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The giant freshwater stingray measured 13 feet long and weighed 661 pounds, beating the previous record by 15 pounds. AJ+/TwitterThe giant stingray was tagged and released back into the water. Villagers fishing in Cambodia’s Mekong River recently hauled in a massive, 661-pound stingray that’s believed to be the largest freshwater fish ever documented. The creature was caught on June 13, and researchers from Wonders of the Mekong, a conservation group that works to protect the river’s wildlife, quickly arrived to study the endangered animal....

From the true story behind The Conjuring to the hotel that inspired The Shining, these real ghost stories might make even the skeptics believe in the paranormal. Not everybody believes that there are real ghost stories. Those people are confident that we as a species have already determined what is possible and what isn’t, that there’s an absolute separation between the realms of the living and of the dead. On the other hand, most people also know someone who has had an experience that they can’t fully explain....

Archeologists came across the remains of 25 women and children buried together but aren’t yet sure how they died. Peruvian Ministry of CultureArcheologists examine the remains, which were buried with ceramics and textile tools. Chan Chan, meaning “resplendent sun,” once flourished as the capital of the Chimú Empire. Now, the discovery of a mass grave at the Chan Chan archeological site is shedding light on how this ancient culture dealt with death....

From the Cartwheel Galaxy to the Cosmic Cliffs of the Carina Nebula, discover some of the most incredible photos taken by the James Webb Telescope. Launched on December 25, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope is the largest and most sensitive observatory ever sent into space. Building the telescope was a massive undertaking for NASA, one that took about 20 years and $10 billion. But many experts think that the images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope prove it was worth the trouble....

Your body is a wonderland. A weird, miraculous, disgusting, wonderland. Learn all about it with these interesting human body facts. Public DomainCheck out these interesting human body facts. Ever wondered how many times a minute a baby blinks? Or why babies have more bones than adults? Or how big your brain is without all those wrinkles? Or how long your intestines would be if you stretched them out? Well, now you can find all of these things out from the comfort of your own home, while keeping all of your internal organs safely internal....

From New Jersey to Australia, take a look at the most disturbing abandoned asylums — and learn about the horrors committed there. In the 19th century, mental health practitioners tried to reform the facilities where people living with mental illnesses were commonly sent. They envisioned sprawling facilities that would replace the overcrowded and underfunded shelters where patients were typically treated. Today, however, these abandoned asylums sit in decay, a bleak reminder of how horribly they failed in their mission....

The 1930s was one of the most tumultuous decades for Germany. Already crippled by the debt they accrued from World War One, the European nation faced even tougher times following the ripple effects of Wall Street’s stock market crash. With such instability and poverty, the population was receptive to the words and promises of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, setting in motion a chain of events that would greatly–and tragically–alter the course of history....

The cub was killed early this month, but did not become public knowledge until very recently. Hwange National Park / Facebook Big game hunters became an object of international scorn in 2015 following the killing of Cecil the lion. And now, recent events suggest they didn’t really care: indeed, as The Guardian reported, big game hunters have also killed Cecil’s son, Xanda. The six-year-old lion was killed on July 7th in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park — near where Cecil died — but news of the death didn’t hit the public until recently....

Participants were promised free pizza for 100 years if they got the Domino’s logo tattooed on their body. The promo didn’t last five days. Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesDomino’s Pizza in Russia offered free pizza for life as a part of a viral marketing promotional offer. A Russian branch of the Domino’s pizza company sorely underestimated their consumers when they released a free pizza for life promotion on Aug. 31....

After offering his criminal services to the Nazis in exchange for his freedom from jail, Eddie Chapman turned himself in to the British and became “Agent Zigzag.” Wikimedia CommonsEdward Arnold Chapman was a professional criminal, an expert safecracker, and one of Britain’s most valuable double agents in the Second World War. In the dark, early days of World War II, as the Luftwaffe hovered in British skies and U-boats prowled the English Channel, paranoid Britons saw German spies around every corner....

The anachronistic adage goes that women should be seen and not heard — these women didn’t buy it. If you Google history’s most powerful speeches, you’ll see a lot of glaringly testosterone-heavy lists. In certain respects, this makes sense. After all, for most of modern history, women have been encouraged to be seen and not heard. But when they did start to speak up, it became clear that women’s words can shake the world....

The newly uncovered footage corroborates reports of Imperial Japan’s wartime atrocities like never before. The issue of “comfort women” has long been a contentious one between Korea and Japan. Scholars estimate that, during World War II, the Imperial Japanese Amry forced as many as 400,000 “comfort women” from Korea and elsewhere in Asia into prostitution and sexual slavery. Now, the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul National University Human Rights Center has released footage, the first of its kind, that reveals the horror and heartbreak of these abuses like never before....

The dark web allows users to privately purchase drugs, contraband, weapons, and pretty much anything else with anonymity. Gary Van Ryswyk used it to castrate people in his home. Highlands County Sheriff’s OfficeThe 74-year-old Sebring resident said he met the willing patient on a fetish site for eunuchs. The dark web is a simultaneously fascinating and entirely unregulated space. The inherent privacy is its main appeal, though often for nefarious reasons....

Franceska Mann knew she was going to die, but she was determined to go down with a fight. Wikimedia CommonsFranceska Mann In early 1943, Franceska Mann was transferred to the Hotel Polski along with hundreds of her fellow countrymen. Moved from the Warsaw Ghetto, the hotel seemed like a reprieve; rumors of being given passports and papers to be sent to South America hung over the crowd, a beacon of hope for those who had had little in the past....

Lithuania’s Kryziu Kalnas Hill of Crosses is one of Earth’s most unique symbols of faith and sacrifice. In the Lithuanian countryside sits a hill covered in more than 100,000 crosses placed there by those who have lost loved ones. Kryžių Kalnas, translated as “Hill of Crosses,” has become somewhat of a holy mecca for the country’s Lutherans and Catholics who make the pilgrimage to bring new crosses to the hill....

About 30 years ago, Canadian farmers released hogs into the wild as the meat market slowed. These pigs have since grown gigantic and are ravaging farmland across the continent. Wikimedia CommonsThe feral pigs have been wallowing in stream beds — leading experts to worry about infectious diseases being spawned. When Canadian farmers imported wild boars from Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the goal was purely to raise meat....

From motorcycle races and commanding World War II tanks to leading Ford to victory over Ferrari at 24 Hours of Le Mans, Ken Miles lived and died in the fast lane. Ken Miles already had a well-respected career in the auto racing world, but leading Ford to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966 made him a star. Bernard Cahier/Getty ImagesThe controversial finish of the 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, with the two Ford Mk II of Ken Miles/Denny Hulme and Bruce McLaren/Chris Amon finishing a few meters apart....

In October 2008, Canadian filmmaker Mark Twitchell lured 38-year-old Johnny Altinger to his garage and murdered him — after being allegedly inspired by “Dexter.” At a glance, Mark Twitchell seemed perfectly normal. The 29-year-old Canadian man had a wife and a young daughter, and aspirations of becoming a filmmaker. But Mark Twitchell also had an urge to kill. Driven by this desire and his passion for the TV show Dexter, Twitchell started plotting out a Dexter-like murder....

While the victim has been put on preventative medications for 30 days, the perpetrator’s blood has yet to be tested. A WJZ news segment on the bizarre syringe assault. Last Tuesday, a 51-year-old Maryland man was arrested for allegedly stabbing a woman in the butt with a syringe. After Thomas Bryon Stemen was accused of the bizarre crime, police confiscated syringes from his car — that were filled with semen....

Doreen Lioy was an ordinary magazine editor — until she wed Richard Ramirez and became the wife of the “Night Stalker.” TwitterDoreen Lioy became Richard Ramirez’s wife in San Quentin State Prison in 1996. After 11 years of writing love letters to her prospective husband, Doreen Lioy finally got to marry the man of her dreams. Although Lioy was overjoyed, the news of her wedding shocked the world. After all, the 1996 ceremony took place in San Quentin State Prison — and her new husband was the notorious serial killer Richard Ramirez....