Sometimes the point of capital punishment has been punishment, inflicting maximum pain before to death. Those who think otherwise try to execute humanely.
Quick: What size battery does your TV remote use? Your flashlight? How about the portable radio you take camping? Your electric guitar? Are any of them B?
Incorruptible saints have long amazed with claims of saintly bodies untouched by time and decomposition. So what are they, and why don't their bodies decay?
Can openers are a staple of everyday life, and a tool found in most kitchens, but it took 50 years after the invention of cans for the opener to be invented.
During WWII, the U.S. tried to invade mainland Japan with radioactive, glow-in-the-dark foxes. Here's everything you need to know about "Operation Fantasia."
What is most unusual about Genghis Khan is that somebody so important to the pageant of world history has many key details of his life and work unknown.
Candice Cohen-Ahnine fell from a fourth-story apartment amidst a bitter custody battle with her ex-husband, a Saudi prince. Her death remains unsolved.
History was made in 1987 when then-U.S.-President Ronald Reagan spoke in front of the Berlin Wall, long a symbol of post-World-War-II Soviet authoritarianism.
Since the moment when humans first learned to control fire, we've been pushing back against the darkness with various inventions, some better than others.
The spouses of world leaders sometimes work overtime to stay out of the limelight. Mikhail Gorbachev's wife, Raisa, used her platform to create positive change.
While nostalgia for the 1980s is on the uptick, there are still mysteries unsolved and crimes unpunished. These are the biggest unsolved mysteries of the 1980s.
If there is one thing that is always changing, it is language. Here are insulting English words and phrases that have evolved to be neutral or even compliments.
Flirting in the Victorian era was different than it is in the 21st century, and a lot of the proper ways of flirting were complicated and pretty audacious.
It's pretty normal for many children (and adults) to see a device and wonder how it works. To the point of disassembling it. For instance, a live grenade.
The white lab coat is a symbol of the medical and scientific professions. But, they weren't always white and scientists chose the color for one thrifty reason.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has rallied global response, in terms of nations' economic pressure. That's felt by Russia's wealthy and influential oligarchs.
When it comes to military research and experiments, some stuff that sounds more like it belongs in poorly conceived novel rather than in the pages of history.
The religious aspect of the Ukrainian conflict is as important as the political one. Here's the history of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict's religious dimension.