For centuries, it’s been very common for people all over the world to refer to the Netherlands---to the disdain of...

It's easy to confuse art deco and art nouveau if you're not sure what you're looking for; both styles overlapped,...

One of the most disturbing facets of war is rape. Even in the relatively modern Second World War, millions of...

During World War I, members of the British intelligence service MI6 used, um, "bodily fluids" as invisible ink to pass...

Around A.D. 560, the earliest recorded copyright dispute in history erupted in Ireland. At stake was the ownership of a...

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Jack Parsons has been called the “true father of the American space race” by no less than the prominent rocket...

When Mussolini started his domestic campaign to make Italy a self-sufficient country, he took aim at one of Italy's most...

It's called infrasound: This refers to a sound which has a frequency lower than 20 khz. This frequency is at...

Whenever there is a large disaster, one of the first things authorities will often wish to do is dispose of...

Grave robbers were a major problem in the 18th and 19th centuries. These body snatchers made a living selling the...

Many movies and TV shows incorrectly depict armored knights shambling around awkwardly like metal-encased zombies. Worse, even the most heavily...

In slightly underreported news, doctors are now saying that HIV can be functionally cured with early enough detection. In early...

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One of the most infamous musicians of all-time, Ozzy Osbourne is well-known for his years as a drug-taking, drink-swilling hellraiser....

The echidna is a small mammal native to Australia and New Guinea. Small and unassuming, its diet consists mainly of...

In 1944, a group of POWs planned a daring prison break. They’d tunnel under the fences, hike through the wilderness,...

Though they seem ubiquitous, lining the shelves of every pharmacy, home pregnancy tests are a truly modern innovation, only available...

Atrazine is the second--most popular pesticide in the United States, widely used on crops such as corn, sorghum, and sugarcane...

After a trip to the African continent, Tippi Hedren and husband Noel Marshall were inspired to make a film about...

Before she was a Hollywood superstar, Hedy Lamarr found herself trapped in a “prison of gold.” As a teenager, the...