Otter 841 has attacked surfers, stolen their boards, and ridden the waves — unusual otter behavior that has baffled experts. Mark Woodward/Native Santa CruzOtters are cute creatures, but they have powerful jaws capable of cracking the shells of crabs and mussel and can be dangerous to humans. Surfers along the California coast know to keep an eye out for sharks. But lately, they’ve been warned to avoid a different animal: a five-year-old sea otter who has been attacking surfers and stealing their boards.

An unidentified Jewish boy raises his hands at gunpoint after Nazi SS soldiers forcibly removed him and other ghetto residents from the bunker in which they'd taken refuge.The Nazi pointing the gun in the direction of the boy has been identified as SS soldier Josef Blösche. National Archives and Records Administration/Wikimedia Commons Nazi SS soldiers lead several families of captured Jews down Nowolipie Street toward the assembly point for deportation.

What happened on this day in history: The first victim of the Salem witch trials is hanged, the Villisca Axe Murders take place, and more.1692: The First Victim Of The Salem Witch Trials Is Put To Death Bridget Bishop, the first victim of the Salem witch trials, is hanged. Accused of being a witch by a group of girls in town, Bishop protested her innocence but was found guilty at trial.

What happened on this day in history: Johann Sebastian Bach is born in 1685, Alcatraz Prison closes after 39 years, and more.1617: Pocahontas’ Funeral Is Held John Gadsby Chapman/U.S. CapitolJohn Gadsby Chapman’s Baptism of Pocahontas that depicts her conversion to Christianity just a few years before her death. Pocahontas, the Powhatan chief’s daughter who married English tobacco planter John Rolfe, is laid to rest after dying while in England. She had traveled to the country with her husband a year prior so the Virginia Company of London could use her as an example of Native Americans who had been successfully converted to Christianity.

Agent 355 Agent 355 was a female spy who worked directly for George Washington during the American Revolution. Even today, her identity is unknown, though some intel has been gathered. It is known that she was likely a socialite, living in New York City, who passed vital information about Washington's affluent enemies right back to him. Annie Edson Taylor Annie Edson Taylor was a teacher who, in 1901, on her 63rd birthday, became the first woman to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

From impalement to the blood eagle, these execution methods prove that they mastered the art of pain in the Middle Ages.Medieval execution was a horrifying and gruesome prospect. During the Middle Ages, the unspeakable cruelty of capital punishment was only matched by the creativity of the torture techniques. To put things into perspective, decapitation was seen as the least painful way to go. The Medieval period spanned about 1,000 years between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance.

These powerful Abraham Lincoln quotes about freedom, adversity, and more show why he's often called the greatest president in American history. "Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."Source Wikimedia Commons “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”Source Wikimedia Commons "Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.

Pistol Shrimp Small shooter with a big gun Source: The Huffington Post There are no prizes for guessing the special power of this tiny critter. The pistol shrimp (also called snapping shrimp or alpheid shrimp) has one tiny claw and another huge one. The latter lacks the pincers which are commonly found on most shrimp. Instead, it has a pistol-like device with a “hammer” that can produce an incredibly powerful shockwave when triggered.

Discover the astounding stories behind the biggest heists in history, whether the perpetrators were eventually captured or the case remains unsolved.From ingenious bank robberies, and that time a couple of malicious thieves fastened a collar bomb around a pizza delivery guy’s neck, to the elaborate mafia-backed Lufthansa Heist, these are the most astonishing grafts in recent history. And as notorious as some of these heists are, it’s likely you’ve never heard of the people who carried them out — and some were so brilliantly conceived that we may never find the true culprits.

Michael LeMoyne Kennedy’s Tragic Ski Accident George Silk/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty ImagesMichael Kennedy (top right) with his father and siblings in 1964. Robert Kennedy’s children were the embodiment of the romanticized image of the Kennedy clan — and they were just as susceptible to the Kennedy curse. Born in 1958 as the sixth of eleven children to Robert and his wife Ethel, Michael Kennedy led a charmed childhood until he was ten years old when his father was wrenched away from him by Sirhan Sirhan’s bullet.