An anonymous benefactor stepped into the bureaucratic world of municipal public works and handed over a gift that left Japanese officials entirely speechless.

In 1971, a massive technological project occurred in South America, years before the modern internet.

Born shortly after the American Civil War, a young girl from Tennessee possessed a rare physical condition that turned her into a nationwide sensation.

Canadian blogger Kyle MacDonald looked at a single red paperclip and decided to trade it for a house.

This medical anomaly transformed her into one of the most famous dime museum attractions of the 19th century, known nationwide as the “Ohio Big Foot Girl.”

Thirty-five-year-old Alice Pike approached the store register with a cart packed full of merchandise and a highly unusual method of payment.

Timothy Dexter was an 18th-century leatherworker who defied all conventional financial logic to become one of the wealthiest men in Massachusetts.

Pulling fresh potatoes from the dirt while picking ripe cherry tomatoes from the exact same plant sounds like a science fiction movie plot. However, agricultural science has made this a verifiable reality.

Out of nearly one thousand Nobel laureates since 1901, exactly two individuals have voluntarily declined the most famous award on Earth.