This is the story of Gianni Versace’s life, murder, and legacy. Born on Dec. 2, 1946, in Reggio Calabria, Italy, to a poor family, Gianni Versace was fascinated by fashion from a young age. He grew up ...

At any given time, there are countless secret government operations underway in the United States. While this has always been ...

Jordan Belfort is best known as the “Wolf of Wall Street,” though many also call him a conman. Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Belfort rose to prominence on Wall Street thanks to his brokerage ...

Over the past six months, archaeologists have unearthed more than 50 well-preserved Viking skeletons from graves found in Åsum, Denmark, near the city of Odense. Now, analyses of these skeletons could ...

Outside of Shibuya Station in Tokyo stands the beloved Hachikō statue, a bronze monument to one of Japan’s most famous dogs. Hachikō the Akita is best remembered for his unwavering loyalty. Every ...

Octopuses off the southern coast of Israel have formed a fascinating bond with the local fish population, and the two species are now teaming up to track down prey. This strange collaboration has ...

There was no shortage of odd ideas during World War II. The Allied forces were facing a great threat, fighting on multiple fronts, and when the United States joined the conflict, the tides began to ...

On a much darker note, secret U.S. government operations are not always just laughably ridiculous or strange. In some cases, they were truly horrific, and the Edgewood Arsenal program is a perfect ...

Would soldiers stop fighting in wars if they all suddenly became gay and fell in love with each other? It sounds ridiculous, but this hypothetical concept was once considered — far too seriously — by ...

In 1977, the embassy of the Soviet Union was moved to a new building complex in Washington, D.C., but this new location’s proximity to the White House and the Capitol Building made some intelligence ...

In a groundbreaking step in the history of cheese, researchers have finally solved the enduring mystery of the bizarre chunks discovered nearly two decades ago that were buried with 3,600-year-old ...