Percy Fawcett set out to find the mythical city of El Dorado in 1925 – and never returned.

The cause of alien hand syndrome is not yet known, but the symptoms are just as weird as you might think.

Uli Derickson saved dozens of lives acting as a peacemaker after Hezbollah members hijacked TWA Flight 847.

In addition to being a founding father and noted inventor, Ben Franklin once sent a letter now entitled "Fart Proudly" to the Royal Academy of Brussels.

In 1944 the Allies used a "Ghost Army" of inflatable tanks and personnel carriers to fool German recon missions.

The 1920 bombing of Wall Street killed a total of 38 people, making it the deadliest terrorist attack in 20th-century New York City.

The Confederates hoped that by invading Vermont, they would draw Union soldiers away from the main battlefields.

From wind cannons to bat bombs.

Discover the incredible story of the Battle for Castle Itter, which saw the Americans and the Germans team up against an unlikely enemy.

How cannibalism, torture, rape, and murder came to inspire the folklore known the world over today.

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