The Sad Truth Of The Little Albert Experiment
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.
Read MoreIn 1920, John B. Watson devised an experiment to determine whether an infant could be conditioned to fear something they were not previously afraid of.
Read MoreMexico City's 1968 Olympics shooting was the bloody culmination of student protests and put a spotlight on Mexico's authoritarian government at the time.
Read MoreAs the Great Depression dashed people's hopes and finances from coast to coast, one man in Texas thought it would be fun to prank the entire country.
Read MoreIn June, 2021, a wooden "snake staff" was discovered during an archaeological dig in the Finnish wetlands of Järvensuo in the southwest of the country.
Read MoreEveryone 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.
Read MorePainless Parker was the dentist that the American Dental Association once called "a menace to the dignity of the profession" who served thousands of patients.
Read MoreDevil'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.
Read MoreIt 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.
Read MoreThe 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?
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreHere's a closer look at Carrie Nation and her oftentimes wild, chaotic life story as one of the leading figures of the temperance movement.
Read MorePeople from every walk of life participated, carving their own piece of the treeless landscape. Here's what you need to know about the Oklahoma Land Rush.
Read MoreThe Code of Hammurabi is one of the oldest codes of law that archeologists have found from ancient history.
Read MoreThough it had been hit by tsunamis before, the disaster that unfolded in Alaska in 1958 was the biggest tsunami ever recorded, with a 1,700-foot wave.
Read MoreBill isn't the only Clinton boy who knows how to get into trouble. His drug-dealing brother Roger was nicknamed "Headache" by the Secret Service.
Read MoreOverzealous and unremarkable — two words that described Richard Jewell. They contributed to the FBI's suspicions he planted a pipe bomb at the 1996 Olympics.
Read MoreWhen it comes to teeth, nothing represents a healthy set of chompers like a gleaming white smile. Some cultures have gone to, um, great lengths to get there,
Read MoreBetween October 1977 and February 1978, Los Angeles was terrorized by a serial killer who preyed on women — but the Hillside Strangler was a pair of killers.
Read MoreYes, politicians sometimes run afoul of the law, but how about being chased down by Capitol police? This bizarre incident occurred in 1988 during a filibuster.
Read MoreAmelia Earhart disappeared with only one companion, Fred Noonan, on her fateful last flight in 1937. Earhart didn't really know Noonan well when he signed on.
Read MoreDeadliest Catch? Dirtiest Jobs? They got nothing on the medieval career of gong farming. Gong farming was among the most reviled but necessary careers.
Read MoreEven though she was repeatedly told to be less radical, Maryland civil rights activist Gloria Richardson was unwilling to compromise.
Read MoreAs air travel increased during the 20th century, so did the risk of planes crashing into one another. Here are the deadliest midair plane collisions in history.
Read MoreWhile many have heard of the horrors of mustard gas during wartime, fewer know about the torturous experiments carried out on "volunteer" U.S. soldiers.
Read MoreStanley Kubrick and Stephen King. Both masters of their disciplines. But when Kubrick filmed his version of The Shining, King didn't find it all that thrilling.
Read MoreThough they seemed like a typical family, Chris and Shanann Watts were having relationship issues that led to the murder of Shanann and her two girls.
Read MoreDrew Peterson, a former police sergeant in Bolingbrook, Illinois, was convicted in 2012 of murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
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