When Summer Never Came: The Global Chill After Mount Tambora’s Cataclysm
— April 28, 2026In 1816, much of the world experienced a year so strange and unsettling that…
Botfly sounds like some kind of futuristic initiative to create robotic insects, probably so the NSA could use them to spy on people. In reality, however, these are another one of the most disgusting bugs on this list. There are numerous types of botflies around the globe, and all of them spend part of their lives as maggots living in the flesh of a living creature. And yes, some of them specialize in using humans for their breeding ground!
In 1816, much of the world experienced a year so strange and unsettling that…
On a chilly November morning in 1970, a 45-foot, eight-ton sperm whale washed ashore…
In the rolling hills of Bath County, Kentucky, an ordinary spring day in 1876…
Odd or what? That, presumably, is a matter of opinion, but despite your thoughts regarding what's found here, you know you just have to look! We scour the web looking for things that make you question your own version of reality and present them here for your perusal.

