Theyre Blind and Still Swear They See: Anton Syndrome
Imagine someone loses their sight and insists the curtains are open-Anton syndrome is the brain's version of a punchy denial act.Read More 
That Time a Horse Skull Sang at the Door and Demanded Cake
Wales' Mari Lwyd is an actual decorated horse skull that waddles from house to house, declaiming rhymes and bargaining for hospitality like a very polite undead equine street performer.Read More 
The Sin-Eater Who Ate Your Shame (Very Bad Manners)
In parts of Britain a shunned professional would eat bread and drink ale over corpses to 'take' their sins for a crust and a pint, and everyone behaved as if this were entirely sensible.Read More 
Puckle's Revolver: The 1718 Machine That Misfired
In 1718 a well-meaning inventor built a cranky 'repeater' that promised to rain lead and instead delivered embarrassment, pamphlets and a few sad test firings.Read More 
They Wove Your Dead Nan Into A Necklace
Victorians braided grief into brooches, rings and full-on wreaths and thought it perfectly normal to wear your aunt's head on your lapel.Read More 
Mount Wycheproof: The Properly Tiny Mountain
An Australian peak officially crowned the world's smallest 'registered' mountain - and it behaves like a very dignified garden ornament.Read More 
Hag Stones: Holey Rocks That Outsmarted Witches
Tiny holed stones were hung in cradles, stables and boats as talismans against curses, lightning and bad luck-people even peered through them to glimpse fairies.Read More 
That star's basically a diamond, mate
There is a white dwarf out there with a crystallised carbon core - like space made a massive, silent diamond and forgot to show it off.Read More 
Selkirk: The Sailor Who Talked Himself Ashore
He asked to be marooned in 1704, ate goats and fish for four years, and came back to civilisation like he owned the place.Read More 
This Jellyfish Hits Undo On Aging
Meet the tiny sea thing that, when life is messy, literally rewinds into baby mode and starts over - and yes, it feels petty and brilliant.Read More 