Bhagwan Rajneesh chose Ma Anand Sheela as his closest confidant, thinking she would lead his followers down the path of righteousness. Instead, she led them down a path of sheer destruction.

She wrote the acclaimed book Gorillas In The Mist and became an ardent conservationist for gorillas, but Dian Fossey's efforts to combat poaching ended up costing her life.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now 16 times larger than previously expected, making it roughly three times the size of France.

Angus MacAskill was a true giant whose size and strength rivaled even that of Andre the Giant.

The video shows the dog responding to "grossly offensive" terms, an act which YouTube claimed was "clearly comedic."

Franceska Mann knew she was going to die, but she was determined to go down with a fight.

Monowi is a small, unassuming place in northern Nebraska, with a tavern, a library, and just a single resident.

Bernhard Goetz made history when he shot four black men who tried to rob him, and opened the door for a nationwide debate about race, crime, and how much power civilian vigilantes have.

NASA knew that there would likely be changes in Scott Kelly's DNA, but they had no idea how extensive, or long-lasting they would be.

Akku Yadav raped almost 200 women from a slum town in India, but after a decade of abuse, they finally got their brutal revenge.

Madonna herself is a fan of urine therapy, claiming that peeing on her feet in the shower helps cure her athlete's foot.