Fascinating lesser-known stories from world history
In 1943, the U.S. Navy allegedly made the USS Eldridge disappear using electromagnetic fields. Was it real?
A secret U.S. Army unit used inflatable tanks, recorded sounds, and phony radio messages to fool Nazi forces.
117 colonists vanished leaving only the word CROATOAN carved in a tree
300,000 gallons of beer flooded London streets in a deadly wave
The medieval trial where a dead pope was dug up and put on trial
A bizarre 1919 Boston disaster where 2.3 million gallons of molasses flooded the streets
When Australia lost a war against 20,000 emus
A mysterious epidemic where people danced uncontrollably for weeks
Imperial Russian treasures that vanished during the revolution