Take Marcus Antonius Exochus, whose story is told on his tombstone. Though much of his life and death remains a mystery, it ...

South America is filled with hot climates, but it was Argentina that became the continent’s hottest place in 1905. It was then that the city of Comodoro Rivadavia set a record when temperatures ...

Alongside Tetraites and Prudes is another famous fighting duo: Priscus and Verus. Once the Colosseum was finished in 80 C.E., its completion was celebrated with a number of opening day games. Part of ...

Popular TikTok content creator Terryon Thomas, who goes by the name “Mr. Prada” on the app, has been charged with first-degree murder after he was arrested in connection with the death of Baton Rouge ...

Mass hysteria events are some of the most curious mysteries of human nature. After all, how can it be possible for large groups of people, oftentimes strangers, to believe in the same unexplained ...

Beginning in March 1954, residents of Bellingham, Washington and the surrounding area began reporting unusual dents and pitting in their cars’ windshields. These pits were small — no wider than a dime ...

Last but not least on this list of gladiators is Commodus, who ruled as Roman emperor from 180 C.E. until his assassination in 192 C.E. Though he had plenty to do as the leader of the Roman Empire — ...

Though all the gladiators on this list so far are men, female gladiators did exist. It was not seen as proper for women to fight — as evidenced by laws attempting to ban or restrict their ...

In January 1962, three girls at a religious boarding school for girls in Kashasha, Tanganyika (now Tanzania) began laughing and crying uncontrollably. Before long, dozens of their peers joined in — ...

Like Spartacus and Crixus, Spiculus attended gladiatorial school in Capua. Unlike these rebellious gladiators, however, Spiculus achieved great glory in the arena — before meeting an ugly death. Like ...

Decades after Spiculus and Marcus Attilius made their names in the arena, another gladiator rose to fame. His name was Flamma, and he’s remembered for both his fighting abilities and his disinterest ...