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The creature’s long tail, undistinguishable features, and horrid smell have everyone guessing what it could be. The Siberian Times A mysterious sea creature discovered on a Russian beach has left everyone scratching their heads. The foul-smelling, “hairy sea monster” washed up on the shore of the Bering Sea on the Pacific side of the Kamchatka peninsula, according to The Siberian Times. The behemoth is said to be more than three times the size of a man and has no distinguishable head or eyes....

The “Vasa” ship was supposed to be a feat of engineering in 1628. But then, it buckled under its own weight and sank to the bottom of Stockholm Harbor. Public DomainVasa was a formidable 17th-century warship built under the Swedish Royal Navy. In 1628, the Swedish Royal Navy debuted Vasa, an impressive 226-foot-long war vessel. The ship had the astounding capacity to carry 64 heavy gun cannons, which was an unprecedented armament aboard any battleship at the time....

For some people, furniture is an afterthought. For physics-loving designer Robby Cuthbert, it’s an art form. See his incredible tension furniture for proof. We’ve become accustomed to a world where furniture is always in our peripheral view, but the work of designer and woodworker Robby Cuthbert puts everyday furnishings at center stage. Cuthbert crafted this ethos while in college. There, his interest in cross-country skiing and the way the body works eventually yielded a series of sculptures that examined the inner mechanics of human muscle....

“Thank you for sticking by us throughout all these years. I can’t tell you how much it means to us.” Blockbuster Alaska/FacebookThe Blockbuster in Anchorage, Ala., one of the two about to shut its doors, leaving just one location left in the U.S. Remember Blockbuster? That store you had to physically travel to in order to rent a film on VHS or DVD? That place where the time you’d spend picking up a movie was sometimes longer than the actual movie....

The cause of alien hand syndrome is not yet known, but the symptoms are just as weird as you might think. Wikimedia CommonsPeter Sellers’ character in Dr. Strangelove was a famous fictional example of alien hand syndrome. Think for a moment about how you move your limbs. You don’t really have to think about it, but you definitely control them, right? Now imagine if you didn’t. Imagine if your limbs suddenly started to move themselves....

Imagine a lake that features what seems to be oversized confetti on its surface. Now imagine that the color of the confetti changes with lake conditions–and that the lake is found in a desert…in Canada. That’s Canada’s Spotted Lake in a nutshell, and it’s one of the most surreal things we’ve seen in a long time. The odd collection of puddle-like bodies of water changes colors based on the presence and concentration of minerals in the water....

He was demoted, discriminated against, and gravely injured. Perhaps worst of all, he wasn’t recognized for his outstanding service until it was too late. Wikimedia CommonsEdward A. Carter Jr. in uniform. During World War II, Edward A. Carter Jr. singlehandedly took out eight Germans and was wounded five times. But racism was still rampant in the U.S. Armed Forces and so Carter — despite his unfailing heroism — was not awarded a Medal of Honor or the recognition he so rightly deserved for another 60 years....

Norman’s rampage began when he punched a woman in a trailer park and ended after he ran into a chainlink fence and passed out. Escambia County JailChristopher Norman’s mugshot. The notorious “Florida Man” is at it again. This time he comes in the form of a drunk, shirtless, Pensacola resident who went door to door in a neighborhood looking for a fight. According to the Pensacola News Journal, 32-year-old Christopher Doyle Norman was arrested on Oct....

Although he was an Irish tailor for the Redcoats, Hercules Mulligan was also a secret member of the Sons of Liberty — and the perfect Patriot spy during the American Revolution. Hercules Mulligan was an Irish immigrant who became a prominent tailor for the Redcoats in New York City. But he was no British Loyalist. Mulligan was an ardent supporter of the American Revolution and while he saw to the uniforms of British soldiers he covertly collected invaluable information....

Abigail Williams was one of the first people “afflicted” during the Salem Witch Trials and one of the first to accuse others of witchcraft. Then she vanished. Abigail Williams was 12 years old when strange things began happening to her and her cousin, Betty Parris. It was January 1692 and Williams was living with her uncle Samual Parris and his family in Salem Village, Massachusetts when she and Betty began having, “fits....

Doctors say that they have ADD or ADHD, but Nancy Tappe says “Indigo Children” have something even more special inside them. Parapsychologist Nancy Ann Tappe had always been able to see people’s auras; the colors surrounding an individual would inform her what their particular purpose in life was. In the late 1970s, she suddenly began noticing a “vibrational color” that she had never seen before. The new indigo shade was appearing only around certain children, so she determined that it must indicate that a “new consciousness” was emerging on Earth, and thus the concept of the indigo child was born....

Horrifying tales of torture, decapitation, and murder — and those are just the acts committed by the accusers. Wikimedia Commons A depiction of accused werewolf Peter Stubb being executed in Cologne, 1589. The Salem witch trials of 1692 remain among the most infamous episodes in all of American history. But across the sea, in Europe, hundreds of years prior, similar events took place, this time involving persons accused of lycanthropy, or, shape-shifting into werewolves....

A Spanish immigrant named José Paronella toiled for over a decade to build his dream palace, where he hosted lavish parties in the 1940s and ’50s. So what happened to Paronella Castle? Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 27 Stunning Photos Of McDermott’s Castle, The Irish Palace With A Haunting Secret Explore Singer Castle, New York’s Turn-Of-The-Century Palace Filled With Secret Passageways And A Dungeon...

Discover the bizarre yet true story of Brian Wells, the man who exploded after robbing a bank with a bomb strapped around his neck, and Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, the “Evil Genius” who may have been behind the whole thing. Erie Federal Courthouse/Erie Bureau of Police via WiredSecurity camera footage of Brian Wells walking toward the bank’s exit, bomb strapped around his neck, just after the robbery. On August 28, 2003 in Erie, Pennsylvania, Brian Wells’ pizza delivery went horribly wrong when it ended with him dying thanks to a bomb locked around his neck....

Gaston Means used his connections to President Warren Harding to convince bootleggers that he could protect them from the law for a price — and pocketed up to $60,000 a day. Daily News/NY Daily News Via Getty ImagesGaston Means was one of the most shameless grifters of the 1920s and 1930s. Gaston Means was a natural-born swindler. Though little-known today, this Prohibition-era conman was entangled in some of the highest-profile scandals of the early 20th century....

Because of her affair with Goebbels, Lída Baarová was shamed in the press worldwide, hounded by the Gestapo, barred from acting, and eventually arrested and threatened with a death sentence. UFA (Universum film) Lida Baarová in the 1930s. Czech actress Lida Baarová was found dead a couple days after the fact in her Salzburg, Austria, apartment in 2000, surrounded by memorabilia. Among the playbills and photographs documenting her life in the spotlight, none featured her most infamous lover: Joseph Goebbels....

As part of a plan to fight climate change, New Zealand leaders are proposing a tax on the greenhouse gases emitted by farm animals. WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty ImagesIf passed, farmers would have to start paying the new tax in 2025. New Zealand farmers are facing a potential new tax — on the gas their animals produce. As Vice reported, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern proposed the new tax on Tuesday, October 11, as a method of combatting climate change in the country....

Since this startling creature’s discovery in the 1970s, scientists were baffled as to how Quetzalcoatlus managed to get off the ground — but now they’ve finally solved the mystery. The Quetzalcoatlus has baffled experts for decades. Part of the ancient pterosaur group of flying reptiles, its fossilized remains were first discovered in the 1970s and revealed a staggering wingspan of 40 feet. Although it was evidently the largest flying dinosaur that ever lived, exactly how it managed to fly remained a mystery — until now....

The discovery provides information about how Ancient Egyptians may have dealt with pregnancy and maternal mortality. Egypt Ministry of AntiquitiesThe tomb with the Ancient Egyptian woman and her unborn child. Archeologists have discovered the remains of an Ancient Egyptian woman that likely died just before childbirth. The discovery was announced by Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities via Facebook on Nov. 14. The statement read that the discovery was made by the joint Italian-American archaeological project which is investigating the town of Kom Ombo in southern Egypt....

What’s more impressive about the Millau Viaduct, the world’s tallest bridge? Its colossal size or the astounding engineering behind it? Even as you’re traveling across it — let alone merely reading about it — it’s still probably quite difficult to appreciate the true scale of France’s Millau Viaduct, the world’s tallest bridge. Perhaps the best we can do is reach for mind-boggling statistics: 200,000 tons of concrete used for each of the bridge’s seven piers; $524 million spent on planning and construction; 1,125 feet between the tallest mast and the base below (making it taller than the Eiffel Tower); 890 feet between the roadway and the ground — between you and certain death, should the bridge ever collapse....