Roald Dahl, the writer of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” was given a Viking funeral, buried with wine, snooker cues, pencils and a power saw News
Farewell to a visionary mind: Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo and died on Einstein’s birthday News
Father Thomas Byles: The heroic priest who remained on board the RMS Titanic to comfort the doomed News
Ancient Romans flooded the Colosseum to re-create famous naval battles for thousands to see Strangeness News
When L. Ron Hubbard commanded a U.S. military vessel during WWII, he almost started an armed conflict with Mexico by mistake News
In 1941, Rudolf Hess flew to Scotland by himself and attempted to negotiate peace behind Hitler’s back News Battlefields
Jacqueline Kennedy refused to change out of her blood-splattered pink Chanel suit for the rest of the day after JFK’s assassination News Strangeness
While Frances McDormand’s Oscar was taken but soon returned, three other actresses weren’t so lucky News Glamour
Wall Street earned its name after an actual wall was built by Dutch settlers in the 17th century News
The bizarre story of how a railroad worker survived an iron rod which went through his skull News Strangeness