A bankrupted con-artist… The Baby With the Baboon Heart
On 3 December 1967, South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard made medical history by performing the first successful human heart transplant,Read More
The Curse of the Hope Diamond
The Hope Diamond’s story begins over a billion years ago, when carbon under immense pressure formed the larger diamond fromRead More
The Badass Sergeant Who was His Own One Man Army
In 1814, some 20,000 troops of the British East India Company launched an assault on the Kingdom of Ghorka inRead More
The Calutron Girls: the Women Who Helped Build the Bomb
They came in their thousands: young women from across rural Tennessee, fresh out of high school, drawn by the promiseRead More
That Time Over 1000 People Were Crammed Onto One Plane in a Desperate Rescue Attempt
The Boeing 747 is among the most iconic and celebrated aircraft in history. Since first taking to the skies inRead More
That Time a Scientist Stopped a Charging Bullfighting Bull Using Mind Control FOR SCIENCE!!!!
One day in the summer of 1963, Spanish neurologist José Delgado stepped into a bullring outside Córdoba and prepared toRead More
That Time an Entire French Town Went Insane
The town of Pont-Saint-Esprit lies 30 kilometres northwest of Avignon, in the Gard department of Southern France. Founded in theRead More
That Time a Group of Psychiatrists Pretended to be Mentally Ill to Prove a Point
In 1972, eight people presented themselves to 12 psychiatric hospitals across the United States. They had seemingly nothing in commonRead More
How Hitler’s Flatulence Helped End WWII
After the Second World War, a common joke was that Adolf Hitler was the best general the Allies ever had.Read More
How a French Political Scandal Created the World’s Greatest Bicycle Race
The Tour de France bicycle race is one of Europe’s most beloved and popular sporting contests. Held every year sinceRead More
Stealing a Cursed Diamond, Murdering Diplomats, and an International Incident- The Blue Diamond Affair
When we talk about famous heists, maybe our minds go to the Antwerp diamond robbery of 2003, or the brazenRead More