A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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The Gate Tower Building skyscraper in Japan has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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