Across most of Europe, witches were known for communing with the Devil and cursing their neighbors. Sicilian witches, though, were...

In 1898, a shipment of hundreds of tons of beef arrived for American troops in Cuba fighting the Spanish-American War....

An amazing, and seemingly superstitious, part of the legal systems throughout the medieval period in Europe involved the question of...

In spite of the popular legend, there's nothing that actually suggests the Earl of Sandwich was pulling an all-nighter at...

Chances are pretty good you’ve never heard of Button Gwinnett. While he signed the Declaration of Independence, he never achieved...

In 1886, a mysterious creature was on the loose in Madison Valley, Montana. Mormon settler Israel A. Hutchins shot and...

Printed in 1931, Tintin in the Congo by Herge is today more famous for its racism than its whimsical adventures....

In the 12th century, two children were reportedly found in Suffolk, England with green skin. The two, a boy and...

The Global Financial Crisis started in 2007 and lasted until 2008. It is considered one of the worst financial crises...

Microsoft's revolutionary MS-DOS operating system was a essentially a ripoff -- a "Quick and Dirty" operating system that a 24-year-old...

Most people are aware that J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. However,...

We could have been calling Texans “New Filipinos." For much of its history, the state was called “Nuevas Filipinas” by...

As the Chinese move to acquire pets, merchants have begun selling "counterfeit" dogs -- hapless, inbred mongrels dyed and subjected...

Wind chill is a mathematically derived number designed to let us know what the outdoor temperature feels like to our...

Despite being one of the most difficult places on earth to reach, Mount Everest is plagued by trash, leftover gear,...

The Huntsville Unit is Texas's most infamous prison, but its reputation didn't scare Federico Carrasco. In 1974, the incarcerated drug...

An 1869 ride-along in a steam-powered car turned deadly when the vehicle arrived at a bend in the road. The...

Marie Antoinette was little more than a girl when she found herself a queen; it wasn't long before the boredom...

Despite the dangers, everyone in Tsovkra-1, a remote village in Dagestan, Russia, once walked a tightrope. Most still do---even the...

"Doctor Who" celebrates its 50th anniversary today and is the longest-running sci-fi show in history -- a TV series that...

The term "third world country" was coined shortly after World War II in the face of the Cold War. Contrary...