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Most cows live somewhere between 15 and 20 years. Big Bertha lived to nearly 49.Born on St. Patrick’s Day in 1945, on a farm in County Kerry, Ireland, Bertha was …
Big Bertha: The 49-Year-Old Cow Who Became an Irish Legend Read More
In 1913, Dolly Oesterreich was an unhappily married woman in Milwaukee. One day she told her wealthy husband, Fred, that her sewing machine was broken, and he sent over a …
The Woman Who Hid Her Lover in the Attic for Nearly a Decade Read More
In 1999, Cornealious “Mike” Anderson was convicted of armed robbery in Missouri and sentenced to 13 years in prison. He was released on bond while he appealed the conviction, a …
The State Forgot to Imprison Him for 13 Years—Then Arrested Him Anyway Read More
Bryan Johnson has become famous for one all-consuming goal: he does not want to die. Ever.The 48-year-old tech entrepreneur, who made his fortune when PayPal bought his company Braintree, now …
Bryan Johnson Spent Millions Trying to Beat Aging—Then His Own Body Betrayed Him Read More
In 2018, officials in the Brdy region of the Czech Republic, a protected landscape south of Prague, set out to fix a problem. Decades earlier, the military had dug drainage …
Beavers Accidentally Completed a $1.2 Million Government Project for Free Read More
In October 2022, a group of climate activists from a collective called Scientist Rebellion walked into the Porsche pavilion at Autostadt, a car attraction in Wolfsburg, Germany. Dressed in white …
They glued themselves to the floor to protest climate change… then discovered the building had closing hours. Read More
At the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport, Mississippi, trainers came up with a clever way to keep the dolphin pools clean. Whenever litter fell into the water, the …
This dolphin figured out how to game the reward system… then taught her kids the trick. Read More
In February 2013, Kelsie Schelling, a 21-year-old woman who was eight weeks pregnant, drove from Denver to Pueblo, Colorado to meet her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Donthe Lucas. She was never …
She Dated a Suspected Murderer to Help Solve a Missing Woman’s Case Read More
Jo Nagai was eight years old when he noticed something strange about the butterflies he raised at home. The ones he had looked after since they were caterpillars behaved differently …
An 8-Year-Old Asked If Butterflies Remember Being Caterpillars — His Experiment Surprised Scientists Read More
22-year-old Rosario, a student pilot, was on a routine training flight in a Cessna C-150 over the countryside near Córdoba, Argentina, with her instructor, 42-year-old Leandro Andrés Bertazzo.Then, mid-flight, Bertazzo …
Her Flight Instructor Suddenly Left the Plane Mid-Air — The 22-Year-Old Student Landed It Alone Read More