During WWII the British military devised a plan to drop anthrax on German cattle but first they tested it out on several dozen sheep… it didn’t end well

The story of the bat bombs of World War II proves the age-old saying, “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”  So when someone said “let’s put bombs on bats” no one batted an eye.

In 1930 Congo Pictures released a documentary entitled Ingagi that claimed to be of an expedition to Africa and recorded a real group of rare gorillas who took local women as brides. But how real was this documentary and why did the FTC step in?

During World War II, the soviet union decided to train and use dogs for military operations then someone had the idea to use them to carry bombs to deter tanks… it didn’t go well.

With the holidays coming up, you might be wondering where the term “white elephant gift” came from. There’s a common origin involving a king who gave out white elephants as gifts but it turns out, it might not be true at all.

Officially known as Big Major Cay and unofficially known as Pig Beach, this uninhabited island in the Bahamas is full of swimming pigs with their own set of mysteries. How did they get there and what threatened to wipe them out in 2017?

In the United States, even if you’re caught red-handed murdering someone, you still have a right to a trial. Usually, this is thought to just apply to humans but in 1921, the nation found out, it also applies to dogs.

The search for immortality is one that has interested people for centuries but in 1980 two students discovered a jellyfish that supposedly already found the secret.

Spider-Man has plenty of superpowers but one of his most recognizable and unique is his spider sense, but is this spider sense based on an actual trait of spiders?

Located about 20 miles off the coast of São Paulo, Brazil, Ilha de Queimada Grande is 110 acres of pure terror. Known as Snake Island you can’t walk 10ft without bumping into 5 snakes including one of the most venomous in the world.

Turns out you can hypnotize a chicken and some other animals, except it’s not entirely hypnosis. It’s actually a state called Tonic Immobility and it’s not a good thing.

You might have heard of the Monkey Ladder Experiment, also called The 5 Monkeys Experiment, that tells us a bit about human behavior but here’s the actual truth and what it really tells us.

In 1859 a pig wandered into Lyman Cutler's farm and began eating his potatoes. Lyman pull out his rifle and killed the pig, triggering an international incident involving the United States and Britain. One that almost caused a war on the small island of San Juan in the Strait of Georgia.

In the 16th century there was a dancing horse that did some pretty awesome tricks. But when Morocco the dancing horse passed by Paris someone yelled "witch" and gathered the wood to get ready the burning stakes... maybe it didn't happen exactly like.

Carrier pigeons were a big part of getting messages across to bases from troops during war and when you're surrounded by German forces from all sides then that makes it the only way to get a message of help across.

There were a few pretty serious events going on in England in the 17th century, revolution, laws against Catholics, freemasons preparing to go public, and a new king but all of these events led to a pretty silly outcome, one involving the pope and a secret society around pugs.

Imagine being in the middle of a war and having your ship sink, then having the bad luck to go on another ship and have your sink ship AGAIN. Then imagine it happening yet again! Now imagine you're a cat!

There's an urban legend that a pope in the 13th century, issued an official decree telling people to exterminate cats because of their association with the devil and witchcraft… but did it happen?