The village's unintentionally profane name has brought unwanted attention to its population of 100 residents over the years.AFP via Getty ImagesThe Austrian village of Fucking will be known as Fugging beginning in January 2021. Language is a funny thing, as words and their meanings change over time. This has caused some embarrassment for one small village in Austria, which recently announced it’s changing its long-time name from “Fucking Village” to “Fugging.

Betty and Barney Hill were the first people to claim to be abducted by aliens, and have an in-depth story to back it up. Universal History Archive/ UIG via Getty ImagesBarney and Betty Hill were an American couple, allegedly abducted by extra-terrestrials. When husband and wife duo Barney and Betty Hill walked into Dr. Benjamin Simon’s office one December day in 1963 for a consultation, the psychiatrist first assumed that they had come to discuss problems from their interracial marriage.

Not only is it 30 times larger than other isopod species, but it's also the first new giant isopod species found in over a decade.LKCNHM/InstagramThe Bathynomus raksasa is the largest known giant isopod species in the world. If you happen to be a fan of the popular video game Animal Crossing, then you’ll know that giant isopods are alien-like deep-sea crustaceans that resemble large underwater cockroaches. But there are also “supergiant” isopods, which can grow up to 20 inches — and a team of biologists have recently identified what they believe to be the largest known species of supergiant isopods in the world.

In August 1955, Carolyn Bryant claimed that 14-year-old Emmett Till sexually harassed her — which led to his horrific lynching days later. But more than 60 years later, she finally admitted that her accusation was a lie.On August 28, 1955, a 14-year-old African-American named Emmett Till was kidnapped from his relative’s home in Mississippi by two adult white men, who brutally beat him to death. His badly disfigured body was found in the Tallahatchie River three days later.

Tastefully Appointed Nuclear Waste Image Source: cursive Disformations Nuclear waste is one of those things, like abortion and fetish porn, that you know exists somewhere, but which is mostly kept out of sight because it makes people really uncomfortable. Not so in the Netherlands — at least with regard to nuclear waste. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons This is the Habog waste-storage facility, located within bicycle distance of everything else in the Netherlands and stuffed to the gills with reprocessed fuel rods (read: plutonium), which is going to be emitting instantly lethal amounts of radiation for over a century, with still-unhealthy amounts leaking off for thousands of years after that.

Go inside the brutal murder of Gabriel Fernandez at the hands of his own mom — and the horrific abuse that preceded his death in May 2013.Often, child abuse happens behind closed doors. But the abuse of Gabriel Fernandez was far from a secret to teachers and social workers. Though some adults attempted to help him, they didn’t do enough, and Gabriel Fernandez was tragically murdered at the age of eight.

The giraffe population in sub-Saharan Africa has seen a sharp 40% drop in the past 30 years, largely caused by American tourists "trophy hunting."Stephanie Pilick/AFP/Getty Images The giraffe population in sub-Saharan Africa has seen a sharp 40% drop in the past 30 years, largely caused by American tourists “trophy hunting.” With just 97,500 of the world’s tallest animal remaining, conservationists are insisting the U.S. government officially classify giraffes as endangered in order to prevent their “silent extinction.

Explore The Conjuring house of Rhode Island made famous by the movie based on the Perron hauntings — that keeps chasing away its owners.The Conjuring is one of the most iconic horror films of the 2010s, spawning two direct sequels and several spin-off movies. The film’s continued success is largely thanks to its eerie opening text, which promises viewers that the scenes they’re about to witness are based on true events that happened in a haunted home.

Billed as a human-orangutan hybrid, Julia Pastrana made her stage debut in 1854. Though she eventually fell in love and got married, her life was isolated and cut tragically short.Nineteenth-century audiences recoiled at the sight of Julia Pastrana, the sideshow performer better known as the “Ape Woman.” One theater critic called her a “semi-human being” while another referred to her as a “Baboon Woman.” But Julia Pastrana, of course, was no beast.

"Ring Around the Rosie" was likely created as a children's singing game in 18th-century Germany — but some people believe it has much darker origins.“Ring around the rosie, pocket full of posies. Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down!” It’s a classic nursery rhyme that children often sing on the playground while spinning around. “Ring Around the Rosie,” or “Ring a Ring o’ Roses,” as it is sometimes known, is a lighthearted, playful tune from childhood.