In 2019, NASA astronaut Anne McClain was accused of committing the first crime in space during her six-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). McClain’s estranged spouse, Summer Worden, filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, accusing McClain of identity theft and improper access to private financial records from space.

On March 18, 1990, two men dressed as police officers arrived at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Claiming to be responding to a disturbance call, they were let in by the night guards at 1:24 a.m. The guards, Rick Abath and Randy Hestand, were overpowered, handcuffed, and taken to the museum’s basement. The intruders informed the guards that they were under arrest, a ploy that left the museum unprotected.

In the early 2000s, geologists began uncovering evidence of a submerged continental fragment in the southwest Pacific Ocean. Named Zealandia, this landmass stretches across nearly 4.9 million square kilometers, about two-thirds the size of Australia. Most of Zealandia lies underwater, with only a few islands, including New Zealand and New Caledonia, rising above the ocean’s surface.

In 1915, Charles Hatfield, a self-proclaimed “moisture accelerator,” promised San Diego he could end their drought by producing rain. Hatfield was confident, claiming his secret mixture of chemicals could draw moisture from the atmosphere.

Since 2013, Japan has been facing a mysterious and chilling phenomenon: ghost ships filled with dead bodies have been washing up on its shores. These vessels, often in poor condition, appear suddenly and without warning along the coast of Japan’s western prefectures, particularly in the Sea of Japan.

Dr. John Brinkley was born on July 8, 1885, in Beta, North Carolina. He pursued a medical career, earning a degree from a diploma mill, which later raised questions about his qualifications. Brinkley started his practice in Milford, Kansas, where he began experimenting with innovative, albeit controversial, treatments.

In November 2018, an enormous Holstein-Friesian steer named Knickers made headlines around the world. Knickers, residing on a farm in Myalup, Western Australia, stands at an impressive height of 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm) and weighs approximately 3,086 pounds (1,400 kg). This makes him nearly twice the size of an average Holstein-Friesian steer.

In recent years, scientists have discovered intriguing evidence of an ancient continent hidden beneath the ice of Antarctica. This revelation emerged from data collected by the European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 and NASA’s ICESat missions, which use radar and laser altimetry to map the ice sheet.

On June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War, the USS Liberty, a United States Navy technical research ship, was attacked by Israeli Air Force jet fighters and Navy motor torpedo boats. The ship was operating in international waters in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, approximately 25.5 nautical miles northwest of the Sinai Peninsula.

In 2011, the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) developed CONOP 8888, also known as Counter-Zombie Dominance. This plan was designed not for actual implementation, but as a training exercise to teach military officers about contingency planning without the political implications of using real-world scenarios. It cleverly used a fictional zombie apocalypse to prepare for various potential disasters and military operations.