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Thanks to unabashed false advertising, this 20th-century patent medicine survived lawsuits and eight decades of medical advancements.

The cyber thieves got tripped up by "foundation."

The madams of Puget Sound were spitfire entrepreneurs who lived dangerously and died young.

Whatever this guy gets paid, it's not enough.

The dolphins would join a secretive program that once taught the animals how to kill.

Move over, cabin porn. These are the oldest, and cutest.

Peatónito, a self-appointed "pedestrian superhero," has been climbing on cars all over New York City.

Despite all technological advances that allow real-time play, correspondence chess is still going strong.

According to blood type personality theory, type O's are selfish warriors, and type B's are passionate nomads.

There were originally 12 of the cliffs standing in Australia.

A climbing route in the mountains of Italy's Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.

Watch a man play a "badgermin"—a theremin made from the body of, well, you know.

The 64-year-old retired general is a national hero.

Perhaps thanks to costume dramas, the modesty-minded side saddle has come back into style.

Sometimes being monogamous is the best thing for an empire.

The spider is named for a Columbia University string theorist.

The bull, named Morgan, may have remembered the route there from his childhood.

Photos of America from a vintage aircraft.