Well, look, we just report the news around here, no matter how incredible it sounds. And this one is incredible and beautiful and almost too good to be true, but in a story that's being corroborated by many witnesses, a 12-year-old girl who had been kidnapped in Ethiopia by a group of men who intended to force her into marriage was rescued by a trio of benevolent lions (a trio of benevolent lions). The girl, who had been missing for a week, was the captive of seven men who had beat her and intended to marry her. But before they could seriously harm her, three lions appeared and—holy moly, can you even believe it?—stood guard over the girl until she was found by police. Government authorities suspect that the girl's crying reminded the lions of mewing cubs and they took her under their incredible golden paws until they were certain she was safe.“They stood guard until we found her and then they just left her like a gift and went back into the forest,” Sgt. Wondimu Wedajo said. “If the lions had not come to her rescue, then it could have been much worse. Often these young girls are raped and severely beaten to force them to accept the marriage.” This remarkable event took place in 2005, but gaining new attention in light of the United Nation's recent announcement that as many as 41% of all Ethiopian marriages are forced ... Discuss

North Korea's had quite a year. Between Kim Jong Un's wedding and his being named The Onion's Sexiest Man of the Year, there's just no ceiling on this country's fortune. And now things have gone to the next level, with North Korean scientists' discovery of a unicorn graveyard. Apparently, there's an old North Korean myth about Tongmyong, who founded the real-life Koguryo Kingdom and is something like the Western world's King Arthur: a real person whose feats have slowly taken on mythic proportions. Among those feats is Tongmyong's affinity for riding on unicorns, the burial ground for which North Korean archeologists announced they'd found near the capital city of Pyongyang. Since the claim received skepticism from around the world, the government has backed off a little, saying that the word "unicorn" was mistranslated and that they'd only found the lair of a beast with a "dragon's head, a deer's body, the tail of a cow, hooves and a mane." Oh. One of those ... Discuss

Scientists have discovered a new type of tarantula in a remote part of Sri Lanka. The massive spider has a leg span of 8 inches—as Wired magazine puts it, that’s “about the size of your face”. Got that? If you’re wondering just how big this new, terrifying type of jungle spider is, just imagine one covering your entire face. Here are some other fun facts from the story: the spider is related to other “tiger spiders” and “the Goliath bird-eater”, spiders known for being “fast” and “venomous”. To summarize: A new kind of super-fast, animal-killing, poisonous spider that can cover your entire face has been living right under our noses for centuries. Sweet dreams … Discuss