The Immortal Jellyfish is found in oceans all over the world and is a fascinating example of the many mysteries that still exist beneath the waves.
When the West End Baptist Church of Nebraska exploded in 1950, no one was injured because every single member of the choir was coincidentally late in arriving for practice that evening.
These enigmatic spheres, appearing as though they have been haphazardly scattered on the beach, exude an otherworldly aura.
Although Ponce de León did explore Florida in 1515, the story about the Fountain of Youth did not become attached to his journeys until after his death.
Medical professionals from a variety of fields were perplexed by her condition, as it challenged conventional understanding of sleep disorders and challenged the limits of human resilience.
Dáinsleif – King Högni's sword that gave wounds that never healed and could not be unsheathed without killing a man.
Excalibur, in Arthurian legend, King Arthur's sword. As a boy, Arthur alone was able to draw the sword out of a stone in which it had been magically fixed.
According to legend, the shroud was secretly carried from Judea in AD 30 or 33, and was housed in Edessa, Turkey, and Constantinople (the name for Istanbul before the Ottomans took over) for centuries. After crusaders sacked Constantinople in AD 1204, the cloth was smuggled to safety in Athens, Greece, where it stayed until AD 1225.
Flowerdew was haunted by visions of a city surrounded by deserts for many years.
Despite its disappearance, the legacy of Silphium endures. The plant might still be growing in the wild in Northern Africa, unrecognized by the modern world.