What happened to Jimmy Hoffa, Madeleine McCann, and other victims of famous missing persons cases? Explore their mysterious disappearances and the leading theories behind them.The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System estimates that there are roughly 90,000 missing persons in the United States alone at any given time. While scientific advancements such as genealogy testing have solved many of these mysterious disappearances, many more remain unsolved — and will likely remain so.

From the rape victims who castrated their rapist in court to the US soldiers who summarily executed the Nazi concentration camp guards at Dachau, these are some of history's greatest revenge stories.Multiple sourcesRevenge is a dish best served cold — and these true revenge stories are frigid. Nothing is more dramatic than revenge stories and history is full of such tales. There’s the story of Diana the Bus Driver Hunter, who took matters into her own hands in response to the growing number of femicides in Mexico that went uninvestigated.

Though it may seem like these people have nothing in common, here are a few famous figures you had no idea were related to each other. Wikimedia CommonsTom Hanks and Abraham Lincoln, two individuals who have more in common than just being awesome. Occasionally, people surprise you. Take these historical figures for example. Though some of them seem like they could never be more different, it may surprise you that former President Bush and former President Obama have something in common.

Source: Wired Now that The X-Files revival has been confirmed (we’re getting six new episodes in January of 2016, which even made David Duchovny weep with joy), many have begun their requisite binge-watching of all nine seasons. What viewers might not have realized the first time around is that many episodes of the hit sci-fi drama were based on real government conspiracies, cover-ups, and paranormal events. Sometimes life is stranger than fiction.

The minks may have been set loose by the Animal Liberation Front, an activist group dedicated to ending the abuse and exploitation of animals.Yuri Tutov/AFP via Getty ImagesThe minks (not pictured here) are considered domesticated and may struggle to survive in the wild. Sometime between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Tuesday morning, activists crept onto Lion Farms USA Mink Farm in Hoaglin Township, Ohio. Under the cover of darkness, they released between 25,000 to 40,000 minks being raised for their fur — then vanished into the night.