I will report on two new observational constraints on the gamma-ray burst (GRB) phenomenon. First, when investigating time-resolved gamma-ray spectra taken with the Fermi/GBM detector, we find that 90% of the spectra are significantly narrower than synchrotron emission, thus contradicting the leading explanation over the last 20 years. Second, we have found a supernova related to a particularly long-duration gamma-ray burst which is more luminous than can be explained by Nickel decay. This challenges our standard idea of black hole formation following a GRB.