It's a story that's in countless textbooks, that's taught in schools and colleges, and that's generally accepted as historical fact....

There exists a Holy Grail in the cosmetic industry to create a cream that sheds years off your skin. Scientists...

Henry Ford once sued the Chicago Tribune for slander because it called him an ignorant anarchist. In court, the defense...

James Graham was a student of the University of Edinburgh and a student of electricity. In 1780, he opened the...

The most iconic image of an airship is perhaps that of the Hindenburg, crashing as it's engulfed in flames. That's...

A disturbing new twist on Australia’s feral cat population has emerged. Already nearly impossible to control and rapidly wiping out...

There are a lot of different names for that stuff that causes reduced visibility---and an agonizingly long commute---in the morning....

Following his escape from an Indiana prison in 1934, sightings of celebrity outlaw John Dillinger were reported across the Midwest....

In 1836, Maria Monk wrote a scathing, sordid expose on life in a Catholic nunnery. She told stories of murder,...

Deep in the Amazon rainforest lives a creature that only grows as long as your pinkie . . . yet it’s one of the...

When the Spanish arrived in Mexico in the 16th century, the conventional narrative declares that the native Aztecs (properly: the...

In 1859, the Earth was hit by a solar storm that extended the northern and southern lights all the way...

In the 1850s, San Francisco was awash with crime. From murderers and thieves to corrupt politicians, it wasn't a pleasant...

Teenagers can look like adults, dress like adults, and even act like adults at times; sometimes, it might be hard...

One of the strangest figures in history is The Count of Saint Germain. This man's origins were never truly known....

In 1932, the United States began a study into the effects of syphilis in black men. In 1940, a cure...

After losing his fortune, mentally unstable Englishman Joshua Norton declared himself emperor of the US on the streets of San...

There are a lot of people that say they don't like modern music. According to Leonard Horowitz, that's for a...

It's long been said that the strange name of the Ouija board came from a combination of the French and...

One of the most popular of the Sherlock Holmes stories, The Hound of the Baskervilles tells the tale of a...

For thousands of years, it’s been believed in China that if a man dies unmarried he will haunt his living...