The weirdest sports in Olympic history
There are a couple of contentious events at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics, with the introduction of breakdancing the main point of minor...
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Visit These Unusual and Deadly Natural Landmarks
From the world's deadliest garden, to MASSIVE vegetables and the boiling hot Amazon river in Peru, these are four must-see natural destinations to...
The Sicilian monastery home to thousands of mummies
In the musty basement of a monastery in Palermo, Sicily, there are around 8,000 corpses. Residents of the Capuchin catacombs rage in age and present...
The wonderful world of Goat Towers
Goats are famous for their climbing ability, but most members of the field-dwelling goat community can’t put those skills to use. Cue the goat t...
Is this the wackiest arcade in the world?
Novelty Automation is an arcade in London offering something a little different from the classics like Pac-Man and Space Invaders. With everything...
Susie Dent’s Top 10s: Ten curiosities in the English language
Life is good. It's a bank holiday weekend and Susie Dent has provided the definitive list of the ten best curiosities in the English language....
Beware a wombat’s bottom - it can be deadly
When you think of all the potentially fatal encounters with wildlife in Australia, the backside of a wombat isn’t the first thing that comes to m...
Baarle | The town in two countries
This is a town in northern Belgium, or the south of the Netherlands, or both. Unlike other border towns, it doesn’t have just one simple divide r...
Would you try a slice of Utah’s famous pickle pie?
What’s your favorite slice of pie? Apple? Pecan? Pumpkin? Or are you from Bicknell, Utah? In that case, you might be a fan of pickle pie. And t...
Meet the man behind these disturbingly realistic masks
Before the threat of deep fakes and artificial intelligence, people had to go to great lengths to convey the likeness of famous folk. Landon Meier’s m...
Thailand’s annual monkey banquet
Phra Prang Sam Yot is an ancient temple in Lopburi, Thailand, dating back to the 13th century. As well as being a popular tourist attraction and an...
The abandoned British town in... Shangai?
Today, Great Big Story is excited to bring you a new video on a Scottish village in…Italy. That’s right, Gurro, a picturesque town in northern Ita...
