In the mid-2000s, users on the Japanese internet forum 2channel began describing an aquatic cryptid known as the Ningen — but the real story may start 50 years earlier.

The meaning of Humpty Dumpty has remained mysterious for centuries, but there are some possible historical explanations for the nursery rhyme.

With an average daily temperature of 94 degrees Fahrenheit, Dallol is considered the hottest inhabited place on Earth — and one of the most beautiful.

By the time the SS Daniel J. Morrell sank in Lake Huron on November 29, 1966, it had become known as the "Queen of the Lakes" due to its unparalleled duration of service.

In the years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, tens of thousands of survivors have been diagnosed with cancer and respiratory diseases caused by exposure to toxins at Ground Zero.

For thousands to millions of years, these massive creatures stalked Earth at its dawn, until climate change — or early man — hastened their demise.

Being a notorious Colombian drug lord didn't stop Pablo Escobar from visiting the White House in the early 1980s and taking a photo with his son.

The mother of Jack Black, Judith Love Cohen helped design the critical Abort Guidance System that allowed the Apollo 13 astronauts to safely make it back to Earth in 1970.

From the "Japanese Schindler" to members of the Dutch resistance, these incredible stories of Holocaust heroes prove that not everyone was just following orders.

Experts believe that the animals were crushed when the eruption's initial tremors caused the ceiling above them to collapse, burying them under rubble and leaving their remains frozen in time — until now.

The builders of Stonehenge were able to transport its massive central altar 450 miles across ancient Britain — even though it weighs a whopping 13,000 pounds.

Experts are still baffled as to what the marks found inside Wales' Bacon Hole cave mean, but have said that this discovery could represent a "communication system... way beyond our comprehension."