Praljak was at The Hague along with five other former Bosnian Croat political and military leaders to appeal convictions of war crimes made against them.

The Mawé believe that any boy who wants to become a man must experience the worst pain the jungle has to offer and stick their arm inside the bullet ant glove.

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.

The fattest states also rate as among the worst for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and type two diabetes.

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.

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."