The 1956 Summer Olympic games was one of the most controversial in history. The summer of '56 saw the first ever nations to boycott the event -- eight of them.
Yukio Mishima was rejected by liberals and conservatives alike despite his nationalism, but his novels still maintained a grip on the Japanese literary scene.
Ronald Reagan had a reputation of being a law-and-order president, but one of his final presidential pardons may surprise you. This is why is was controversial.
The anthem which accompanies the raising and lowering of the Olympic flag, known as the Olympic Hymn, has been played for virtually all of the games since 1960.
Unlike some haunted things, there's really no mystery surrounding the origins of "The Hands Resist Him," a painting so creepy it became an internet meme.
Here's a look at the women who were silenced long after the silent film era ended. These are the groundbreaking female filmmakers of early Hollywood and beyond.
In 1920, John B. Watson devised an experiment to determine whether an infant could be conditioned to fear something they were not previously afraid of.
Mexico City's 1968 Olympics shooting was the bloody culmination of student protests and put a spotlight on Mexico's authoritarian government at the time.
In June, 2021, a wooden "snake staff" was discovered during an archaeological dig in the Finnish wetlands of Järvensuo in the southwest of the country.
Everyone knows the phrase, it's a tough job, but someone has to do it. Sometimes there are jobs that just take that to the extreme —
Roman vomit collectors.
Painless Parker was the dentist that the American Dental Association once called "a menace to the dignity of the profession" who served thousands of patients.
Devil's Island was a prison system off the coast of French Guiana. If you were sentenced to do time there, that was pretty much the same as a death sentence.
It turns out that ancient Olympic games were much, much different than the ones we're used to seeing today, and for starters, these sports were much bloodier.
The clock is ticking. You may not know it yet but America may soon be hitting a crucial deadline. Rome, Greece, the Soviet Union ... could America be next?
The Burrs seemed to be an unlikely pair with Theodosia being 10 years older than Aaron Burr. Sadly, they would not live out their whole lives together.