Drake's State Farm Commercial Has Twitter Cracking Up
State Farm pulled out all stops by filling its 30-second spot during the Super Bowl with high-profile cameos, including Drake.
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The Real Reason That Abraham Lincoln Grew A Beard
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was the Republican nominee running for president, and around that time, he decided to grow a beard.
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The Famous Movie Inspired By The Texarkana Murder Mystery
During 1946, police failed to catch the man christened the Phantom Killer, and in 1976, the movie The Town That Dreaded Sundown based on the events.
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The Creepy Truth About The Texarkana Murder Mystery
What the media quickly dubbed the Texarkana Moonlight Murders, carried out by someone the local paper called the "Phantom Killer," panicked the small town.
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This Is How Thomas Edison Tried To Speak With The Dead
With such a long list of new ideas to his name, however, not all of them were going to be zingers. For example, Edison's idea for a "spirit phone."
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Betrayal Led To A Decade Of Warfare With The Apache
The Apache were no fans of the settler expansion that invaded their land and livelihoods. For much of the mid-1800s, Cochise firmly defended Apache territory.
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What It Was Really Like To Be A Cold War Spy
Throughout the course of the Cold War, spies played a vital part in establishing an edge for the United States and the Soviet Union.
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The Messed Up History Of Native American Boarding Schools
The first Native boarding school was opened in 1879, and for almost 100 years, they became another arena of forced assimilation and genocide.
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The Real Reason We Celebrate Valentine's Day
These days, Valentine's Day feels more and more commercial, less like a day to commemorate and celebrate. That wasn't the case years ago.
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The Wild True Story About The Origins Of The Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary has one of the most fascinating creation stories — one that involves murder, mental illness, decades of work, and tragic endings.
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The Amazing Real-Life Story Of Leonardo Da Vinci
To historians, da Vinci was the ultimate Renaissance man, known for his art, sculpture, anatomical drawings, inventions, and more.
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The Party Trick That Tragically Killed The Beat Generation's Muse
The three influential Beats were entangled in a network of relationships centered around Joan Vollmer, their "patron and muse," per All That's Interesting.
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The Messed Up Truth About The Bath School Disaster
School massacres have happened in the United States for as long as we've had schools, but the Bath School Disaster remains the deadliest.
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The Messed Up Truth Of Fashion Mogul Peter Nygard
In 2020, Peter Nygård was accused of and arrested for sexual assault, and alleged involvement in a sex-trafficking ring. A lawsuit was filed by 10 women.
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How Did Native Americans Of The Plains Hunt Buffalo?
Native Americans of the Plains relied on buffalo for food and shelter, and they came up with some creative ways to hunt them.
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The Oldest Buildings Still In Use Today
Amazingly, some buildings from the really, really olden days are still around and functioning today, as churches, museums, lighthouses, and more.
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The Messed Up Truth About Serial Killers Fred And Rosemary West
In 1994, Gloucester police met a house of horrors when they searched the home of Fred and Rosemary West. Here's the messed up truth about these serial killers.
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The Messed Up Truth About Austrian Serial Killer Jack Unterweger
Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger spent much of his life in and out of prison, but he still managed to kill nearly a dozen women.
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The Mystery Of Blackbeard's Only Legitimate Wife
Expectations aside, Blackbeard actually was married. Granted, he had tons of mistresses, but at some point, there is a documented wedding and one official wife.
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The Truth About The Octavius Ship
The Octavius is one of history's greatest ghost ships, and its story circulated after the discovery of the ship and dead crew in 1775.
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Famous People Who Survived The 1918 Flu Pandemic
One of the most devastating pandemics was the post-WWI Spanish flu, which killed somewhere between 20 and 50 million people.
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The Crazy Real-Life Story Of The Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad changed the U.S. by allowing easy travel from coast to coast. This is the crazy real-life story of the Transcontinental Railroad.
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The Untold Truth Of First Native American Member Of Congress
Some sources say Kamala Harris is the first person of color to hold the second highest office in US government, but that honor belongs to Charles Curtis.
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The Most Disastrous Clinical Trials In History
Clinical trials can usher in life-saving vaccines and treatments, but when things go wrong in a clinical trial, they can go spectacularly wrong.
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The Tragic 19th Century Megaflood Everyone Forgot About
The Great Flood of 1862 has been just about forgotten to history, despite flooding most of California, causing millions in damages and loss of life.
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Lynching: The Truth About Vigilante Injustice In The Wild West
The Wild West, the part of the country colonized during the Westward Expansion, took to the habit of lynching to dispense injustice.
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Andy Jassy: What You Should Know About Amazon's New CEO
Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services, has been with Amazon since the late 1990s and will take over after Jeff Bezos steps down.
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