Nancy Wake was far from a damsel in distress, and by the end of the war was number one on the Gestapo's Most Wanted list.

The Dead Rabbits feuded with the Bowery Boys for decades, ultimately coming to blows in one of New York City's worst riots.

Over the years, due to the practices and the treatment of the members, the church has been referred to as a cult.

A new fossil reveals that spiders have actually been toned down from the scream-worthy monsters they used to be.

For just over a year, Edith Wilson took on the duties of the president, following her husband's stroke, despite the fact that there was a Vice President ready to take over.

The unusual enemies battled to the death, resulting in an unusual post-mortem pose.

The idea of a gay bomb came from a desire to debilitate and distract their opponents but not necessarily kill them.

Tomás de Torquemada was responsible for over 2,000 deaths during the Spanish Inquisition, all in the name of keeping Catholicism alive in Spain.

Though the official story is that Hitler killed himself in his bunker in 1945, conspiracy theories have arisen that Hitler fled to Argentina with Eva Braun and was protected by the Argentine government.

The good news? We're recycling in space! The bad news? It's a little stomach churning.

The discovery of the jawbone could help scientists understand human migration patterns and breeding between homo sapiens, hominids, and Neanderthals.