The modern world is full of highly regarded institutions of learning -- Cambridge and Oxford in England, Harvard and Yale in the U.S. And in ancient times?
George Washington -- the man who won the American Revolution, the first president of the United States -- surely as revered in death as he was in life.
Today, 13 of Oklahoma's all-Black towns remain, and their residents continue to fight for their preservation and believe in their renewal in the 21st century.
Engineer Robert Fulton didn't invent the concept of a steamboat, but he perfected it, making the commercial use of safe, steam-driven ships finally possible.
Despite being familiar, there's a lot about the yin and yang symbol that many don't know. These are things people get wrong about the yin and yang symbol.
Some people will hold that life does indeed imitate art. They usually aren't talking about crime, however -- certainly not about Agatha Christie. Right?
Spider webs might not seem very useful to us humans, but they were actually highly important for dressing wounds during the period of the ancient Romans.
Roger Staubach is probably most readily remembered as a successful and effective member of the Dallas Cowboys football team. Less known is his military service.
Elvis Presley met his future bride Priscilla Presley (née Beaulieu) in 1959. Here is the real truth about Elvis Presley's relationship with Priscilla Presley.
There are many gods and goddesses throughout world religions. Chinnamasta is a Hindu goddess with a very specific depiction that may leave the viewer perturbed.
There's a fair chance you've heard of "The Great Gatsby." But what about the 1939 novel "Gadsby," which does not contain a single letter "e" in its many pages?
Sometimes greatness just happens, but most often, it requires hard work, planning, and sacrifice -- sometimes in extreme measures, for years at a time.
John Kennedy was instrumental in saving the lives of his crew when their patrol boat was sunk during World War II. Helping him were two men from the region.
It's a long list -- artists who got their start singing gospel music. Toward the top is a woman who was also instrumental in the civil rights movement.
Sherry Shriner's beliefs might sound extreme, but she used to teach them to her huge cult following, built entirely on YouTube, radio shows, and websites.
Korean is not only phonetic but also has one of the easiest-to-learn alphabets in the world (at least, according to some speakers). So how did it originate?
In much the same way that people made far more money selling equipment to miners than miners did mining, so it often is with managers of popular performers.
William Shakespeare is perhaps more talked about than actually studied or even performed, but that doesn't detract from his importance to English literature.
For many, Father's Day seems as old as time -- or at least as old as Mother's Day. But the real story behind the holiday is a lot more recent than you think.