The bones recovered from Canada's Cap-des-Rosiers beach indicated a diet low in protein and severe malnutrition, confirming they were very likely victims of the Great Famine of Ireland.

Only three grizzly bear skulls of this kind have ever been found in Kansas, the last of which was discovered in the 1950s. The siblings donated their rare find to the Sternberg Museum.

Previous evidence put the first humans in Australia some 65,000 years ago. But these blackened stones show it's more like 120,000.

Two human skulls were found in the Andalusian cave — with one showing signs of decapitation and trepanation.

The seventh-century ship held the largest collection of Byzantine and early Islamic pottery ever found in Israel.

The fossilized remains of a Bryde's whale were found near Bangkok, seven miles inland from the shore.

More than 300 bodies were buried across nine death pits of 15 people each. One contained three generations of one family.

The pantheon of horrid art restorations has a new contender: this 1923 carving in the Spanish town of Palencia.

The forgotten burial ground was discovered at a redevelopment site where four skyscrapers are slated to be built.

The 2002 film Catch Me If You Can tells the supposedly true story of Frank Abagnale Jr., but though this conman did pretend to be a pilot and cash bad checks throughout the 1960s and '70s, there's no real evidence that he ever worked for the FBI or scammed his victims out of $2.5 million.

In addition to ancient Roman pottery, jewelry, rare coins, and evidence of a road system, the 18-acre site in Newington, England also held the remains of an ancient temple.