Author: Radu Alexander

Court scenes are usually filled with drama, tension, emotion, twists, and even violence. That’s why they often make for good television. And then, of course, there are those that are simply… odd. History is full of bizarre and unique court proceedings, so today we’re taking a look at ten of them. 10. The Impiety of…

Read More

Most modern societies rely on a police force to enact law and order, but sometimes people feel like the wheels of justice turn too slowly so they decide to take matters into their own hands. These people are known as vigilantes and these are some of their stories: 10. Phoenix Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zvJIyC6qas Given how hugely…

Read More

In the past, we have examined a lot of bizarre historical deaths. A lot of them… so this time, we are flipping the script. We all know that humans can find tons of unique and strange ways to meet their maker, but what about animals?   10. The Fastball Dove On March 21, 2001, future baseball…

Read More

Alcohol can be a tricky experience. Drink enough and it can make almost any event more fun and memorable. Drink too much and it does the opposite – you forget everything and the bits you do remember, you probably wish you didn’t. But this doesn’t apply only to bachelor parties and New Year’s celebrations. In…

Read More

The music industry is filled with larger-than-life figures and tales of debauchery and eccentricity, and the public is usually ready to lap up every juicy detail that they can find in tabloid magazines, interviews, autobiographies, and, more recently, social media.  It’s not really surprising, then, that the secretive and scandalous nature of the music world…

Read More

In the past, we have examined the origins of some popular and peculiar idioms, but for every true story, there’s also a false one, that sometimes becomes more popular than the truth. So today, we put our debunking hats on and set out to correct a few myths about language and communication, be they false…

Read More

In the past, we have examined a few aspects of ancient Greece that still puzzle historians, scholars, and scientists. We don’t have very far to travel, as today we go back to the time of the Romans and take a look at some of the mysterious wares that they have to offer. 10. The “Burrito”…

Read More

Being a celebrity might bring you fame and fortune, but safety is often not included in the package. We know all too well the tragic fates of musicians like John Lennon and Dimebag Darrell, actors like Sharon Tate, and even fashion moguls like Gianni Versace. But there are many other celebs who suffered attempts on…

Read More

It’s been a while, but bizarre historical deaths are back on the menu. Today we take a look at some strange ways in which people met their ends through sex, fire, flowers, baseball, lampreys, and, of course, man’s oldest foe, gravity. 10. Death by Potpourri We start off with a tale of a lethal prank…

Read More

If words and grammar represent the main ingredients of a language, then idioms are surely the secret recipe of herbs and spices that are added to give the language its distinct flavor. They are bizarre, sometimes nonsensical, and almost always lost in translation, but they add color to anyone’s vocabulary. In the past, we have…

Read More

So far, we’ve explored many mysteries in North America, Europe, and even Australia, but today, we are traveling to Asia as we examine some of the most intriguing, bizarre, and creepy conundrums from Japan. 10. Who Made the SOS Sign? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snWvNkJCCs8 In 1989, a strange event occurred in Daisetsuzan National Park, known as the SOS…

Read More

Abraham Lincoln developed a reputation for being a politician with integrity, honor, and ethics, which is why he was nicknamed Honest Abe. He was also called The Great Emancipator, for his role in ending slavery. Another example: John F. Kennedy was known simply as JFK, after the initials in his name. It was basic, but…

Read More

In the past, we have traveled from country to country and explored some of the eeriest and weirdest mysteries hidden in their sordid histories. But now we are going into the distant past, all the way back to Ancient Greece, to take a look at some of the most peculiar secrets and enigmas that they…

Read More

Usually, when people die, there are various options for how to dispose of their remains properly and respectfully. The methods differ, but they all normally involve dealing with the entire body at once. That’s not always what happens, though. Sometimes, certain body parts are removed for preservation. Other times, they mysteriously go missing, especially when…

Read More

An eponym is a word for an object or an activity named after a person, usually the person who first created the object or activity in question. The English language is filled with eponyms, many of them evident: Fahrenheit, Marxism, even America. But there are plenty of others that aren’t quite so obvious, even though…

Read More

Idioms form one of the most intriguing and colorful parts of the human language, but also one of the most infuriating for linguists. Many such expressions are decades, even hundreds of years old, and trying to accurately trace them back to their origins often proves to be an exercise in frustration.  That being said, we…

Read More

Alexander the Great… Charles the Wise… Philip the Good…  When you die, that’s how you want to be remembered, but not everyone is so lucky. We’ve all had a nickname at one point or another that we hated and we all know the feeling – it seems like they followed us around forever.  Unfortunately, for…

Read More