The Truth About The Great Mosque Of Samarra
Covering an area of around 38,000 square meters, the Great Mosque was not bettered by any other until its destruction at the hands of invading Mongols in 1278.
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What Anna Maria Lane Accomplished By Pretending To Be A Man
While the Founding Fathers of the United States are important, there are others who accomplished some incredible things but don't make it into history books.
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Enemies Of Putin Who Have Died
Since Vladimir Putin became Russia's president, dozens of journalists have been murdered and many of his critics have ended up dead. Here are just a few.
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The Truth About The Assassination Attempt On John D. Rockefeller
Wealthy industrialist John D. Rockefeller created countless enemies during his lifetime, and his family's hard stance on labor issues fueled the ire of many.
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Why A Door Hinge May Be The Reason Neil Armstrong Was The First Man On The Moon
Neil Armstrong, the commander of the mission and whose rank dictated that he should stay inside during a spacewalk, was in the best position to get out first.
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Here's What The Bible Really Says About Depression
While there was no word for it, cases of depression have been reported since the second millennium B.C. and symptoms were often blamed on bad spirits.
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Things Gladiator Got Right About History
Did a Roman General named Maximus ever exist? Here's what you need to know about the true history that inspired the Russell Crowe movie "Gladiator."
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Why Charles Lindbergh Refused To Celebrate Mother's Day
Aviator Charles Lindbergh believed that Mother's Day was a holiday created to boost businesses.
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The Billy The Kid Theory That Could Change Everything
BIlly the Kid was shot by a sheriff in New Mexico in 1881. Or, was he? This is the theory about his life and death that could change everything.
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The Twisted Truth About The Dark Lord Of Rome
One of the more notable members of the Borgia clan was fourth generation member Cesare Borgia, the illegitimate second son of Rodrigo Borgia.
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How Pope John XII's Brothel Lifestyle Contradicted His Celibacy Vow
Men with an interest in certain positions in the Catholic Church have been expected to live lives of celibacy, which means no marriage and certainly no sex.
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Why Leonardo Da Vinci And Michelangelo Couldn't Stand Each Other
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, both of whom lived in the 1400s and 1500s, created works of art that have been studied by many over the centuries.
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This Is How Many Toes North Pole Explorer Robert Peary Lost
The danger that an explorer faces, particularly those who go to the most inhospitable places on Earth, is the loss of one's body parts to the elements.
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The Surprising Way Teeth Were Once Used As Medicine
Knowledge of the human body and how to treat it is always growing, and now we have access to surgeries and procedures that were just dreams centuries ago.
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The Reason New England Once Banned Christmas
The founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who left England because of persecution, thought little of Christmas and opened their shops on December 25.
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The Real Reason Sigmund Freud Hated The United States
Sigmund Freud, pioneer in the then-emerging study of the role the mind plays in one's health, shared his fellow Europeans' love and hatred of the U.S.
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How Lincoln's Son Was Linked To The Assassination Of Three US Presidents
What history forgets to teach is that Lincoln's son, Robert, bore witness to other presidential tragedies, years after the death of his father.
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The 9,000-Year-Old Beer Discovered In China
Ah... beer. What could be finer than a pint of cold, frothy beer after a hard day's work? Stroll into a pub, peruse the taps, make your choice, sit and chill.
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Why Mark Twain Couldn't Stand The Post Office
The strangest of all Twain's clashes came not at the expense of a single person but rather of a vast and faceless organization: the United States Post Office.
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How A Sunken Ship Led To Ed And Lorraine Warren's Marriage
If you've never heard the names Ed and Lorraine Warren, you're sure to have heard of some of the most famous supernatural cases they've investigated.
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Why Ferdinand Magellan Was Considered A Traitor To His Home Country
Ferdinand Magellan approached Portugal's King Manuel repeatedly to ask him to fund a westward voyage to the Spice Islands, to no avail.
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We Could Have Avoided The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Here's How
The BP oil spill was a gargantuan disaster, but it could have been totally avoided if the company had done a better job. Here's what could have happened.
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Why Florida Would Have Never Been A State Without John Quincy Adams
Anyone who has enjoyed the warm, beautiful beaches of Florida owes thanks to John Quincy Adams, as his talks with Spain changed the geography of the U.S.
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The Real Reason Alfred Kinsey Collected Millions Of Wasps
It is almost unthinkable that one person could collect — by hand — seven-and-a-half million of anything without it being the work of a whole lifetime.
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Here Is Why Some Scholars Think God Had A Wife
By "God," researcher Stavrakopoulou means specifically Yahweh, the God of Ancient Israel from whom many modern formulations of the Almighty are derived.
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What The Bible Really Says About Beards
Some of the Bible's teachings about facial hair and head hair are actually rather vague, and in the cases when they're specific.
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Here's What The Bible Really Says About Going To A Psychic
Depending on what Bible you reference, mediums, spiritualists, necromancers, and their ilk are all verboten. Despite that, 1 in 5 Americans have visited one.
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