WEIRD

He was paid 20 cents a day and half a bottle of beer weekly.

As if cemeteries weren't spooky enough.

A shocking number of sloths die while trying to poop—but not for the reason you might think.

Each "ossan" only costs $9 an hour.

The 1951 mass poisoning has been blamed on everything from tainted bread to a CIA experiment with LSD.

Perplexing jackets for 'The Great Gatsby', 'Our Mutual Friend,' and more.

Writers used to instill good manners through strange, scary cautionary tales—and some stories were so bizarre it's a wonder the kids that read them turned out OK.

Long before the wonders of keyboard cat, felines and music had a tense relationship. The two were tied by an infernal instrument—the katzenklavier, or cat organ.

It's for a good cause.

In the 1910s, the city of New York demolished the apartment building David Hess owned in order to extend a major thoroughfare. But the city didn't seize the entirety of his land—and he wasn't about to give it up lightly.

It was even a protected species until 2005.

"My first reaction is I’m relieved that I didn’t kill myself."