According to traditional Ethiopian regnal lists, King Ayzur reigned for precisely half a day before his sudden and unusual death.

In the summer of 1957, a team of scientists in the Nevada desert accidentally launched a 2,000-pound (900-kilogram) steel cap into the sky at six times the speed needed to escape Earth’s gravity.

In the bustling streets of New York City, thousands of pedestrians walk right over a tiny piece of real estate every single day without noticing it.

In 2013, an ordinary shopping trip in Maine resulted in a historical discovery that baffled professional codebreakers for nearly a decade.

In October 2013, a Texas business owner traded in his work vehicle for a newer model. He handed over the keys expecting the dealership to handle the standard procedures of preparing the pickup for resale. Instead, a photograph of that exact same vehicle surfaced online a year later. The pickup was completely transformed and operating

Rumors of an impossible fish with a thick coat of white animal hair swimming in freezing North American waters circulated widely during the early 20th century.

In 218 AD, a fourteen-year-old high priest from Syria ascended to the most powerful position in the ancient world.

In the winter of 1997, a phone call to a late-night radio program sparked an urban legend that gripped audiences across the United States.

In the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks, the United States government authorized a highly classified intelligence program operating deep within the National Security Agency.

For decades, an eerie 12-inch, or 30.5-centimeter, figure lay inside a wooden box at the Enjuin temple in Japan.