Adidas has sold over 1 million eco-friendly shoes made from ocean plastic. Each pair reuses the equivalent of 11 plastic bottles

Dr. Donald Hopkins helped eradicate Smallpox, and is on the verge of killing another disease. He's taken Guinea Worm Disease down from 3.5 million cases a year to just 28 cases last year.

A father was denied access to see his premature twins in the NICU when Beyonce and Jay-Z had their daughter at the same time.

A small Alaskan plane was hit by a fish falling from the sky. It had been dropped by an eagle that misjudged its grip. The plane was unharmed, but it made the news as possibly the weirdest bird strike ever.

Before acting, Christopher Walken worked as a lion tamer in a circus at age 16. He performed with a lioness named Sheba and described the job as surprisingly calm—just another day before Hollywood stardom.

Serial killer Rodney Alcala acted as his own attorney in his trial. For five hours he interrogated himself on the witness stand, asking questions addressed to "Mr. Alcala" in a deep voice and answering them in his normal voice.

There was a man so dedicated to April Fools, he flew hundreds of tires into a dormant volcano in Alaska and set them on fire. Fooling the local populace, and coast guard into thinking the volcano was active.

A black, Nigerian couple living in the U.K. gave birth to a white, blonde, blue-eyed baby that they call the "miracle baby."

Stephen hawking says humanity won't survive without leaving earth. In fact, human beings may have less than 200 years to figure out how to escape our planet

On the western coast of New Providence in Nassau, Bahamas, there is a tourist attraction that you can dive down to see. Called Ocean Atlas, this is the largest single underwater sculpture ever installed. It depicts a local Bahamian girl carrying the weight of the ocean, in reference to the Ancient Greek myth of Atlas holding up the heavens.