Gates of Hell: The Gates of Hell, also known as the Darvaza Gas Crater or the Door to Hell, is a natural gas crater in the Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan that has been burning since 1971. It originated in 1971 when Soviet geologists accidentally drilled an underground cave

San Marino is an enclaved microstate in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy is the oldest republic in the world, founded in 301 AD.

Between 1915 and 1926, "Sleeping Sickness" mysteriously spread worldwide, leaving victims conscious but immobile. Over 500,000 lost their lives before it vanished without explanation. Its cause and cure still a mystery.

In 1921, a man emerged from a 39-day trance claiming "Proof of Universal Laws." He sent his discoveries to 500 scientists, 499 laughed, but Nikola Tesla said: "Lock it away for 1,000 years. Humanity isn't ready." His findings could change how you see reality.

"I warned you in 1984 and nobody listened."-Terminator director James Cameron on Ai today.

The followers of Mozi, a philosopher who lived around 400 BC, were brilliant pacifists and defensive engineers. Their texts contain incredibly detailed schematics for siege weapons, traps, and fortifications, all designed to make warfare so costly and difficult that rulers would

In Australia and other countries, sunflowers are planted on construction sites because they absorb harmful heavy metals from contaminated soil.

In 1831, the Sun turned blue and the world froze for months-nearly 200 years later, Scientists finally found out why! Scientists have finally traced it back to a massive volcanic eruption in the Kuril Islands (stretching between Japan's Hokkaido island and the Russian Kamchatka

A 12-year-old John Clem, Union drummer boy shot a confederate colonel who demanded his surrender during the American Civil War. John Clem was later promoted to sergeant, becoming the youngest NCO in the history of the US Army.

Australia is building a massive steel monolith called Earth's Black Box as a permanent archive for future generations in case of an apocalyptic event.

Once Sea Squirts settle in one place, they no longer need to move or think, so they digest and recycle their brains. It's one of nature's strangest example of biological efficiency.

A cryptic verse attributed to the sage Agastya describes a method for creating energy using a clay pot, a copper plate, a zinc sheet, and sawdust soaked in copper sulfate. It reads like a recipe for a simple galvanic cell, or battery. While historians are skeptical, this has led

In 1998, Sony recalled approximately 700,000 camcorders due to a defect that allowed them to see them to see through certain types of clothing.

Off the coast of Australia, scientists discovered "Octlantis"-an underwater octopus city where dozens of octopuses build homes, form communities, and display astonishing social behaviors, once thought impossible.

Sir Isaac Newton has a IQ of 195. Newton was so obsessed with his work that he went days without eating. He developed the three laws of motion. He co-invented calculus during a plague quarantine in 1665. He built the first practical reflecting telescope with his won hands. He was

When the Terracotta Army was unearthed, archaeologists were stunned to find that many of the bronze weapons were still sharp and largely pristine. Analysis revealed traces of chromium plating, an advanced anti-rust technology that was not "invented" until the 1920s. How the

New Zealand's Black Robin recovered from near extinction, just five birds left, including one breeding female.

A math choice from 3,500 BC still runs your life. Sumerians chose the number 60 because it was easy to divide, creating the 60-minute hour that now dictates our modern schedules.

Some sharks can live over 400 years, the Greenland Shark is the oldest known vertebrate.

The fortress of Sacsayhuamán in Peru was built with stones so massive and precisely placed that centuries of earthquakes haven't shifted them.

Scientists have uncovered a 386-million-year-old fossil forest in New York, filled with strange stone-like trees.