The American research ship was attacked by Israeli forces from both the sky and sea. But why the disaster occurred in the first place remains to be understood.

"To those who oppose the death penalty - in my particular case, anything short of death would be cruel and unusual punishment."

When Neil deGrasse Tyson was a jock, Betty White was a babe, and Robin Williams was exactly the man we'd all come to know and love.

From sideshow performers to record-holders, Ronnie and Donnie Galyon have defied the odds to become the longest-living conjoined twins ever.

"He removed a cable from his bedside table lamp. Then he wound it around his nipples..."

After his father agreed to testify against the Mafia, Giuseppe Di Matteo was tortured by gangsters for two years before being murdered.

"We knew fairly quickly that what we were seeing was something very special. And huge."

Teddy Roosevelt, Helen Keller, and other revered historical figures who supported the eugenics movement at the height of its pre-WWII popularity.

"I've just had a nullification surgery, had a lot of bleeding but luckily no need for a blood transfusion."

"I don't have a nose. I'm 28 years-old and I don't have a nose anymore."