Scientists found a species of fungus that zombifies carpenter ants by taking control of their brains and forcing them to climb plants before exploding their heads to spread spores.

A Roman skeleton in Italy had East Asian ancestry. 💀

Ten medieval corpses were burned to keep them buried. 💀

Seventeen bodies were found inside one medieval well. 💀

More than 1,500 bodies lay beneath modern Osaka. 💀

7-Up was originally a lithium drink. 🥤

Chaser, a border collie in Spartanburg, South Carolina, trained by retired psychology professor John W. Pilley starting in 2004, learned the proper-noun names of 1,022 individual toys and could retrieve each by name.

The world record for most toilet seats broken by someone's head in one minute is 46, achieved by Kevin Shelley in Germany in 2007 after years of training.

The fastest recorded sneeze travels at 100 mph and can spread droplets up to 26 feet away from the sneezer

The Man Who Believed in Fairies

Shoe stores once X-rayed children just to sell sneakers. ☢️

Ten Letters a Night

The Pig Who Sold Paintings