Over the centuries, hundreds of cases of spontaneous human combustion have been reported around the world. But is it actually possible?

A Japanese tradition dating to the 11th century, Sokushinbutsu is a years-long process where Buddhist monks slowly mummify themselves before death.

A murderous spirit said to appear in the mirror when her name is chanted, Bloody Mary may be inspired by the infamous Tudor Queen Mary I of England.

In a pinch, 19-year-old party girl Caresse Crosby invented the bra and changed women's wear forever.

Known as the immortal jellyfish, Turritopsis Dohrnii's can live forever — and scientists are working to see if they can apply its properties to humans.

From chimps to sharks to hamsters, these cannibal animals kill and eat their own for a variety of disturbing reasons.

From her actual name to the full details of her grisly end, these are the Joan of Arc facts that most people don't know.

These raucous photos from the world of women's wrestling of decades past reveal just how brutally beautiful the sport could be.

Discover the shockingly literal and thoroughly disturbing 18th-century medical origins of the idiom "blowing smoke up your ass."

From turtles and snakes to cows and pigs, two-headed animals are not only astounding but perhaps not quite as rare as you might think.

Born into slavery and then sold into the circus, Millie and Christine McKoy ultimately took back their own destiny.