The FBI is on the case of a $400,000 shipment of lobsters that has gone missing, Boston.com reported on Dec. 30. The truck and its valuable cargo disappeared…

In 1901, Connecticut became the first U.S. state to implement a speed limit for automobiles. Motor vehicles could be driven no faster than 12 miles per hour…

On Feb. 7, 1984, Navy captain Bruce McCandless II became the first human to perform an untethered spacewalk while in orbit 170 miles above the earth…

Parrotfish are among the sleepiest of sea creatures, averaging around a good 13 hours of rest per night. When not dozing, they spend as much as 90% of their time eating algae…

A 38-year-old man named Sergei who was taking part in a corporate holiday party at the Igra Stolov “Game of Tables” cooking studio in Moscow was rushed to surgery after drinking…

Some jellyfish create their own light. This light is a result of energy released by certain chemical reactions that occur within the tissues of the jellyfish.

On Jan. 27, 1970, John Lennon composed and recorded "Instant Karma," his third solo single prior to the Beatles' official breakup, in one day.

In 1926, Clyde Barrow, of Bonnie and Clyde fame, was arrested with his older brother Buck for possession of a truckload of stolen turkeys.

The 24 "Solar Terms" are an ancient calendar system based on celestial movements and the position of the sun. It is an essential part of Chinese heritage that farmers rely on.

Marie Curie was the first person ever to win two Nobel Prizes, one for physics and the other for chemistry, in honor of her work on radioactivity.

On Jan. 23, 1960, the first two humans to reach the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench descended 36,000 feet in a submersible to the deepest part of the ocean…

On Jan. 12, 1967, James Bedford became the first American to have his remains cryogenically frozen, in the hope of future reanimation.

Tradition has it that St. Nicholas was born in ancient Patara, now an archaeological site in modern Turkey. He was imprisoned for some time for his Christian faith…

Bedding was such a luxury in the Middle Ages that blankets and sheets were written into people's wills.

Around 1 a.m. on Nov. 19, Hancock County (West Virginia) Sheriff’s officers responded to a call about a man suffering a gunshot wound while a rifle was being cleaned.

On Dec. 31, 1879, inventor Thomas Edison delighted onlookers with the first public demonstration of his incandescent lightbulb in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the top three states for growing and selling Christmas trees are Oregon, North Carolina and Michigan.

Professional chefs in wealthy 17th-century European households were primarily men, who often cooked in the nude or in their underwear due to kitchens' intense heat.

Kohl Bertels, 33, had an unusual explanation for breaking into a Circle K store on Nov. 23, eating a bag of beef jerky and drinking a sweet tea…

The "Royal Game of Ur" is the oldest playable board game found in the world so far. In 1922, Sir Leonard Wooley led a team that discovered two sets of this game in a tomb…