Many of history's most important figures have suffered strange deaths that do not seem to befit their noble legacy.

After the police were called, Edgar Collaguazo attempted to jump down to the ground from his fourth-floor apartment.

''While there are some similarities in the cases, there's also a great number of dissimilarities,'' said an FBI investigator at the time.

From "jumbo" to "namby-pamby" to "nimrod," these interesting words have surprisingly fascinating backstories.

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Van Gogh was a proponent of the plein air method of painting, where an artist depicting the natural world paints outdoors.

Interesting people often have parents with fascinating lives. Many of these incredible people just so happen to be parents of celebrities.

It was near impossible to convict scammers of fraud because jurors had a hard time believing that people would willingly engage in self-mutilation.

In 1953, Immigration and Naturalization Service's commissioner Argyle Mackey said that "the human tide of 'wetbacks'" was the "most serious enforcement problem of the Service."

These captivating Bob Marley photos show why the king of reggae is remembered not just as a musician, but as an icon to this day.