A Great Emu War in Australia, a "meat shower" in Kentucky, and a medieval trial involving the exhumed corpse of a pope are just a few of the strangest events from history.

A volcanic eruption in 1345 may have caused lower temperatures in Europe, thereby forcing Europeans to import more grain from the Black Sea — inadvertently introducing the plague to overcrowded medieval cities.

Despite building a guarded compound in Mexico City to protect himself, Leon Trotsky was killed in August 1940 by Ramón Mercader, a Soviet agent who pretended to be one of Trotsky's followers.

This latest research suggests that Aboriginal Australians and New Guineans have the longest unbroken ancestry of any group outside of Africa.

Former Nation of Islam member Thomas Hagan admitted to killing Malcolm X, but experts think he had help from other NOI members — and perhaps law enforcement.

Chonthirat Sakulkoo was suffering from extremely low blood sugar, which caused her to become so unresponsive that she appeared dead.

From her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott to her efforts to combat racial inequity in Detroit, Rosa Parks was one of the most inspiring civil rights activists in American history.

Over the years, the holiday dedicated to giving thanks has instead inspired crimes ranging from stabbings and bombings to dismemberment and cannibalism.

The Pilgrims enjoyed a meal that included turkey, cranberries, and squash during their feast with the Wampanoag tribe in 1621, but these Thanksgiving foods have changed significantly over the past 400 years.

From the historic 1621 harvest to the short-lived alliance between the English and the Wampanoag people, go inside the real story of the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth.