WEIRD

In 2018, a mysterious stranger left roughly 20 vintage television sets at random doorsteps in Virginia. Then they struck again.

In the Middle Ages, stealing a book was more like stealing someone’s car today. Now, we have car alarms; then, they had chains, chests … and curses.

Whether an entire town can’t stop dancing or people suddenly start worrying about minor marks on their windshields, these seemingly unbelievable events have had some surprising (and sometimes devastating) effects.

Before home pregnancy tests, the most reliable test was just to wait and see. But people still wanted to know as early as possible whether they were harboring a tiny human.

Is there beaver butt in your vanilla ice cream?

History tells us that Napoleon’s most upsetting defeat came at Waterloo. But it may have actually occurred eight years earlier, after the French emperor was attacked by a relentless horde of rabbits.

From raw beef for wrinkle prevention to cleaning paintings with potatoes, here are some of the most memorable life hacks from days of yore.

in the 1940s, mighty tot Wallace could do chin-ups and climb ladders, all thanks to a "secret formula" added to his milk.

While many reported cases of burials of the living were exaggerated, there are a few cases of people who went into their graves while still breathing.

Leonso Canales Jr. was sick of raising ‘hell’ every time he answered the phone.

Cocaine Bear’s afterlife as a taxidermied tourist attraction is worthy of its own movie.

“He chomnk.” —One Google reviewer who gave Szczecin’s famed feline five stars.