Strange News

A recycling center was recently evacuated after someone turned in a Civil War cannonball.

Thick facial hair could cushion the face and jaw, lending protection against punches, kicks and other combat blows.

Photos of allegedly "drunken elephants" quickly went viral on Twitter. But the elephants weren't drunk, they were just resting, officials said.

A curly-tailed lizard's belly was stretched by a mass of unpassed poo.

In the midst of coronavirus pandemic, conspiracy theorists are sowing seeds of doubts about its severity and denying the very existence of the pandemic.

A herd of elephants recently overindulged on corn wine in a village in China's Yunnan Province, and a photo of two tipsy pachyderms went viral.

It all boils down to genetics.

Years after surgery, a woman's transplanted hands from a darker-skinned male donor now appear lighter and more feminine.

A farm in northern England recently caught fire after a pig swallowed and then pooped out a pedometer, sparking a blaze with the device's battery.

Earth is commonly known to be a sphere — but some people disagree.

A resident of Easter Island accidentally crashed his truck into one of the island's famous moai statues, causing 'incalculable damage.'

Powerful winds and freezing temperatures recently made a chilling spectacle of several homes near Lake Erie, encasing them in thick layers of ice.

What are 'ice volcanoes,' and why are they erupting in Michigan?

Over decades, a brazen thief stole hundreds of eggs from rare and endangered falcons' nests around the world, to sell to private collectors.

Wild falcons are highly prized by private collectors, who pay tens of thousands of dollars for the rare birds.

A famous painting by Gustav Klimt that went missing 23 years ago turned up in the walls of the gallery from which it appears it was stolen from. No one knows who took it.

The U.K.'s Ministry of Defense announced that it will soon release formerly classified government files about UFO encounters.

Dymka the cat suffered severe frostbite in all four paws, but after they were amputated she received new titanium limbs.