Weird

Thanks to the nation's gold refineries, traces of the precious metal flow through the nation's wastewaters.

The birdlike accessory is credited to French doctor Charles de Lorme, who was chief physician to King Louis XIII.

Just because the creatures are mythical doesn't mean there aren't hunting regulations.

Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine, Hanging of Traitors, 1794

How do you execute a criminal who has already escaped? Make an effigy of them.

And his whole body is coming to America next year.

Putting a live eel in your butt is probably going to create more problems than it solves.

For when a go-bag isn't enough to assuage your anxiety.

The peculiar beast that washed up on Sakhalin Island was thought to be a dolphin--until people remembered dolphins don't have fur.

An abandoned cabin in the woods, and a terrible discovery beneath the ice.

The white linen undershorts are "surprisingly large."

An ill-fated religious experiment in Münster gave St. Lambert's Church a set of alarming accessories.

Donors get a free fish basket in return.

Wyoming and Colorado have been fighting over the body for years.

It's hard to pick a favorite from these off-the-wall studies exploring topics like whether cats can be both solid and liquid, the physics of walking backwards with coffee, and the brain activity of people who are grossed out by cheese.

Some dolls are cutesy, but not Callum Grujicich's fantastical creations.

Something was wrong with the local felines … and soon humans would get sick too.

In 2010, Australia had a kangaroo population of just 27 million. It's now nearly 45 million.

Vlastimil Juricek, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0

They made off with wines worth more than $300,000.

Haruo Nakajima (second from left) during the filming of Godzilla Raids Again (1955).

He prepared for his role by visiting the zoo.

Agnes the Rubber Skin Lady and other performers, including Frieda Pushnik, Major Small, and John Williams the Alligator-Skin Boy.

The scrapbook revealed a life in the circus—and a family secret.

Switzerland Flushes $1.8 Million in Gold Down the Sewer Every Year

Doctors Didn't Actually Wear Beaked Masks During the Black Plague

That Time The U.S. Confirmed You Can Only Kill A Yeti In Self-Defense

6 People Executed in Effigy

Philosopher Jeremy Bentham's Mummified Head Is Back on Display

8 Strange Items Surgeons Have Removed From People's Bodies

For Sale at Costco: A 1-Year Emergency Food Kit with a $1K Price Tag

8 Bizarre Creatures That Have Washed Ashore

Murder at Lava Lake: The Unsolved Crime That Still Haunts Central Oregon

Someone Bought Hitler’s Boxers for $6700

Why 3 Man-Sized Cages Hang From a Medieval German Church Steeple

Restaurant Seeks Donations to Big Mouth Billy Bass Adoption Center

The Long, Strange Journey of Buffalo Bill's Corpse

2017 Ig Nobel Prizes Celebrate Research on How Crocodiles Affect Gambling and Other Odd Studies

Meet the 12-Year-Old Boy Who Makes Surreal-Looking Dolls Using Found Materials

How Japan's 'Dancing' Cats Predicted a Deadly Environmental Disaster

To Curb Exploding Kangaroo Populations, Ecologists Urge Australians to Eat Kangaroo Meat

A Hairy Situation: Meet the Winners of the 2017 World Beard and Moustache Championships

Now Hiring: A Hairdresser for an Antarctic Research Station

Lonely Guests at This Belgian Hotel Can Rent a Goldfish for the Night

In 1989, Someone Tried to Murder a 600-Year-Old Oak Tree in Texas

Thieves Use Paris Catacombs Route to Raid a Private Wine Cellar

Haruo Nakajima, the Original Actor Beneath the Godzilla Suit

Inside the Never-Before-Seen Scrapbook of the Rubber Skin Lady, a 1930s-era Sideshow Star