WEIRD

If you survived multiple shipwrecks, including the 'Titanic,' you might start wondering if you were the angel of death—or Violet Constance Jessop.

Everyone knows you can buy cheese, fruitcake, and really good beer from monks, but those aren’t the only businesses that these holy men dabble in. Here are some stranger things you can acquire from them.

A woman using an outhouse in Alaska got more than she bargained for when a black bear bit her backside.

More than 200 years ago, one of history's most bizarre disasters befell London when a 15-foot wave of beer flooded an entire neighborhood.

There have been people throughout history whose bodies have stubbornly refused to decompose as expected.

Street harassment is no laughing matter. Unwanted touching is gross and intimidating. But we promise not to judge if you chuckle, just a little, at the following story.

The history of American newspapers is a vibrant one, and the publications that fill it have had some pretty colorful names to match.

Hospital technology has come a long way since the beginning of the 20th century. Which is a good thing, as it means that doctors and nurses wear face masks and surgical gloves.

Employees had to work at the same time and wear the same outfit, and if one called out sick, the other twin was forced to take the day off.

Since the late 1980s, Purdue University has invited students to make Rube Goldberg machines accomplishing simple tasks in absurdly complex ways.