WEIRD

Rumors of aliens and the Illuminati aren't going away anytime soon.

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.

They've been discovered at Roman-era sites, but no one knows what they're for.

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.

Burial and cremation aren't the only two options these days.

Sometimes less is more.

Researchers thought the foot-long sea cockroach was "cute."

The world's smelliest fruit is banned from public spaces for a reason.

The planet's putrid atmosphere is a clue to where it first formed.

It's said to taste "slightly sweet."