The Ave Maria Grotto: A monk from Alabama spent 50 years recreating some of the most famous religious structures of the world
Back in 1959 a fisherman couldn’t afford to buy a Christmas gift for his daughter, so he carved a doll from his imagination – the Troll Doll
John Wayne’s real name was Marion Robert Morrison, but he got his lifelong nickname “The Duke” from a local fireman
The King of Na gold seal was accidentally discovered by a Japanese farmer
800 year old boat unearthed in Cambodia
Collection of vintage tractors and steam engines owned by dual fanatics retails for £1.5million
Actun Tunichil Muknal: a cave where Maya performed ritual human sacrifices
Kilroy was here – mysterious WWII origins of the first viral graffiti meme
Frederick Banting discovered the insulin and turned down all offers from big corporations, saying that insulin was his gift to mankind
Henry “Box” Brown – The man who escaped slavery in 1849 by mailing himself in a wood crate from Virginia to the free state of Pennsylvania
