While in the West and in much of the world we go by the Gregorian calendar to mark the new year, the history of Lunar New Year goes back to ancient Asia.
There are many obvious differences between the 1720s and today, but what people did back then to make a living in colonial America might seem oddly familiar.
Anne Frank's diary gave the world a unique view of the terror of Nazi occupation. The last months of her life were darker than any page of her journal.
Clairvoyant Edgar Cayce is one of the many from his field who had a prediction for how the world would end. Here's what he thought was going to happen.
Across the first five books of the Bible there are a lot more than just 10 Commandments. Here are some biblical commandments that you might not have heard of.
While John F. Kennedy was in the White House, there were a lot of crazy parties behind closed doors, which were very different that the official public ones.
You may have heard of the "doomed poet" trope or of someone who is a martyr for their art. This 19th century painting was integral in popularizing the idea.
The 24th Special Tactics Squadron has a decorated but mysterious history. Here is the untold true of one of the most elite fighting forces in American history.
Notorious gangster Bugsy Siegel was killed one night while relaxing with the newspaper. Here's what happened to the Beverly Hills house where he was murdered?
During World War II it was all hands on deck and everyone made sacrifices, even of little things. Here's why England specifically banned white bread in WWII.
The Bible has birthed many scenes in popular culture, such as the infamous apple that caused humanity's fall. But not all of these are actually in the Bible.
Despite being obsessively looked into by historians and conspiracy theorists for decades, many details of the JFK assassination's timeline are not well-known.
Former first lady Jackie Kennedy died on May 19, 1994, from non-Hodgkins lymphoma. She left quite the mark throughout her life. Here's where she was buried.
In 2000, Libya shocked the world by accusing several nurses and doctors of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV. Their trial was a multi-year ordeal.
Japan's 1954 "Godzilla" kicked off a massive franchise that has even found success in the United States. But the creation has some horrifying symbolic origins.
Since the 1950s, more than 500 people have died in Georgia's Lake Lanier. But even before the manmade lake was formed, the area was plagued by tragedy.
At the end of 2023, Queen of Denmark Margrethe II announced she would be be abdicating in January. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark will take her place.