Orichalcum, a metal as legendary as the city it’s often associated with, Atlantis, has intrigued historians and archaeologists for centuries.

Billy Leon and Benny Loyd McGuire, known as the McGuire Twins, were recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s heaviest twins.

Lagertha is introduced in the Gesta Danorum (“Deeds of the Danes”), a 12th-century text by the historian Saxo Grammaticus. He writes that she was a formidable shieldmaiden who gained the admiration of the Viking hero Ragnar Lodbrok after she fought by his side.

“Coffin birth,” known medically as postmortem fetal extrusion, refers to the grim phenomenon where a deceased pregnant woman’s body expels a fetus due to the buildup of gases caused by decomposition.

In ancient Greek mythology, Hyperborea was a legendary land located far to the north, beyond the reach of the cold north wind, Boreas.

Born on February 29, 1956, in Rochester, Michigan, Aileen Wuornos faced adversity from a young age.

On October 15, 2011, a seemingly innocent decision to capture a moment of friendship tragically ended the lives of three young girls in Utah. Kelsea Webster, 15, her sister Savannah Webster, 13, and their friend Essa Ricker, 15, chose a picturesque but perilous location for their selfie—a set of train tracks near their home in Spanish Fork Canyon.

In the heart of Milan, within the majestic Duomo di Milano, stands one of the most remarkable and macabre sculptures of the Renaissance: the statue of Saint Bartholomew Flayed, crafted by Marco d’Agrate in 1562.

On February 27, 2015, Daylenn “Moke” Pua, an 18-year-old from the Big Island of Hawaii, vanished while hiking the treacherous Haiku Stairs, also known as the “Stairway to Heaven,” in Oahu.

Located in the Xochimilco canals south of Mexico City lies a small island known as La Isla de las Muñecas, or the Island of the Dolls.