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Doctors Remove 5-Inch-Long ‘Dragon Horn’ That Had Grown Out Of Man’s Back For 3 Years

While these skin growths are usually found on older patients, and on body parts that regularly receive sunlight, this 50-year-old had a gigantic growth that turned out to be cancerous.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jan 8, 2020

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Doctors Remove 5-Inch-Long ‘Dragon Horn’ That Had Grown Out Of Man’s Back For 3 Years

While these skin growths are usually found on older patients, and on body parts that regularly receive sunlight, this 50-year-old had a gigantic growth that turned out to be cancerous.

By Marco Margaritoff • January 8, 2020

This 10-Year-Old ‘Doodle Boy’ Couldn’t Stop Drawing In Class — So He Got A Job Decorating A Restaurant Wall

A young boy's passion — and his distraction in school — ended up turning into the job of his young lifetime.

By Katie Serena • Jan 6, 2020

This 10-Year-Old ‘Doodle Boy’ Couldn’t Stop Drawing In Class — So He Got A Job Decorating A Restaurant Wall

A young boy's passion — and his distraction in school — ended up turning into the job of his young lifetime.

By Katie Serena • January 6, 2020

The Rendlesham Forest Incident: Elaborate UFO Hoax Or Government Cover-Up?

"It illuminated the entire forest with a white light. The object itself had pulsing red light on top and a bank of blue lights underneath. The object was hovering or on legs."

By Marco Margaritoff • Jan 5, 2020

The Rendlesham Forest Incident: Elaborate UFO Hoax Or Government Cover-Up?

"It illuminated the entire forest with a white light. The object itself had pulsing red light on top and a bank of blue lights underneath. The object was hovering or on legs."

By Marco Margaritoff • January 5, 2020

How Hannah Beswick’s Fear Of Live Burial Turned Her Into The Manchester Mummy

After her brother was nearly buried alive, 18th-century Englishwoman Hannah Beswick feared a similar fate — so her doctor mummified her and displayed her blackened face inside his grandfather clock.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jan 4, 2020

How Hannah Beswick’s Fear Of Live Burial Turned Her Into The Manchester Mummy

After her brother was nearly buried alive, 18th-century Englishwoman Hannah Beswick feared a similar fate — so her doctor mummified her and displayed her blackened face inside his grandfather clock.

By Marco Margaritoff • January 4, 2020

How The Tirpitz Went From Nazi Flagship To Naval Calamity

The German battleship Tirpitz was the largest ever built by a European power but proved too costly to risk in an actual battle. The British blew it up anyway.

By Joseph Williams • Jan 3, 2020

How The Tirpitz Went From Nazi Flagship To Naval Calamity

The German battleship Tirpitz was the largest ever built by a European power but proved too costly to risk in an actual battle. The British blew it up anyway.

By Joseph Williams • January 3, 2020

The Mystery Of The Grauballe Man, The Iron Age Body Preserved In A Peat Bog For 2,300 Years

When the Grauballe Man was discovered accidentally, his corpse was so well-preserved that it was initially believed he'd been dead for only 65 years — and not two millennia.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jan 1, 2020

The Mystery Of The Grauballe Man, The Iron Age Body Preserved In A Peat Bog For 2,300 Years

When the Grauballe Man was discovered accidentally, his corpse was so well-preserved that it was initially believed he'd been dead for only 65 years — and not two millennia.

By Marco Margaritoff • January 1, 2020

Cars, Cross-Dressing, And Espionage: Inside The Life Of Star Athlete And Alleged Nazi Spy Violette Morris

The woman with 14-inch biceps made history as an athlete, but Violette Morris was defamed by a sexist government and rumors of Nazi collaboration.

By Erin Kelly • Dec 31, 2019

Cars, Cross-Dressing, And Espionage: Inside The Life Of Star Athlete And Alleged Nazi Spy Violette Morris

The woman with 14-inch biceps made history as an athlete, but Violette Morris was defamed by a sexist government and rumors of Nazi collaboration.

By Erin Kelly • December 31, 2019

Ed Houben: The Sperm Donor Who Has Helped Dozens Of Women Conceive ‘Naturally’

As a sperm donor, Ed Houben has helped conceive 106 children on his way to earning the title of "Europe's most virile man."

By Samuel Warde • Dec 28, 2019

Ed Houben: The Sperm Donor Who Has Helped Dozens Of Women Conceive ‘Naturally’

As a sperm donor, Ed Houben has helped conceive 106 children on his way to earning the title of "Europe's most virile man."

By Samuel Warde • December 28, 2019

The Strangest News To Come Out Of 2019, From A Meth-Fueled Death Party To A ‘Genderless Alien’

Check out these 11 strange news stories from the past year, like an accidental nine-hour LSD trip or a Spiderman-loving kid bringing heroin to school.

By Katie Serena • Dec 27, 2019

The Strangest News To Come Out Of 2019, From A Meth-Fueled Death Party To A ‘Genderless Alien’

Check out these 11 strange news stories from the past year, like an accidental nine-hour LSD trip or a Spiderman-loving kid bringing heroin to school.

By Katie Serena • December 27, 2019

Richard Klinkhamer Killed His Wife, Evaded Arrest, And Wrote A Book About How He ‘Would’ Have Killed Her

A year after his wife's disappearance, the Dutch crime author showed his publisher a grisly manuscript that consequently turned him into a cult celebrity of sorts.

By Natasha Ishak • Dec 27, 2019

Richard Klinkhamer Killed His Wife, Evaded Arrest, And Wrote A Book About How He ‘Would’ Have Killed Her

A year after his wife's disappearance, the Dutch crime author showed his publisher a grisly manuscript that consequently turned him into a cult celebrity of sorts.

By Natasha Ishak • December 27, 2019