Weird

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

We all have to go sometime. Hopefully, it won't be while choking to death at a cockroach-eating contest.

Edward Brophy, Josephine Joseph, and Matt McHugh in Tod Browning's Freaks (1932).

Tod Browning's sideshow spectacle is considered a classic, or at least a cult favorite, today—but its original reception wasn't quite so welcoming.

The two people standing over the body, Michigan State Police detective Paul Wood told the Hard Copy cameras, “had a distinctive-type uniform on.

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

Sometimes less is more.

One known species of isopod, or "giant sea cockroach"

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

In the last eight years, 15 human feet have washed up on the shore.

Dppowell, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 4.0

Being an airmail pilot was dangerous business before these came along.

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh was a polarizing figure who knew how to grab headlines.

They stand 3 to 4 feet tall.

Rock on.

From fierce Bavarian wolpertingers to the wily wild haggis.

For several decades, a creepy urban legend has circulated in the darker corners of online forums devoted to vintage video games.

The figures are of “varying sizes, ages and details” and come with exchangeable wardrobes to “suit your historical or theatrical needs.”

This way to Middle-earth!

The philosopher believed in making every man his own statue.

Authorities didn't know what they were running toward—or what they might have been running from.

Photo illustration, Mental Floss. Portrait of Bates: Strengthening the Eyes, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

After he reappeared, Bates founded what would become the most notorious school of eye quackery.

In 1836 some boys found a series of little wooden coffins with dolls inside. Was it witchcraft, or a tribute to one of Edinburgh's most gruesome crimes?

Fearless Man Slices 26 Watermelons on His Stomach in 60 Seconds, Setting New Record

7 of the Most Bizarre Ways to Die

11 Astonishing Facts About Tod Browning's Freaks

When the FBI Investigated the 'Murder' of Nine Inch Nails's Trent Reznor

8 Projects That Reenvision the Traditional Cemetery

Balenciaga's $1290 'T-Shirt Shirt' Is Confusing the Internet

Bizarre New Species of Crabs and a Giant Sea Cockroach Discovered in Waters Off Indonesia

The Mysterious Case of the Severed Feet in British Columbia

The Reason There's Over a Hundred Abandoned Giant Arrows Across the U.S.

The Wild, Wild Story of the 'Sex Guru' at the Center of Wild Wild Country

Australian University Evacuated After Rotten Durian Smell Mistaken for Gas Leak

It's Official: Uranus Smells Like Farts

Billions of Cockroaches Are Bred in China to Create a ‘Healing Potion’

Massive Tumbleweeds Invaded a California Town, Trapping Residents in Their Homes

U2’s 360-Degree Tour Stage Will Become a Utah Aquarium Attraction

7 Mythical Beasts Created With Taxidermy

Unraveling the Legend of Polybius, the Most Dangerous Video Game of the 1980s

This Set of 40 Life-Size Amish Wax Figures Could Be Yours

Fictional Place Names Are Popping Up On Road Signs in Didcot, England

How Jeremy Bentham Finally Came to America, Nearly 200 Years After His Death

'Bizarre as Hell': The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five

The Mysterious Disappearance—and Strange Reappearance—of Dr. William Horatio Bates

The Enigma of Edinburgh’s Miniature Coffins