The mystery of who paid $450 million for Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi' has now been solved.
The 500-year-old painting, which sold for a record-breaking sum at auction, has a few peculiarities.
A man in China got the surprise of his life after visiting the doctor with severe pain in his ear.
The remains of five former Archbishops of Canterbury have been unearthed under a medieval parish church.
Residents were left perplexed this week when the waters of Spain's Valira River turned a strange color.
Ashley Glawe ended up in the emergency room after her pet snake got stuck in a rather peculiar place.
A painting believed to be the work of Italian painter Raphael has been found in an 18th-century home.
Two government employees in Spain managed to skip work without anyone else noticing for over 15 years.
Researchers from Germany are building an artificial nervous system that will enable robots to feel pain.
A man in Portugal was arrested by police after managing to destroy a historic statue at a train station.
Scientists are hoping to extract DNA from skin and hair samples found on some of Da Vinci's paintings.
Were the Pink and White terraces of Lake Rotomahana really destroyed when Mount Tarawera erupted ?
A woefully unconvincing Abominable Snowman has turned up in footage recorded at Formigal in Spain.
7-year-old Olivia Farnsworth suffers from a rare condition that affects only 100 people worldwide.
A jovial primate at a zoo in Spain was filmed rolling on the floor laughing after seeing a nut disappear.
During a sleepwalking episode some people can suffer horrendous injuries without noticing or waking up.
A 12-year-old from Taiwan ended up putting his hand through a priceless Paolo Porpora painting.
Researchers have identified a subtle optical illusion responsible for the painting's enigmatic smile.
A controversial new video claims to have cracked an alternative version of the Da Vinci code.
Videos and photographs of the doll are said to have caused a range of symptoms in people viewing them.