Forget images of glittery champagne bottles and fireworks bursting over snow-covered cities. From dancing pigs to unnerving children, these vintage postcards were a more unusual way to ring in the new year.

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These unusual formations are worth a second look.
Toilet paper and toothpaste have come a long, long way.
It doesn’t take a consumer expert to know that any product that might cause anal leakage is facing an uphill battle to success.
There are multiple “largest” balls of twine, and all you have to do is travel to the Midwest to find them. We break down the history here.
Though it’s not often that the paranormal and legal intersect, the line between hauntings and hearings has occasionally been blurred. These five cases used “spectral evidence” to render verdicts.
The ‘Misery’ star’s grandfather believed that Lincoln’s assassin lived another 40 years after he was supposedly killed by the government in late April 1865. His proof? The mummified corpse he kept in his garage.
The exact number is hotly debated—but there are dozens.
From ruined castles in Europe to a pebbled beach in Thailand, these supposedly hexed global destinations carry warnings for all who dare to visit them.
Modified stones were discovered during a recent tournament, rocking the sport to its core.
Some believe that tuning our music to 432 Hz rather than 440 will make it sound better—and make us feel better. What gives?
Skamania County isn’t the only place to have outlawed the killing of undiscovered creatures—but why does anyone feel it’s necessary in the first place?
What caused some of these ominous events still remains a total mystery.
The CIA's encrypted art sculpture has puzzled cryptographers for decades. The man with the answers is finally ready to clue them in.
Colorado residents are spotting rabbits with bizarre horn-like growths.
In 2009, the world was captivated by a little boy seemingly trapped in a runaway aircraft. As a new Netflix documentary reveals, the truth was a lot stranger.
There's a big wide world beyond common molds and mushrooms—and some of it is very strange.
Inspiring to imagine but nightmarish to live in, these failed communes have become cautionary tales in hubris and ego.