Curiosities

Experts believe that the animals were crushed when the eruption's initial tremors caused the ceiling above them to collapse, burying them under rubble and leaving their remains frozen in time — until now.Archaeological Park of PompeiiArchaeologists excavate the skeleton...

Claim: A screenshot showed a real X post from fast food chain Chick-fil-A that read, “Respect for others does not require us to celebrate or endorse every message or movement,” in response to community backlash at the company’s refusal to...

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A successful landowner in Abbeville, South Carolina, Anthony Crawford was murdered by a lynch mob on October 21, 1916, after arguing with a white store owner over the price of cottonseed.Library of CongressAnthony Crawford was murdered by a lynch...

Claim: A video shared online authentically showed an injured stray dog walking into a veterinarian's clinic and receiving treatment. Rating: ContextThe incident recorded by a security camera took place in 2021. Though Snopes was unable to contact the veterinarian involved for direct...

<!--qv q:id=75 q:key=vcaa:Phil Collins may be best known for his 1981 megahit “In the Air Tonight” and for writing the iconic soundtrack to Disney’s Tarzan. The musician’s vast discography includes many other hits, from “Against All Odds” to “Another...

No one knows Etta Place's real name, or what happened to her after she fled to South America alongside Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1901. Public DomainEtta Place and Harry Longabaugh, aka the Sundance Kid, in 1901. She...

Claim: U.S. President Donald Trump posted on X that he would make it illegal to "photograph or post gas prices." Rating: As fuel costs remained high amid the ongoing war in the Middle East, a rumor (archived) circulated online in late May...

<!--qv q:id=75 q:key=vcaa:Born on June 20, 1949 in the small city of Tuskegee, Alabama, Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. would go on to become one of American's greatest songwriters and singers, first with chart-topping Motown act, the Commodores, and then as...

Twice the length of today's largest great white sharks, Tylosaurus rex could reach up to 43 feet long — making it even bigger than Tyrannosaurus rex.Alderon Games-Path of TitansA depiction of Tylosaurus Rex, the “T. rex of the ocean.” As...