On January 8, 2005, Dave Shaw dove 800 feet into South Africa's Bushman’s Hole to recover the body of Deon Dreyer, but sadly lost his own life in the process.

Lasting from the 1910s to the 1930s, the Harlem Renaissance inspired generations of Black American artists and activists — and helped pave the way for the civil rights movement.

The grave was found in the ancient fishing village of Áspero, part of the Caral civilization that thrived in Peru between 3000 and 1800 B.C.E.

Once the North Korean heir apparent, Kim Jong-nam was assassinated at a busy airport in Malaysia in February 2017 — presumably on the orders of his younger brother, Kim Jong-un.

A 2018 study determined that there were 93 penises depicted in the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry — but now one scholar claims he's found a 94th.

Although the species was first identified 100 years ago, the colossal squid has remained elusive and has never been seen alive in its natural environment — until now.

The artifacts found at the future Old Petty Championship Golf Course near Inverness, Scotland, span thousands of years of history.

The alligator gar snagged by Art Weston and Captain Kirk Kirkland in Lake Livingston is the heaviest freshwater fish ever caught on a two-pound line.

So many prospectors flocked to San Francisco during the gold rush in California that the city's population rose from 1,000 to 25,000 between 1848 and 1849.

Researchers were preparing for construction of a business park in Creuzier-le-Neuf when they happened upon a vast 2,300-year-old necropolis stretching across a whopping 7,000 square feet.

First known as a black metal musician in his native Norway, Varg Vikernes later became infamous for his murder of former bandmate Euronymous in 1993 as well as his neo-Nazism.