.mcclatchy-embed{position:relative;padding:40px 0 56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;max-width:100%}.mcclatchy-embed iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%} Treehouses are the sort of thing grandparents might build for their grand.....»»

Kurt Cobain died more than 20 years ago, but that fact hasn’t stopped conspiracy theorists from claiming the Nirvana singer is alive and well. Oh, and also Peruvian. After a video of Peruvian singer Ramiro Saavedra performing the grunge band’s.....»»

A New York couple has taken the idea of a shotgun wedding literally: They married at a shooting club five years to the day after they first met at a trap-shooting competition. A New York couple has taken the idea of a shotgun wedding literally: They ma.....»»

After spending more than 40 years and $5 billion on an unfinished nuclear power plant in northeastern Alabama, the nation's largest federal utility is preparing to sell the property at a fraction of its cost. After spending more than 40 years and $5 bi.....»»

  A 1,700-year-old obituary, which had been archived for 27 years, has finally been translated ― and raises some interesting questions about previously held beliefs. Lincoln H. Blumell, an associate professor who specializes in ancient scripture .....»»

Charlotte Guttenberg, 67, says that when she got her first tattoo 10 years ago, her mother thought she had become “a child of the devil.” Today, with tattoos covering 91.5 percent of her body, she’s just been named by Guinness World Reco.....»»

It’s the food chain as you’ve never seen it before ― unless you were around 48 million years ago. Researchers working at Germany’s Messel Pit, a disused quarry near Frankfurt, recently discovered a fossil that shows a bug inside a liza.....»»

Proud dog owner Julie Docherty rolls deep. And her squad? Well, it’s a group of adorable chihuahuas. Not just any chihuahuas, mind you. The Los Angeles resident has a special affection for dogs in their golden years ― a love that started five year.....»»

Sandra LaMorgese was a holistic practitioner for many years before she lost her wellness clinic in the wake of the Great Recession in 2011. The 60-year-old has worked as a dominatrix ever since. “If you had told me 10 years ago that I would kick a m.....»»

These hunters got more than just a goose egg... A group of five goose hunters in Iceland stumbled upon a Viking sword estimated to be more than 1,000 years old on Friday, according to the BBC. The men were in the town of Skaftarhreppur when they discovere.....»»

An asteroid has been named after Freddie Mercury, who would have turned 70 years old Monday. The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center renamed Asteroid 17473 as “Freddiemercury” for the legendary Queen singer. Queen guit.....»»

You know what they say: The couple that dresses together, stays together. OK, maybe not. But every day for the 52 years of their marriage, Anthony Gargiula (@AnthonyGargiula) says his grandparents have dressed alike. His twinning grandparents tweet blew u.....»»

Warning: This post contains nudity and may not be appropriate for work environments.  It’s been five years since photographer Spencer Tunick captured 1,200 naked men and women swimming in Israel’s Dead Sea, their bodies looking no bigger.....»»

Some mistakes are never too late to fix. Some mistakes are never too late to fix......»»

The woman who sparked mass transit chaos when she brought live crickets and worms into a New York City subway car Wednesday and subsequently flew into a rage has revealed she is an actress who staged the incident to prove a point. Live crickets .....»»

This post originally appeared on National Geographic.  Since the discovery of Ötzi the Iceman in a European glacier in 1991, scientists have recovered a wealth of information from his 5,300-year-old mummified remains: The brown-eyed, gap-tooth.....»»

"I can"t believe it" Bizarre UFO sighting John Lennon had in New York 42 years ago TODAY.....»»

It took a homeless woman who lives on the streets of our nation’s capital more than 10 years, but she finally proved that Social Security owes her more than $100,000. Wanda Witter, a former machinist from Corning, N.Y., who is divorced and the mothe.....»»

A fisherman located on the Philippines’ Palawan Island unknowingly made the discovery of a lifetime when he found an enormous pearl ― possibly the largest in the world ― more than a decade ago. The unnamed man kept the secret treasure in his hom.....»»

Sometimes, life can be as pretty as a picture. Literally.  Jarrod Robertson from Birmingham, Alabama, was at the top of a ski lift in the Italian municipality of Kastelruth when he realized the view before him miraculously matched the .....»»