Still celebrated by the descendants of German immigrants in America today, Belsnickel is a menacing character who bears some similarities to Santa Claus — but has a violent approach all his own.

The first person in Germany to write an obstetrics book from a woman's perspective, Justine Siegemund made childbirth safer for both mothers and their children.

During the Holocaust, Willem Arondeus heroically led a raid to destroy a registry office in Amsterdam to prevent the Nazis from identifying Jewish citizens — and it cost him his life.

Archaeologists also found the remains of mummified dogs, wild goats, cows, gazelles, and mongooses.

Though their ship sank quickly after the whale strike, the crew was soon rescued thanks to a number of other boats nearby.

Archaeologists have found 100 coins that may have been left as offerings as well as brooches, nails, crystals, and more.

In December 1990, Tammy Homolka died after being drugged and raped by her own sister Karla and her sister’s fiancé Paul Bernardo, the murderous couple who’d go on to kill at least two more girls.

The Colombian Navy intercepted a submarine that had roughly 5,800 pounds of cocaine onboard, preventing its distribution.

Once an obscure offshoot of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Branch Davidians' Waco compound was raided by the FBI in 1993, leading to the deaths of 76 members.

Traute Lafrenz Page was in her early 20s when she joined the White Rose and she ultimately managed to survive the war even though many of the group's other members were executed.