Braveheart was an absolute classic, but Mel Gibson took more than a few liberties with the story. Here are some false things you believe about William Wallace.
The era of Spanish influence was ending, the age of US imperialism was starting. This is the real reason Spain sold the Philippine Islands to the United States.
There are tons of heraldic devices. Some have become not just symbols of families, but symbols of English nobility. And that's where the Queen's Beasts come in.
A lady-in-waiting is a woman who attends to the various needs of female members of a royal family. Here are the rules British ladies-in-waiting must follow.
Not only were quite a few women part of the pirate life, but they have some deeply fascinating stories. These are the most notorious female pirates in history.
In 1915-18, there was a systematic extermination of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire. Here's the tragic history of the 20th century Armenian Genocide.
Albert Einstein, the renowned physicist whose wild grey hair has become an iconic symbol of scientific genius, once had a son with a remarkable mind of his own.
Rapper Shock G, who became iconic for sporting a big fake nose and for the classic hit song "The Humpty Dance," was found dead in his Tampa hotel room April 22.
Who was the 'Earl of Sandwich of the Hotdog World,' so to speak, who introduced this delicious savory treat to the lives of decades of ball park baseball fans?
The food served to astronauts in space has improved leaps and bounds from the early years of the U.S. and Soviet space programs. Personnel are surely grateful.
Wealth often translates into power. If power is defined by wealth, there isn't even a close second to the most powerful religious organization in the world.
The CIA's "Kryptos" sculpture has intrigued professional cryptologists and everyday puzzle-lovers since its installation, yet its meaning is yet to be cracked.
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who died on April 9, 2021, sat for a last portrait in 2017 before retiring from public service. He spent an hour posing.
The Wars of the Roses were a three-decades-long fight between branches of one family (Yorks, Lancasters, and Tudors) over who should sit on England's throne.
Christian children in Sunday school are taught tales about Solomon's wise rulings. Biblical scholars study his writings not just as sacred writ, but literature.
Phillis Wheatley's work has been described as the "starting place of African-American literature." This is how she rose to prominence in Colonial America.
Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary Ernesto Guevara de la Serna -- better known as Che Guevara -- was a very wanted man by the time he was shot to death.
As President-elect Roosevelt hoisted himself into the car, several shots rang out into that mid-February night. Before the smoke cleared, five would be wounded.
Dr. Salk spent most of his career trying to find a cure for polio, a devastating childhood illness that affected over 15,000 Americans per year at its peak.