Two-headed snakes? Lightning that strikes the same place eight or nine times? Our world is surprising, confounding, remarkable, unpredictable - and sometimes, pretty darn strange. Here the editors of LIFE explore the true stories behind history"s most astonishing places, people, and events. Teen readers will be astounded by this colossal compendium of crazy coincidences, wild weather, peculiar people, and astounding animals. You have to see it to believe it!