History HD

People has heard the tales of wars fought with groundbreaking weaponry; learning about everything else in between; from missiles manned by pigeons to an incendiary device made to look like one of America's favorite pastimes.

History is riddled with discoveries, from gold, to lost treasures, to scientific findings; some discoveries are anything but ordinary; like severed feet on a beach, or finding evidence of a tiny otherworldly creature; each is weirder than the last.

The world is full of strange and mind-bending places, but some take the cake; explore an island ruled by deadly predators, a Florida town obsessed with the wildest circus performers, or a mysterious paranormal hotspot that's a magnet for UFOs, strange sightings, and baffling disappearances; these are the weirdest corners of the planet you have to see to believe.

From donkey baseball and octopus wrestling to a scientist who swallows uranium, these are the jaw-dropping spectacles that left crowds in awe.

The world is full of creatures who make you look twice; from a baboon who becomes a reliable employee at a 19th-century train station, to a Moulin Rouge performer who builds a career on controlled flatulence, to a military combat unit of undeniably adorable pooches; these are the stories of beings so strange, so spectacular, they're unbelievable.

In the middle of the Australian outback, a bird's eye view reveals a seemingly endless collection of reddish rocks, and a closer view from above reveals many of these rocks are precariously balanced on top of each other, defying gravity; in a remote corner of Brazil the view from above reveals a desert landscape that defies all logic; a series of endless wavy strips of sand dotted with thousands o

It is hard to believe that the beginnings of modern endoscopy are really all thanks to one professional sword-swallower; or that lack of sleep has some strange upsides; these are some unthinkable experiments.

The world is full of creatures who make you look twice; from a baboon who becomes a reliable employee at a 19th-century train station, to a Moulin Rouge performer who builds a career on controlled flatulence, to a military combat unit of undeniably adorable pooches; these are the stories of beings so strange, so spectacular, they're unbelievable.