What It Was Really Like Being A Follower Of Pythagoras
There's a lot more to Pythagoras than his equation. He was also a leader of a group, who believed in reincarnation and the mystical properties of numbers.
Read MoreThere's a lot more to Pythagoras than his equation. He was also a leader of a group, who believed in reincarnation and the mystical properties of numbers.
Read MoreBy 1922, he had published The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, and his burgeoning career was deemed "worth watching" by none other than the poet Ezra Pound
Read MoreThe United Kingdom's departure from the European Union -- Brexit -- means huge challenges for the UK's future relationship with the Republic of Ireland.
Read MoreMaybe as compensation for forcing the library's employees to work in this stark concrete box, it has something that none of the other LOC buildings do: Dunkin'.
Read MoreThe 14th Amendment to the US constitution is known as one of the most important documents in the history of race and the struggle for equality in the country.
Read MoreThere may be no stronger link between a president and his food than Ronald Reagan and jelly beans. Here is the real reason he ate them.
Read MoreRudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book chronicled the life of the feral child named Mowgli. The story of the real-life Mowgli, though, didn't have a happy ending.
Read MoreIn 1876, Secretary of War William W. Belknap became the only U.S. Cabinet member (so far) to have ever been impeached by the House of Representatives.
Read MoreIndiana's LaGrange County in 1971 established an "anti-hippie" ordinance that regulated gatherings of more than 500 people and that lasted longer than 12 hours.
Read MoreBiosphere 2 was billed as an "ecological laboratory and planetary commune prototype." Did it work? Not really. Here's the crazy real-life story of Biosphere 2.
Read MoreWhere did the iconic and instantly recognizable heart shape come from? How did human hearts become associated with love in the first place?
Read MoreThe Fitzgeralds mirror their history perfectly, from their heyday of the roaring 20s to their downfall in the Great Depression. Here is their tragic story.
Read MoreImpeached and convicted presidents have to accept certain laws and Constitution-ordered dictums. Here are some rules that impeached presidents have to follow.
Read MoreStudio 54 defined clubbing, disco, and celebrity in the late 70s. There were many people working behind the velvet rope, behind the bar, and behind the scenes.
Read MoreFlappers are the quintessential figures of the high-flying, hard-partying 1920s and were at the forefront of social change.
Read MoreDespite being one of the most tragic and devastating man-made disasters in North American history, the Halifax Explosion remains largely unknown.
Read MoreReagan said medical experts recommended the cancellation because the frigid temperature and heavy wind posed significant health risks to those attending.
Read MoreBill Belichick's decision to decline the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Trump is entirely without precedent.
Read MoreThe truth is that no one gun won the West, though the double-barreled shotgun should be in the conversation alongside the famous Colt .45 and Winchester rifle.
Read MoreLong before Coca-Cola, America's oldest soft drink was invented by a British chemist in 1767 as a medicinal remedy.
Read MoreThe United States got control of Puerto Rico after the Spanish-American War in 1898. The U.S. has yet to give control back to Puerto Ricans.
Read MoreMost critics have been forthright in claims that George Orwell's humane articulation of his subjects was genuine. His life experiences informed his fiction.
Read MoreIvy League schools used to require nude photos of students, and the real reason for the nude photos may surprise you.
Read MoreWhen an ex-monk hijacked a plane, he had a list of demands that included the Vatican release the Third Secret of Fatima.
Read MoreTeddy Roosevelt was obsessed with boxing and created his own fight club in the White House basement.
Read MoreGiven the Kennedys' fame, it's surprising that the efforts of the Boiler Room Girls aren't often mentioned. This is the untold truth of the Boiler Room Girls.
Read MoreDuring the first two years of Kennedy's administration, the Kennedy family were concerned about Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office.
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