The Sedlec ossuary owes it all to a handful of dirt.

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The 66-year-old government official uses his Christmas-y credentials to advocate for children.
One engineer was certain that an ancient group of super-humans once lived under LA over 5000 years ago, leaving behind a cache of gold.
Hormones in the queen rats’ poop may turn their subordinates into willing babysitters.
There was something strange happening on the island of Eilean Mor long before three lighthouse keepers disappeared in the winter of 1900.
The Mütter Museum recently discovered it owns the nation's largest collection of books bound in human leather—and now a research team is trying to track down the rest of the world’s examples.
The fuzzy green balls are revered as national treasures, celebrated in religious ceremonies, and kept as pets.
Flotation REST is a form of sensory isolation that some researchers say could treat chronic pain, anxiety, and more.
How a bovine fugitive became a local legend—and an accidental symbol for animal rights.
Piezoelectricity can turn bones into batteries.
In February 1959, a group of students went on a camping expedition in the Ural mountains. They never returned.
Lodging website Airbnb isn’t hurting for unusual accommodations, but none of them have the spook factor of its latest listing.
The mysterious syndrome is alleviated by sleep.
The first photo of Nessie was taken in 1934. But the first mention of the lake-bound monster? An account of a sighting back in 564 CE.
In November, it will be moved from museum storage to the castle where she died in 1938.
"I've never seen anything quite like that before, nor have my colleagues, and we were very excited."