History classes tend to cover the major events from our past: wars, the founding of new nations, the exploration of unknown ...

Ever wonder why raspberry-flavored candy is almost always bright blue? It's a strange choice, isn't it? Real raspberries are ...

Throughout history, strange medical practices that we might consider gross or inhumane today have been used to cure the ...

History is full of geniuses, rulers, artists, and thinkers, many of whom carried habits so odd they seem unbelievable today.

I’m a zero at mental arithmetic. It’s true—I struggle with this skill—but I want to focus on the phrase itself. In our language, we often equate zero with something negative. But zero is the only real ...

Feeding bread to a donkey to treat whooping cough, rubbing a black snail on a wart and impaling it on a thorn are two of the ...

Forty years ago, Voyager imaged Uranus and presented the world with a new mystery. Upon further inspection, it may have just ...

Life would be pretty boring if things were normal all the time, wouldn't you agree? We need some weirdness in our lives from time to time to spice things up a bit. What about a selection of photos ...