Sweater from 1807 found inside a sealed parcel in the UK, 8,600-year-old bread discovered in Turkey, medieval badge depicting a basilisk unearthed in Poland.217-Year-Old Sweater Discovered Inside An Unopened Parcel In The UK The National ArchivesThe Royal Navy seized the package in 1807 amid ongoing wars between Britain and Denmark, and it sat unopened in the UK National Archives until now. Archivists in the UK have unsealed a parcel that was sent from the Faroe Islands to Denmark in 1807 but seized by the Royal Navy along the way.

"He chose a spot where the water ran off easily, keeping it cool in the heat of the day, keeping it watered and making sure that squash beetles didn’t overtake it."Christin Ownby/FacebookJustin Ownby used a seed from another record-breaking pumpkin that had also been grown in Tennessee. Dreams come in many forms. For Justin Ownby, his dream was to grow a giant pumpkin. Recently, his wildest dream finally came true. According to the local Chattanooga station WTVC, the farmer from Cleveland, Tennessee spent the last four years pursuing his dream of growing a monster pumpkin.

What happened on this day in history: Madam C.J. Walker is born in Louisiana, Vincent van Gogh cuts off his ear in France, and more history on December 23rd.1783: George Washington Resigns From The Continental Army Charles Willson Peale/Brooklyn MuseumA 1776 portrait of General George Washington. George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, which officially brought an end to the Revolutionary War.

What happened on this day in history: "The Communist Manifesto" is published, Malcolm X is assassinated, and more.1613: Mikhail Romanov Becomes Tsar Of Russia General Photographic Agency/Getty ImagesMikhail Fyodorovich Romanov, the founder of the Romanov dynasty. Mikhail Romanov is chosen as the new tsar of Russia. Elevated to power after the Time of Troubles — a period of struggle in Russia following the fall of the Rurik dynasty — Romanov’s ascension initiated a dynasty that would endure for the next 300 years.

Some people suffer from occasional insomnia, but for those with this disease, sleepless nights lead to death.Judit Klein/Flickr They’ve watched it take members of their family for generations, torturing elder relatives night after night. When it’s their turn, they lie awake in wait of eternal sleep, gripped by a disease for which there is no known cure. Called fatal familial insomnia (FFI), the illness starts with sleeplessness and ends in death, usually within less than a year.

Bruce Lee vs. Wong Jack Man is perhaps the most famous fight in martial arts history, yet the matchup between the cultural icon and Kung-Fu master remains shrouded in lore and mystery.YouTubeBruce Lee sparring. San Francisco’s Chinatown in the early 1960s was something of a mecca for young martial artists looking to be at the forefront of the fighting culture. The burgeoning martial arts community served as a formative teaching ground for many artists on the cutting edge of martial arts.

He fell out of his paraglider and was impaled on a sharp tree branch as "thick as a watermelon."East2West News via Daily MailIvan Krausouski sits in the hospital with a log in his shoulder. Ivan Krausouski appeared pretty calm for a guy who’d just been impaled on a tree branch. As the 36-year-old Belarusian paraglider was sailing over the village of Loshany, near Minsk, a strap on his glider snapped.

Yeti Evidence: The Pangboche Scalp Dr. Biswamoy Biswas examines the alleged Yeti scalp uncovered at the Pangboche monastery during the 1954 Daily MailJohn Angelo Jackson/Wikimedia Commonsexpedition. In 1954 — one year after Hillary reached Everest’s summit, and near the height of Yeti mania — Britain’s Daily Mail financed a major expedition to Nepal in search of Yeti evidence. While the team claimed to have found a number of compellingly unidentifiable footprints, their most dramatic find was the Pangboche scalp.

If confirmed, this would be the first example of "virgin birth," or parthenogenesis, ever observed in smoothhound sharks.Wikimedia CommonsA female smoothhound shark like this one gave birth without a male partner. The aquarium staff at Cala Gonone Aquarium in Sardinia, Italy, recently came across a curious sight. In a tank that held two female sharks, they suddenly found a third. The new baby appears to be the result of a rare “virgin birth.

With over 72% of the Earth’s surface covered by salt water, the Earth’s oceans are home to 230,000 known species. And that’s with only 5% of the Earth’s oceans considered explored! In celebration of the vast unknown of the ocean, we present our favorite ocean animal facts: Jellyfish have been around for more than 650 million years, which means that they outdate both dinosaurs and sharks. An Electric Eel is known to produce electricity sufficient enough to light up to 10 electric bulbs.