The French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte left five strands of his hair in this trademark bicorne hat.Zheng Huansong/Xinhua via Getty ImagesThe recently discovered Napoleon hat, similar to this one, contains a few strands of his hair. An anonymous buyer got more than he bargained for when he picked up a 19th-century bicorne hat at a small German auction house. Not only is it one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s hats — but it also contains the French emperor’s DNA.

They orbit Earth at the same distance as our known Moon, they're nine times wider than our planet, and we weren't even sure they were there — until now.Gabor HorvathAn illustration (not to scale) showing the position of one of the Kordylewski clouds in relation to the Earth, Sun, and Moon. After more than 50 years of speculation, a group of astronomers has finally confirmed the existence of two other “moons” orbiting Earth.

Archaeologists believe the mummy may have been a healer or priestess when she was alive. Screenshot Altai News/Youtube The Altai republic of the southern Siberian territory has not recorded any infections from the current coronavirus outbreak. Some say it is due to the protection of an ancient mummy known as the Princess of Ukok or the Siberian Ice Maiden. Like the rest of the world, Russia has been hard hit by the coronavirus outbreak, except for its Altai region in southern Siberia where zero COVID-19 cases have been identified so far.

"Cases of cannibalism among polar bears are a long-established fact, but we're worried that such cases used to be found rarely while now they are recorded quite often."ReutersPolar bears have been known to eat each other in the past, but now this once-rare phenomenon is rampant. With climate change melting Arctic ice and humans encroaching on their habitat, polar bears have increasingly resorted to killing and eating each other. According to expert Ilya Mordvintsev, polar bear cannibalism is not a new phenomenon — but now it’s distressingly rampant.

Zookeepers said that it's probably for the best that the spotless baby giraffe was born in captivity, since wild giraffes use their famous spots as camouflage.When it comes to Earth’s animals, there are a few universally agreed-upon facts. For example, it can reasonably be said that zebras have stripes, and giraffes have spots. So it came as a shock to zookeepers at Brights Zoo in Tennessee when one of their giraffes gave birth to a baby without any spots at all.