Five Men Abandoned A Working Car In The Snow. Then They Disappeared
On February 24, 1978, five men from Yuba City, California, drove to Chico to watch a college basketball game. They stopped for snacks afterward, then appeared to…
He Set Out To Cycle Around The World. Then He Vanished In Turkey
In 1892, Frank Lenz left Pittsburgh with a bicycle and an extraordinary plan: he would ride around the world. He was not simply chasing an adventure. He…
He Was Born With Three Legs. Then He Built A Life Nobody Expected
Frank Lentini was born in Sicily in 1889 with three legs, four feet and other physical differences caused by a parasitic twin. Doctors considered amputating the extra…
He Took A Homemade Clock To School. Days Later, He Was Invited To The White House
In September 2015, 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed brought a homemade digital clock to his high school in Irving, Texas, hoping to show his teacher something he had built…
They Went Into A Cave Looking For Gold. Then A Flood Trapped Them Underground
For more than a week, rescuers in Laos had been searching a flooded cave for seven men who disappeared after heavy rain triggered flash flooding and landslides….
He Spent $3,000 on Pudding. Then He Collected 1.25 Million Airline Miles
In 1999, David Phillips was doing something millions of Americans do every week: walking through a grocery store looking for a good deal. Then he noticed a…
A Student Asked One Question. It Nearly Saved a New York Skyscraper From Disaster
In 1978, a Princeton student asked a simple question about a brand-new New York skyscraper: what happens if the wind hits it from the wrong direction? The…
This Hotel Is Completely Full. It Can Still Take Another Guest
Imagine walking into a hotel where every room is occupied. The desk clerk checks the computer, smiles, and hands you a key anyway. There is no cancellation,…
He Took the Forbidden Book to His Grave. Then Someone Tried to Bring Him Back
For centuries, Icelandic folklore has told of a mysterious book called Rauðskinna, or “Red Skin,” said to contain some of the darkest magic ever recorded in Iceland….
Saturn Already Had a Hexagon. Now a 10-Sided Shape Is Appearing
For decades, astronomers searched Saturn’s southern skies for a counterpart to the planet’s famous northern hexagon. They found nothing like it. Then Hubble images revealed something unexpected:…