Barefoot and starved, Spartan boys underwent grueling combat training but were also punished for not answering questions briefly and wittily enough News Strangeness
The Hoba meteorite, estimated at 66 tons, left no crater when it fell to Earth News Archeology Strangeness
Rob Roy MacGregor: Some call him “the Scottish Robin Hood,” but others say he was a “criminal praised as a hero” Strangeness News
A massive wall at Cal Orcko in southern Bolivia reveals more than 5,000 dinosaur footsteps News Archeology Strangeness
DNA tests of remains believed to be that of a yeti, also called the Abominable Snowman, turned out not to be an ape Strangeness News
Bottle discovered in a 350 AD Roman grave, never opened, still contains wine News Archeology Interiors
That time when the US Delta Force blasted Van Halen, The Clash, and AC/DC’s music for three days to force Manuel Noriega out of the Vatican Embassy News Strangeness
A crazy if unconsummated 1965 love triangle starring Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, and Bob Dylan ended tragically Glamour News
The year 1816, the “Year Without a Summer,” saw floods, food riots, gorgeous sunsets, and “Frankenstein” News Strangeness
New scientific findings from Antarctica a game-changer in how we perceive conditions that are needed to support life News Archeology