In August 2007, a chilling discovery was made on a beach in British Columbia, Canada. A shoe containing a severed human foot washed ashore on Jedediah Island. This was the first of many such discoveries that would puzzle authorities and the public alike.

Hallgrímskirkja, one of Iceland’s most iconic buildings, stands prominently in the capital city of Reykjavik. Named after the Icelandic poet and clergyman Hallgrímur Pétursson, the church was designed by architect Guðjón Samúelsson in 1937. Its unique design, inspired by the basalt lava flows of Iceland’s landscape, makes it a standout structure.

The Mursi tribe, residing in the isolated Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia, is known for its distinctive cultural practice of lip plating. This tradition, primarily among women, involves the insertion of a clay or wooden plate into a pierced hole in the lower lip. The custom begins typically when a girl reaches puberty, around 15 or 16 years old.

Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, were born on February 5, 1908, in Brighton, England. They were connected at the pelvis and shared blood circulation but had separate organs. Their mother, an unmarried barmaid, sold them to her employer, Mary Hilton, who saw their potential as a sideshow attraction.

The AquaDom Tower, located in the Radisson Collection Hotel in Berlin, was a remarkable cylindrical acrylic glass aquarium standing at 25 meters (82 feet) tall. It featured a built-in transparent elevator and was part of the DomAquarée complex, which also housed offices, a museum, a restaurant, and the Berlin Sea Life Centre.

Oleg Mitasov was born in 1953 in Kharkiv, Ukraine, which was then part of the Soviet Union. Little is known about his early life, but he would later become famous for his unconventional method of expression.

On the night of February 24, 1978, five young men from Yuba City, California—Jack Madruga, Ted Weiher, Bill Sterling, Jack Huett, and Gary Mathias—set out for a basketball game at California State University, Chico. They never returned home. The next day, their car was found abandoned on a remote mountain road in the Sierra Nevada, far off their intended route.

Ludger Sylbaris, a laborer from Martinique, found himself in trouble with the law in early May 1902. After a night of drinking and brawling, he was arrested and placed in solitary confinement in a small, windowless stone cell in the town of Saint-Pierre.

Hatshepsut was born around 1507 BCE, the daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose I and Queen Ahmose. She married her half-brother Thutmose II and became queen. After Thutmose II’s death, his son Thutmose III, born to a secondary wife, was too young to rule. Hatshepsut stepped in as regent, but within a few years, she declared herself Pharaoh around 1479 BCE, becoming Egypt’s first female ruler.

Gustavo de Jesús Gaviria Rivero was born on December 25, 1946, in Pereira, Colombia. He was the cousin and close confidant of Pablo Escobar. Growing up in Medellín, Gaviria formed a strong bond with Escobar, sharing ambitions that would lead them into the world of narcotics trafficking.