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From the “BBC Spaghetti Tree” to the “Cardiff Giant” to the “Taco Liberty Bell,” these famous hoaxes are the ones that truly bamboozled the world. It’s not every day, or even every April Fool’s Day, that a hoax makes the history books. Yet there have been a few famous hoaxes that have fooled the world just enough to make them eternally hilarious (at least in retrospect) and/or endlessly fascinating. From the “BBC Spaghetti Tree” to the “Taco Liberty Bell,” these especially famous hoaxes are the ones that truly bamboozled and confounded the world:...

“Some day they’ll go down together, they’ll bury them side by side. To few it’ll be grief, to the law a relief, but it’s death for Bonnie and Clyde.” Heritage AuctionsSeveral of Bonnie and Clyde’s poems from 1933. Bonnie and Clyde are an undeniable part of 20th-century American outlaw iconography. The infamous pair of Depression-era criminals have been immortalized in literature and on the silver screen — and have now entered history’s poetry club....

“Children are quite simple, they wouldn’t think such complicated thoughts about this. They’d just think that it’s amazing for someone to be able to fly on a pole like that.” Michael Standaert/Twitter An extremely unconventional decision for a back-to-school celebration at a kindergarten in China has cost a principal her job. On Sept. 3, hundreds of kindergarteners and their parents gathered together at the Xinshahui kindergarten in Shenzhen, in the southern province of Guangdong, to watch a female pole dancer perform her routine on a flagpole in the school’s courtyard, according to CNN....

For decades, a mysterious beast known as the chupacabra has allegedly been prowling the American Southwest and sucking the blood of livestock. Few cryptids are as storied and as fearsome as the dreaded chupacabra. A blood-sucking creature allegedly the size of a small bear, sometimes with a tail, often covered in scaly skin, and with a row of spines down its back, the chupacabra has been a staple in folklore throughout Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the southwestern United States for decades....

Museo Guggenheim, Bilbao Designed by architect Frank Gehry and opened in 1997, the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum is considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. It stands along the Nervion River and is constructed of titanium blocks, stone and glass all interconnected and irregularly shaped. According to Gehry, the stunning curves are meant to reflect the lights. Sagrada Familia, Spain Designed by one of the most celebrated architects in the world, Antoni Gaudí, Sagrada Familia is one of the most stunning churches in the world....

An outspoken civil rights activist, Hazel Scott used her star power to fight racism. But then, she was accused of being a Communist — and it nearly destroyed her career. Hazel Scott was once the most famous jazz virtuoso in the world, renowned as much for her talent on the piano as she was standing up against racism — until she was blacklisted for being a Communist. Scott’s story in the spotlight began in 1928, when Dr....

An unassuming tan 1968 Volkswagen Beetle, Ted Bundy’s car played a pivotal role in his murder spree — and it may have been one of his best weapons. Ted Bundy’s car helped him commit gruesome murders. He used it to transport victims, move from state to state, and store weapons. But the tan 1968 Volkswagen Beetle was perhaps his deadliest weapon of all. When police pulled Bundy over in 1975, they got a first look at how he had transformed the car into a murder machine....

Legendary primatologist Jane Goodall says that after hearing stories from across the globe, she is open to the idea of the world’s most famous cryptid. Legendary primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall isn’t ruling out the existence of one of Earth’s most popular cryptids: the Sasquatch. In an interview with KUOW radio, Goodall, who is famous for her work with wild chimpanzees, said that she is open to the possibility of Bigfoot’s existence....

In November 2012, Colorado dad Mark Redwine killed his 13-year-old son Dylan after the boy uncovered shocking selfies of his father wearing lingerie and eating feces from a diaper. YouTubeMark Redwine appeared on the Dr. Phil program in 2013 to protest his innocence — but notably refused to take a polygraph test. On November 18, 2012, Mark Redwine picked up his 13-year-old son, Dylan, from the airport as part of his custody agreement with his ex-wife....

Mbah Gotho simply wants to die. YouTubeMbah Gotho. The “world’s oldest person” says he now simply wants to die. Mbah Gotho, a reportedly 145-year-old man from Central Java, Indonesia, is now making headlines after telling a regional news outlet, “What I want is to die.” Over the past three months, Gotho says, his health has deteriorated to new lows, leaving him unable to bathe and feed himself. With his eyesight effectively long gone, Gotho now says he mostly spends his days listening to the radio....

Lyudmila Pavlichenko joined the army when women weren’t accepted, but that didn’t stop her from recording over 300 confirmed kills. For most snipers, receiving threats from the enemy wouldn’t be something you looked forward to. For Lyudmila Pavlichenko, however, it was something that delighted her. When the Germans threatened to tear her into 309 pieces, the exact number of Nazis she had killed thus far, she reveled in it. “They even knew my score!...

The 2.7 square mile country called Liberland was just founded and its ruler is modeling his politics on the Tea Party movement. Mr. Vít Jedlička with the flag of Liberland. Image Source: Liberland Press Office Vít Jedlička wasn’t happy with his home country, the Czech Republic, so he decided to start his own. He searched the world high and low for the perfect spot, and found it in a small piece of terra-nullius (no-man’s land) between Croatia and Serbia....

Two men shot Riaan Naude and stole one of his guns, but police aren’t sure of their motive. pro_hunt_africa/InstagramRiaan Naude with one of the animals he hunted. A South African trophy hunter, who organized hunting trips for paying customers and posed with the carcasses of endangered animals, has been found shot and killed in Limpopo, South Africa. According to local police, 55-year-old Riaan Naude, the head of Pro Hunt Africa, was found next to his car on Marken Road, covered in blood....

In 1998, Rafael Pérez was arrested for stealing $800,000 worth of cocaine and later took a plea deal and exposed the LAPD’s Rampart scandal. Rafael Pérez should have protected the public by lawfully dismantling gangs. Instead, he and dozens of other officers in the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart Division ran the streets by shaking down gang members for drugs and money and stealing and fabricating police evidence. Assigned to the LAPD’s Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) anti-gang task force in 1995, Pérez swiftly earned a reputation as an aggressive officer who had an ear to the ground in the neighborhoods west of downtown Los Angeles that fell under Rampart’s jurisdiction....

Researchers used seismic data from Bolivia’s 1994 earthquake to map out a boundary 410 miles beneath the surface — and made a huge discovery. Princeton UniversityEarth’s layers When children learn about the layers of our planet, the components are often simplified into three easily understandable parts: crust, mantle, and core. However, a new study published in Science this week has complicated that notion by suggesting that mountains perhaps bigger than Everest also lie deep inside Earth....

Dr. Seuss’ beloved children’s books have undergone a reexamination in recent years as many have found them rife with racist images and messaging. Wikimedia CommonsAnd to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, Dr. Seuss’ first book, is among those that will no longer be published. Dr. Seuss’ estate celebrated his 117th birthday on March 2 with a surprise announcement. They would no longer publish six of the deceased author’s children’s books — books which they had determined contained “hurtful and wrong” portrayals of various races and cultures....

“These babies are from a really important point in the evolutionary tree. They had a lot of features similar to modern mammals, features that are relevant in understanding mammalian evolution.” Eva Hoffman / The University of Texas at AustinA drawing of the cynodont with her babies. Roughly 185 million years ago an ancient mammal relative gave birth to dozens of babies. Now the discovery of their bones is helping scientists to unlock the mysteries that surround mammal evolution....

A decades-old ban on photography at Tashkent’s metro kept its opulent halls hidden from the public — until now. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 22 Photos Of The Montreal Metro That Prove Subways Can Be Beautiful The Moscow Metro: A Mausoleum Of Revolutionary Ideals 55 American History Photos And The Incredible True Stories Behind Them...

North Korea has made the news again. It would appear that the World’s Craziest Dictatorship™ is at it again, but the sad truth is that the magic is gone. Things just haven’t been the same since the Dear Leader Kim Jong Il ascended to the Heavenly Throne and stopped personally guiding the nation through the depths of human madness. If you want to understand where the antics of the Korean Workers’ Party come from, you have to understand the personality cult of Kim Jong Il....

In 1961, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. However, some conspiracy theorists speculate that the Soviets reached the cosmos on an earlier mission but covered it up because they lost cosmonauts. ITU Pictures/ FlickrCosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Luckily for everyone who didn’t want to see the human race destroyed in an ocean of nuclear fire, the Cold War never turned hot. Instead, the rivalry between the Soviet Union and the West was basically just a contest to see which side could demonstrate the superiority of their system to the rest of the world....