Born around 1700 in County Cork, Ireland, Anne Bonny’s life was marked by scandal from the start.

Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson was born on October 31, 1905, in Charleston, South Carolina. He moved to Harlem, New York, during the Great Migration when African Americans from the South moved to northern cities in search of better opportunities.

In the lush jungles of what is now Mexico, the Olmec civilization, one of the earliest known Mesoamerican civilizations, left behind one of the most mystifying artifacts: colossal stone heads.

In May 2015, a woman in Avon Park, Florida, faced a terrifying ordeal when she was held hostage by her boyfriend, Ethan Nickerson.

On April 6, 1893, a boxing match was held that would set a record for the longest bout in the history of the sport.

For over 30 years, residents and visitors of Iroise Coast in Brittany, France, were puzzled by the continuous wash-up of bright orange Garfield telephones on their picturesque beaches.

Feodor Vassilyev, a peasant from Shuya, Russia, became one of the most extraordinary fathers in recorded history due to the incredible number of children attributed to him.

Blanche Dumas was born on the Caribbean island of Martinique in 1860 and gained attention due to her extraordinary physical characteristics.

In 2014, Kenny Veach, a 47-year-old hiker and adventurer from Nevada, sparked intrigue and concern with a YouTube comment about a mysterious cave he encountered while hiking in the Sheep Mountains, close to Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

Born in Argentina in 1925 and raised in Paris, Adolfo Kaminsky found his calling under dire circumstances.