Since 2007, a secret government program has been studying mysterious aerial phenomena, trying to offer scientific explanations for reports of flying objects and other strange occurrences. The program’s findings have been described in a 490-page report, which has not been…
Hurricane Michael ripped through the Florida Panhandle in October 2018, uprooting trees on the site of a nineteenth-century fort south of Tallahassee. Tangled in the roots of the trees were dozens of buried treasures: gun flints, ammunition, pipe fragments, and…
Moss-covered stools in a long-lost bar. A fern-filled courtyard at a vacant monastery. French photographer Jonathan Jimenez captured these images and more for his book Naturalia: Reclaimed by Nature, traveling to 33 countries to document spots nature took back once…
Some conspiracy theorists believe the Illuminati still exists. They believe the secret group is trying to establish a “New World Order.” The conspiracy theorists further believe that politicians, actors, and pop stars are members of the Illuminati. They think Beyonce…
What has recently been found in Lake Toplitz? In the summer of 2018, a high-tech team searched the 300-foot-deep, mile-long lake for “Nazi treasures.” The team recovered “significant man-made objects.” They aren’t saying exactly what they found. But they were…
The US military has a long history of using animals in warfare. But they have never had much luck with bats. Bats can’t be trained to follow orders. They’re tiny and light, so they can’t carry much. During World War…
Asian Americans have played a big part in the history of the United States. So why aren’t they included in the textbooks kids read in school? Asian Americans are the fastest-growing population in the US. But most of what non-Asian…
An old map might hold an important clue to the lost colony of Roanoke. Historians have taken a closer look at a 425-year-old map in London’s British Museum. It shows a four-pointed star where the colonists might have settled. The…
Celebrities attract a lot of conspiracy theories. These ideas spread easily on the internet, thanks to fans and trolls. For example, did you know that Khloe Kardashian, a TV personality, businesswoman and model, is the daughter of former football star…
The first breakfast cereal was produced in 1863. Its name was “Granula.” It wasn’t much like the cereal we eat today. It needed to be soaked in milk overnight because it was so hard. A man named John Henry Kellogg…