.
Read MoreThe development of eugenics is definitely one of the darkest parts of modern human history. Here's the messed up history of eugenics.
Read MoreThe atlas moth is sort of the Andre the Giant of the moth community. It's a remarkable species with a wingspan that can reach nearly thirty centimeters, or large enough to make anyone shudder when imagining what it would feel like to have one crawl across their face. Here is its tragic life's tale.
Read MoreWho knows why you're hellbent on nabbing the world's biggest flower? Maybe you need to apologize to your significant other for making the world's biggest mistake. But here it is. Meet Rafflesia arnoldii, heavyweight champion of the world of flowers.
Read MoreChances are if you just searched "Mediterranean booty" or "Roman jugs," you weren't expecting to read about one of the largest Roman shipwrecks ever discovered. But much like the discovery itself, it's a story worth diving into and exploring.
Read MoreOdiferous underarms, moldy cheese feet, rancid roadkill and acrid eggs -- there's a lot of stank out there, and generally we want nothing to do with it. But now scientists have identified one of the stinkiest molecules of all as a sign of potential alien life.
Read MoreHeartbreaking occurrences rock the sports world each year. Here are some of the biggest sports tragedies from the past decade.
Read MoreThe United States trades with a lot of countries. It's the nature of the world. One country that it doesn't do trade with, though, is Wakanda...
Read MoreWe've made a big mess of our once pristine planet, treating it the way rocker GG Allin treated his body -- poisoning it with all sorts of noxious concoctions.
Read MoreBack in 1992, as most people tell it, a woman ordered a hot coffee at McDonald's, spilled it, and suffered some minor burns — only to turn around, sue the popular chain restaurant, and get rich. In reality? That is the version of the story that the McDonald's PR team has taught you.
Read MoreBands break up all the time, and the 2010s was no exception. Some bands break up in a manner that's so strange, dramatic, high-profile, or just plain shocking to the fans that the mere memory makes them cringe. Let's take a look at some of the most devastating band break ups of the past decade.
Read MoreTruffle is brewing throughout North America as feral hogs rampage through billions of dollars of crops. Now they've taken to living in hideouts like "pigloos."
Read MoreOutlaw Jesse James attained a folkloric air through a series of brutal robberies and gunfights across the midwest. But there's a bullet out there for every cop killing racist bandit from the 1800s, and James found his on April 3rd, 1882, when it came out of the front of his face.
Read MoreEvery name has a meaning, no matter how silly it might be, and dog names — while certainly a lot more fun and varied than human ones — are no exception. Here are the meanings behind the most popular dog names.
Read MoreWhen you're Leonardo da Vinci and one of your inventions is a helicopter, it seems strange that your most enduring creation is a tiny painting. Then again, Mona Lisa is arguably the most famous artwork in history, so maybe he isn't spinning in his grave. The thing is, who exactly is Mona Lisa?
Read MoreRussia's a land of magic, and by far the largest landmass in the world. But within that giant land mass there exists the story of Vladimir Putin's daughters.
Read MoreSometimes a musician's downfall can be traced back to a single, catastrophic incident that burns all of their bridges at once.
Read MoreNo one can predict the future, but there are always new technologies on the horizon that will change things. These inventions will be here sooner than you think, so it's best to get yourself and your wallet ready for the next big thing. These will be some of the greatest inventions of 2020.
Read MoreA Celtic queen named Boudica was a badass warrior. Here is the crazy story of the life and death of the Celtic warrior queen Boudica.
Read MoreOne spider that doesn't seem to freak out arachnophobes is the daddy long-legs. Who couldn't love a critter with a cute name like that? Big Daddy! Despite their towering, spindly legs, there's something about them that's less creepy-crawly than an ordinary spider. Because they aren't spiders at all.
Read MoreFreediving is a competitive sport with different variations on the theme of going dangerously deep underwater without oxygen. "No limits" freediving is the discipline where the record for the deepest free dive ever done by a human was set, and boy was it deep.
Read MoreCornered, outgunned, wounded, and hopeless, it seems likely that two of the last legends of the Old West -- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -- refused to be taken alive, opting instead to die on their own terms. Or did they?
Read MoreIn 2019 alone, the California Academy of Sciences announced the discovery of 71 new species. Some of these animals have insane abilities, some are masters of disguise, while others are just plain weirdos. Here are the most bizarre creatures discovered in 2019.
Read MoreAmazon's forthcoming The Lord of the Rings TV Series is seeking "'hairy hairy people" with 'wrinkles and lots of them please' to play orcs in the new show," according to the Independent.
Read MoreTwenty people -- that's how many were executed in the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. Nineteen of them were hanged, per Famous Trials, and the other "was pressed to death under heavy stones for refusing to submit to a trial on witchcraft charges." Here's the real reason the Salem Witch Trials happened.
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