By the mid-1700s, one kingdom had achieved a near-monopoly on the most important hub of the slave trade. This is the untold truth of the Kingdom of Dahomey.
Charles I began bucking tradition from the very start of his reign, well before his infamous execution. This is the curious coronation of Charles I explained.
Sophia Loren is an award-winning actress with a career spanning more than three-quarters of a century. How did she make her millions? It was a long road.
Westminster Abbey in London, England, is notable for its beauty and longevity, but there are plenty of facts about it that even most Anglophiles won't know.
Leonardo da Vinci may seem like he was born to create masterworks and bring forth invention, but da Vinci needed a teacher, too. Here's who that person was.
In 2017, Big Ben went under its first full restoration. Here's a look at what lies behind the iconic clock tower and where it stands in London's history.
Bill Russell, whose No. 6 jersey will be retired across the NBA, was a champion, a gold medalist and a civil rights activist. Here's what more you should know.
Historians have typically considered the presidency of John F. Kennedy one of the better ones, but not everything about the Kennedy administration was positive.
What Michael Vick made headlines for in 2007 should not be forgotten, in large part because dogfighting is still, inexplicably, a thing. And what about Vick?
From Aristotle and Zeno to Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, great minds have spent their lives researching and proving seemingly self-contradictory ideas.