Science Alert has reported the discovery of a 2,000 year old burial site with dozens of mummies near Saqqara in Egypt, long known as a "city of the dead." But these mummies are different from what we usually expect to find at a burial site, and are shedding new light on ancient Egyptian customs.
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The human brain is full of technical glitches, storage issues, and not a little bit of confusion. That can lead to some pretty weird stuff.
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We don't do sideshows anymore, because we have the internet now. One of the saddest cases of a circus sideshow act was that of the Hilton sisters — conjoined twins who were beautiful, talented, exploited, and eventually forgotten. This is the untold truth of the conjoined Hilton sisters.
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Meet the cassowary, considered to be "the world's most dangerous bird." Cassowaries are closely related to the extinct terror bird, which has a fairly self-explanatory name. They are second only to ostriches in terms of weight, but make them look like parakeets in terms of danger.
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Airing under the steady hand of host Alex Trebek since 1984, Jeopardy! is a smart game show for smart people. But every now and then, Jeopardy! lets its hair down — or submits to the chaotic nature of the universe — and the well-oiled game show machine collapses in on itself to hilarious effect.
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Amazon taskmaster Jeff Bezos and the man who puts the "bill" in "billionaire," Bill Gates, both call suburban Seattle home. Worth more than $100 billion apiece, the men live less than a mile from each other in Medina, Washington, but despite their wealth, the suburb where they reside is going broke.
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The best things in life are free, which might explain why so many nightmarish things cost a ton of money. Snakes are so terrifying that one of them got accused of being Satan. It's a hell of reptile, and they can be hella expensive. So which snakes are the most expensive?
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For a decent chunk of the population, the Bible is the go-to, end-all resource for information about, well, everything. But what do we do when we have more complex questions? Questions like, "Are aliens out there somewhere?" and "Are they going to heaven?" What does the Bible say about aliens?
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Dreams are mysterious, but we do have somewhat of an idea about why they happen and what they might mean. Scientists have wondered why so many people dream about their teeth falling out, in particular. Here's what it really means when you dream about your teeth falling out.
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The History Channel's smash hit program Ancient Aliens has either been around for roughly a decade, or, alternatively, was created eons ago by visitors from another world, if you subscribe to the ancient aliens theory of Ancient Aliens. Here's what archaeologists really think of Ancient Aliens.
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If you think being 8 feet and 11 inches tall is a crazy height no human could reach, you're only half right. There was a human being that was this tall, and his name was Robert Wadlow. And there's someone almost that tall alive today. Here's the truth about the tallest person in the world.
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In pro wrestling, there are few who cut a figure as intimidating as Samoa Joe. With two decades of experience working for nearly every major wrestling promotion — and holding championships in virtually all of them — Samoa Joe has had one heck of a career. Here's the untold truth of Samoa Joe.
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Assuming you want to live if your plane crashes, then you should remember where the safest seats are found. Dutch carrier KLM tweeted about what the safest seats were in a crash. What was KLM's advice? And should you believe it? Here's the best place to sit if your plane is about to crash
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You might know Lilith as Adam's real first wife who preceded Eve, or maybe as the first vampire, or a succubus. In The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Lilith is Satan's Concubine disguised as a high school teacher. But where did Lilith come from, and what's her real story?
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Stop throwing that football, and let’s explore the untold truth of Tommy Wiseau.
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The worlds of Naruto and formerly top secret government bases don't often collide, but lots of people have been talking about doing a Naruto run at Area 51 lately. Here's what's up.
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To believe or not to believe? That is the question when it comes to alien civilizations and UFOs. The U.S. Navy recently confirmed footage of "unidentified aerial phenomena," or UAPs, more commonly known as UFOs. What do these UFO videos show? Here's what we know.
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Unless you've been living under a stone (but probably not one with a sword in it), you've heard of King Arthur and his legendary blade Excalibur. But you don't know everything. Here are some of those forgotten details about King Arthur and his famous sword, This is the untold truth of Excalibur.
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U.S. culture often tiptoes around death. That's decidedly not the case at the Museum of Death, an intentionally grim and morbid museum filled with macabre exhibits. Not surprisingly, the Museum of Death has become a rather controversial attraction. Here's the untold truth of the Museum of Death.
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Today, we'll take a look at some of the lesser-known aspects of Gene the Demon's life. This is the untold truth of Gene Simmons.
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Shelter is a basic human need. Yet among the elite, some lifestyles stand out for their excess. So what is the most expensive house in the world? There are two contenders for the "Most Expensive House in the World" title, and one distinction. One is a public residence and the other is private.
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To an outside observer, Judy Garland was the epitome of Hollywood glamour. But there was a darker side. Renée Zellweger throws herself into the role of the film icon in Judy, which depicts Garland's tumultuous life in 1968, the year before her untimely death. Here's the untold truth of Judy.
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How much do you want the most expensive painting ever sold? If your answer was "almost half a billion dollars," then you could be in the running to purchase the most expensive painting ever sold. Right now, that somewhat dubious distinction goes to Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi.
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Do dead bodies really stay on Mount Everest? Yes. Well, sort of. Mount Everest is a difficult case, as far as ecological responsibility is concerned, because Mount Everest is a murderous sociopath. People die on Mount Everest just about every year. And it's almost impossible to recover their bodies.
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The zombie apocalypse is coming, and we need all our best scientific minds working on what to do, where to go, and how to kill them. While doctors are working on a cure for the zombie virus, statisticians built a model to figure out what might be the best place to survive a zombie apocalypse.
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When we heard there was a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy we knew it meant bad news. We've seen the movies. But we have little to fear from the black hole and it's surprisingly quiet. Until now. Our galaxy's supermassive black hole might be up to something weird.
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There's no one who embodies idea of a fan who became a superstar as much as Mike Mizanin, better known to WWE devotees as the Miz. We've watched every single step of his journey for 20 years. From reality TV star to working the main event of WrestleMania, here's the untold truth of the Miz.
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