Weird

Different platforms sometimes display the same emoji specification in different ways. An eye roll might come across as petulant or cheerful. A snake might look threatening or adorable.

William the Conquerer was an unlikely king who reigned brutally and met an equally brutal end.

Spiced goat cheese and pumpkin pie ice cream.

Who says you can't have ice cream for dinner?

So far, the wild birds have caused $61,500 worth of damage, according to officials.

“It was a bit like an end-of-days scenario."

The better question is, are you sure you really want to know the answer?

A Rhode Island man tipped the scales with his 2118-pound beauty.

Thanks to the nation's gold refineries, traces of the precious metal flow through the nation's wastewaters.

The birdlike accessory is credited to French doctor Charles de Lorme, who was chief physician to King Louis XIII.

Just because the creatures are mythical doesn't mean there aren't hunting regulations.

Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine, Hanging of Traitors, 1794

How do you execute a criminal who has already escaped? Make an effigy of them.

And his whole body is coming to America next year.

Putting a live eel in your butt is probably going to create more problems than it solves.

For when a go-bag isn't enough to assuage your anxiety.

The peculiar beast that washed up on Sakhalin Island was thought to be a dolphin--until people remembered dolphins don't have fur.

An abandoned cabin in the woods, and a terrible discovery beneath the ice.

The white linen undershorts are "surprisingly large."

An ill-fated religious experiment in Münster gave St. Lambert's Church a set of alarming accessories.

Donors get a free fish basket in return.

Wyoming and Colorado have been fighting over the body for years.

It's hard to pick a favorite from these off-the-wall studies exploring topics like whether cats can be both solid and liquid, the physics of walking backwards with coffee, and the brain activity of people who are grossed out by cheese.

Some dolls are cutesy, but not Callum Grujicich's fantastical creations.

Something was wrong with the local felines … and soon humans would get sick too.

In 2010, Australia had a kangaroo population of just 27 million. It's now nearly 45 million.

22 Emojis That Look Completely Different on Different Phones

The British King Whose Corpse Exploded During His Funeral

Thanksgiving-Inspired Ice Cream Line Includes Mashed Potato and Salted Caramel Turkey Flavors

Cockatoos Destroy Australia's Broadband Network

A New Kind of Creepy-Crawly: Octopuses Oozing Across the Beach at Night

Why Do Female Spotted Hyenas Give Birth Through Their Pseudo-Penises?

See (Probably) the World's Heaviest Squash in All Its Glory

Switzerland Flushes $1.8 Million in Gold Down the Sewer Every Year

Doctors Didn't Actually Wear Beaked Masks During the Black Plague

That Time The U.S. Confirmed You Can Only Kill A Yeti In Self-Defense

6 People Executed in Effigy

Philosopher Jeremy Bentham's Mummified Head Is Back on Display

8 Strange Items Surgeons Have Removed From People's Bodies

For Sale at Costco: A 1-Year Emergency Food Kit with a $1K Price Tag

8 Bizarre Creatures That Have Washed Ashore

Murder at Lava Lake: The Unsolved Crime That Still Haunts Central Oregon

Someone Bought Hitler’s Boxers for $6700

Why 3 Man-Sized Cages Hang From a Medieval German Church Steeple

Restaurant Seeks Donations to Big Mouth Billy Bass Adoption Center

The Long, Strange Journey of Buffalo Bill's Corpse

2017 Ig Nobel Prizes Celebrate Research on How Crocodiles Affect Gambling and Other Odd Studies

Meet the 12-Year-Old Boy Who Makes Surreal-Looking Dolls Using Found Materials

How Japan's 'Dancing' Cats Predicted a Deadly Environmental Disaster

To Curb Exploding Kangaroo Populations, Ecologists Urge Australians to Eat Kangaroo Meat