In 1808, a strange carcass washed ashore on the Scottish island of Stronsay …
The ancient Mayan city of Cobá was one of the biggest and most powerful city-states in the northern Yucatán area
Srinivasa Ramanujan – the mathematical genius
Fido, the 1940s Italian street dog who became famous for his loyalty to his dead master. Fido waited 14 years at a bus station for him to come back
Ancient needles found within the Denisova Caves are thought to be 50,000 years old and crafted by early humans
“Pandora’s Box”-Pandora was the first woman on earth and the “box” was, in fact, a large jar that contained all the evils of the world
George Crum invented the potato chip after customers kept complaining his fries were too thick
In 1911 Ishi emerged from the wilderness in California, he was the last member of his tribe and also “the last wild Indian” …
Researchers in Wales find wood that once belonged to a 5,000 year old longboat
Codex Gigas or “The Devil’s Bible” is the largest medieval manuscript in the world
