Though many of history's tallest people have suffered from gigantism or other debilitating conditions, that wasn't the case for Angus MacAskill — who stood 7 feet, 9 inches and boasted extraordinary feats of strength.

Made from the sperm sacs of male fish, shirako is a Japanese delicacy that can be consumed raw, fried in tempura batter, rolled into sushi, and more.

Gunned down in Medellín on December 2, 1993, "The King of Cocaine" allegedly was shot to death by Colombian police. But who really killed Pablo Escobar?

In March 1876, raw meat rained down on a Kentucky farm, covering an area the size of a football field and sparking debate about what could have caused the grisly phenomenon.

In the real story that inspired The Conjuring, the Perron family was allegedly terrorized by malevolent spirits after moving into a farmhouse in Harrisville, Rhode Island in 1971.

Cherie Currie thought she was getting her big break when she joined The Runaways, a groundbreaking new rock band. Little did she know it would soon turn out to be a never-ending nightmare.

From August to October 1720, Mary Read fought with the crew of "Calico Jack" Rackham while disguised as a man before she was captured and died in prison.

A serial killer who murdered four girls in late 1980s Japan, Tsutomu Miyazaki was known as the "Otaku Killer" for his obsession with anime and pornography.

From attempts to inseminate a female chimpanzee with human sperm to ominous rumors about the origins of a performing chimp named Oliver, the mission to create a "humanzee" is one of the strangest in modern scientific history.

At the age of 13, Myra Gale Brown wedded 22-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis in Hernando, Mississippi — a marriage that would effectively destroy Lewis' career.