Balder's death is hugely important in Norse myth. And that death is a pretty involved bit of mythology, so let's get into all of the details surrounding Balder.
The Panic of 1873 wasn't the first financial panic and it definitely wasn't the last, but it had an enormous effect on American society and the Global North.
John F. Kennedy survived the war, but his admission into the Navy in the first place was only possible because of his family's wealth and political influence.
When most of us picture life as a princess, we picture a fairytale. However, the story of Princess Helen of Serbia turned out to be more of a nightmare
In 1928, Ernest Hemingway was in his late 20s and had already gone through his first divorce when he visited the island of Key West in the Florida Keys.
With political experience under his belt, you would think the role of president would be natural for John Quincy Adams. Turns out this was not exactly the case.
Physicist Lise Meitner was not only part of the scientific team that discovered nuclear fission, she was also vocal about the reaction's destructive potential.
Tina Turner's struggles didn't begin with Ike. Born Anna Mae Bullock in 1939, she had a difficult childhood during which both of her parents abandoned her.
What is with Starbucks' name (snappy and unusual as it is) and the brand's nautical design? The story involves Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby-Dick."
Humans have been eating the meat of pigs for an incalculable number of years, likely beginning with the first instance of a hunter-gatherer killing a wild boar.
While lesser known than other 20th century tyrants like Hitler or Stalin, Pol Pot's genocidal legacy is on the same vile level of derangement and nefariousness.
Harry Houdini was one slippery guy. So it makes sense that before World War I broke out, he probably worked as a spy for the U.S. and Britain. Or, did he?
Amid a sea of reporters, would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. shot President Ronald Reagan in the lung, just missing his heart, seriously wounding three others