The Court Had To Decide If Pepsi Had Really Promised Him A Fighter Jet
In 1995, Pepsi aired a commercial showing a teenager arriving at school in a Harrier fighter jet, supposedly available for 7 million Pepsi Points. Most Americans saw…
This Hairless Mexican Dog Has Survived For More Than 3,500 Years
At first glance, the Xoloitzcuintli looks like almost no other dog. With its hairless skin, large ears and unusual appearance, the Mexican breed might seem like a…
A SpaceX Rocket Just Appeared To Fly Straight Through The Sun — Here’s What Really Happened
At first glance, the photograph looks almost impossible: a SpaceX Falcon 9 appears as a tiny dark silhouette cutting directly across the enormous disk of the Sun,…
She Could Barely Walk Under The Weight Of A Massive Tumor – Then One Test Changed Her Future
When Hattie arrived at a Dallas animal rescue, the size of the mass attached to her body made it difficult to imagine what her life could look…
Centuries Later, We Still Don’t Know Who Made This Strange Book
It looks like an ordinary 17th-century book — until you open it. Hidden inside are 11 tiny drawers labeled with the Latin names of poisonous plants, along…
Scientists Dropped A Camera Into A Volcano — Then Saw Sharks
Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, an active volcano has become home to something scientists never expected to find: sharks. At Kavachi in the Solomon Islands, researchers captured…
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: 5 Mysteries That Were Never Solved
On February 14, 1929, seven men connected to Chicago gangster Bugs Moran were lined up against a garage wall by men posing as police officers. Moments later,…
She Was Trapped in a Metal Fence, Too Weak to Escape. Then the Villagers Stepped In
For an animal caught in a metal fence, every attempt to escape can make the situation worse. That was exactly what happened when villagers discovered a distressed…
He Died 700 Years Ago. His Bones Looked Like He’d Been Hit by a Car
More than 700 years ago, a young man died at Stirling Castle in Scotland under circumstances that remained a mystery for centuries. When archaeologists examined his skeleton,…
They Drilled Into a Salt Mine Beneath the Lake. Then Everything Collapsed
On the morning of November 20, 1980, workers on an oil-drilling platform in Louisiana thought they were dealing with a stuck drill pipe. Then the platform began…