Unusual

Coming up with an idea for a new business is never easy. While most people take the traditional route and stick to…

There’s really no way to handle a UFO or alien encounter. Most of us probably never have and never will experience such…

Even though it’s been going on two centuries since Robert Cornelius took both the first photographic portrait and first selfie in 1839,…

The majority of bridges are relatively commonplace and utilitarian, but some rise above the rest. From feats of impressive engineering to creative…

The Interpol Stolen Arts Database houses an immense list—over 52,000 records—of stolen works of art, along with pictures and descriptions of each…

Birds do it, bees do it, and even kleptogenic salamanders do it. No, it’s not fall in love, although maybe that’s part…

Every element has a distinctive atomic number. The atomic number represents the number of protons in the nuclei. Isotopes have the same…

Naming things is harder than you might think, at least for some people. The internet is rife with tales of dubious veracity…

Wars aren’t always won by traditional units fighting in strict formations, even if they still do the bulk of the work. Military…

The Victorian era was a transformative period in British history. Under Queen Victoria’s reign from 1837 to 1901, the empire grew to…