In 1838, Edgar Allan Poe wrote a novel about a shipwrecked crew forced to resort to cannibalism. 46 years later, the real-life shipwreck of the Mignonette resulted in a similar gruesome scenario.
In 1977, a woman named P.K. Mahanandia cycled from India to Sweden to be with the love of his life, Charlotte Von Schedvin, whom he had met years earlier. Their love story defied all odds.
During World War II, a British soldier spared the life of a wounded German soldier, who turned out to be Adolf Hitler. If the soldier had taken the shot, history could have been drastically different.
The Great Emu War of 1932 saw Australian soldiers armed with machine guns facing off against emus. Despite their efforts, the emus proved too elusive, resulting in a bizarre chapter in military history.
In 1919, a tank containing 2.3 million gallons of molasses burst in Boston, causing a 25-foot wave of sticky syrup to flood the streets. The disaster claimed 21 lives in a truly surreal tragedy.
During the Cold War, the CIA attempted to use cats as spies by implanting listening devices in them. The project, dubbed Acoustic Kitty, was a failure as the cats proved to be unreliable agents.