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 ...

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 ...

In August 2016, reports of a creepy clown said to be roaming Green Bay, Wisconsin began to make local headlines. A fan page for the clown, dubbed “Gags,” popped up on Facebook, compiling what appeared ...

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 ...

In 2016, 21 American and Canadian diplomats reported suffering from a range of unexplained symptoms while working in Cuba, including ear ringing, nausea, insomnia, memory loss, and balance ...

Carpophorus is different from other gladiators on this list in that he didn’t fight against men: He was a bestiarii who battled wild beasts. These fights, called venationes, pitted men against animals ...

Unlike Marcus Attilius, whose feats might have been totally lost without Mount Vesuvius, Spartacus’ story has stood the test of time. Curiously, however, this famous gladiator never fought in an arena ...