Iceland is an odd place with an odd history. Despite being ranked among the wealthiest nations today, for much of its history it was left out of the growth and development of culture and technology throughout the Medieval period. It has never been a particularly hospitable environment for human habitation. Wind-blasted, cold, and rocky, it was an island left unsettled by humans long after it was discovered.
There are many great unusual things to do in Budapest, from visiting a park full of old communist statues to riding one of Europe's oldest metros.
The human body is a mysterious machine. Most of the time, human babies develop according to plan, but sometimes, something goes weirdly wrong and the result is a curious medical anomaly.
Eating is the new exercise at the German Gymnasium, now a Mittel European-style restaurant in London’s King's Cross
Marilyn Monroe tries to go shopping while fans and media watch, 1957
I could look at these over and over again, couldn't you?
El mundo está lleno de situaciones sin explicación, misterios sin resolver y que, por mucho que uno intente hallarle lógica, no puedes encontrar un cómo o un porqué capaz de satisfacer tu intriga. Hay cosas que simplemente parecen no tener sentido, y nosotros buscamos por todos los medios encontr
Gillette Castle in East Haddam is a popular Connecticut attraction. Actor William Gillette's castle is open for tours Memorial Day-Labor Day. Learn more!
“Every nerve I had feared him, and every morsel of flesh on my bones shrank when he came near.” (Jane Eyre) Regency dress. Picture found here. Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) by Rob San…
In a span of more than 350 pages, Italian photographer Massimo Listri captures some of the most wondrous and bizarre collections gathered throughout history. Cabinet of Curiosities, a new XXL edition from Taschen, is comprised of countless artifacts from the Renaissance to modern-day. Including massive fossils, excavated coral growths, and impeccably preserved sculptures, Listri’s photographs capture treasures of natural history, art, astrology, biology, and design. Many of the eccentric collections were maintained formerly by aristocrats, such as Grand Duke Francesco I de’ Medici, Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, and Archduke Ferdinand II of Habsburg. More
Atavism: the means by which suddenly any creature -- humans included -- can sprout physical traits that they thought they had abandoned millennia ago.
Maurice Tillet, a wrestler suffering from Acromegaly. He died in on September 4th 1954 from heart disease and was the inspiration for the character Shrek–though the creators at DreamWorks An…
Find gasp-worthy spots in Romania’s most fascinating region.
The Bible mentions mythological creatures such as giants, and there is historical evidence of real giants in modern times, debunking their mythological nature.
Robert Wadlow 1918. február 22-én született Altonban, Illinois államban, Harold és Addie Wadlow első gyermekeként, és őt tartják a valaha élt legmagasabb embernek.Robert születésekor normális baba volt, körülbelül 3,60 kilogrammal született, de az agyalapi mirigy hiperaktivitása miatt gyorsan nö
Think back to the first time you remember visiting a doctor’s office. All of the equipment looked so large and frightening, and the examination was definitely strange, but regardless of which decade you made your first doctor’s visit it couldn’t have been as weird as the medical practices of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.The tools, prescriptions, and ideas that were going around at the time certainly helped modern medicine get to where it is now, but it was definitely weird.
Here are some of the most unusual mouth doorways around the world. There are such interesting and remarkable doorways that...
An early female settler of Connecticut grave that was ten-foot in length was discovered
The human body is a mysterious machine. Most of the time, human babies develop according to plan, but sometimes, something goes weirdly wrong and the result is a curious medical anomaly.
The tallest person in the world to ever live is Robert Wadlow of Alton, Illinois. He measured 8 feet 11 inches tall and weighed 439 pounds. His enormous height and weight put pressure on his joints…
On this day (January, 8) in 1860 was born Edward Perry Warren, known as Ned Warren, an American art-lover and collector. Warren is now best known as the former owner of the Warren Cup, now exhibite…
Museum preserving torture methods from the past.
We seem to assume that if our ancestors knew half of the things our generation was getting up to today, they would be rolling over in their graves. But what if those same elders had plenty of secrets of their own? Greek, Pagan and Hindu mythology all have a long history of cross dressing that can be
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Schon die Zeitgenossen diskutierten über die markanten Gesichtszüge der Habsburger. Dass die „Habsburger Lippe“ eine Folge ihrer zahlreichen Verwandtenehen war, machen Analysen plausibel.
After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus touches down in the Bahamas, believing he's made it to East Asia.
HEY LOOK. IT'S... GUSTAVE COURBET. Cello, my name is Gustave Courbet, and I led the French realist school, coining the term 'realism'. My art follows in the shadowy, violent tradition of Caravaggio, though my notoriety comes from my penchant for painting female genitalia and heavy drinking,…
