The Crazy Real-Life Story Of The Man Who Wanted To Talk To Dolphins
One of the reasons we know dolphins are intelligent is the work of John C. Lilly This is the crazy real-life story of the man who wanted to talk to dolphins.
Read MoreOne of the reasons we know dolphins are intelligent is the work of John C. Lilly This is the crazy real-life story of the man who wanted to talk to dolphins.
Read MoreTwain also spent time in the Hawaiian Islands, visiting the tropical paradise in 1866 for the first time and falling in love with the area.
Read MoreSoon after the river closed, 25-year-old Twain enlisted in the war, a member of the pro-Confederate Marion Rangers.
Read MoreAntonio López de Santa Ana was a conniving leader who liked to play both sides of a conflict for his own personal gain, and he was both lionized and reviled.
Read MoreCivil rights activist and recent Google Doodle honoree Elizabeth Peratrovich was responsible for the United States' very first anti-discrimination law.
Read MoreThe Ghost Army was a group of just a few hundred men tasked with using artistic and creative ability to change the course of entire battles in WWII.
Read MoreLost in the confusion of his assassination was the reaction of his wife, First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, and what happened to her after he was assassinated.
Read MoreThe embalmers of Egyptian mummies loom large in civilization. Yet little is known about them. Recent discoveries and research have shed new light.
Read MoreNostradamus has become synonymous with seeing the future and occult prophecy, though also cited for predictions that haven't actually come true
Read MoreThe assassination attempt against George H.W. Bush actually happened after the former president left office.
Read MorePresident Bill Clinton was the target of several assassination attempts over the course of his two terms in the White House, with three in 1994.
Read MoreJudge Roy Bean, known as the Texas hanging judge since the late 1800s, never actually hanged anybody despite his reputation.
Read MoreThe Ancient Romans are famous for feasting and drinking. Here's what it was really like to party like an Ancient Roman.
Read MoreThe real reason D.A.R.E. never worked involves how police officers taught the program, which led to significant changes to D.A.R.E.
Read MoreAttila the Hun cuts an intimidating figure across history, but not much is really known about him. Historians suspect that many ideas about Attila are false.
Read MoreThe first commercial plane hijacking happened in 1948 and made hijacking an airplane a crime for the first time ever.
Read MoreSome of the strangest things NASA astronauts left on the moon after several missions include items of symbolism and astronaut debris.
Read MoreIreland is separated into two countries, with the Republic of Ireland in the south and northwest and Northern Ireland in the northeast.
Read MoreThe relationship between FDR and the Kennedys started off quite promising but soon declined after some controversial actions by Joe Kennedy.
Read MoreFor a bunch of geniuses, the folks over at NASA have made some pretty boneheaded mistakes in the administration's more than six decades of space exploration.
Read MoreLeonard Reiffel was part of a collaborative operation between NASA and the Air Force to detonate a nuclear warhead on the moon. Grown men, nuking the moon.
Read MoreThe practice of publishing false information to sway public opinion has a much longer history than you may have previously thought -- back to the 19th century.
Read MoreThe Christmas season is not complete in the nation's capital without the annual Christmas tree lighting, and the month-long celebration of the Pageant of Peace.
Read MoreKetchup. Mustard. Vinegar. All delicious toppings for your fries. And once upon a time, they eased conditions like stomach aches and other ills.
Read MoreFrom 1976-1983, Argentina's right-wing military dictatorship conducted the Dirty War against those it suspected of being leftist political opposition.
Read MoreEvery American president certainly is aware that the office makes them uniquely vulnerable targets. Some presidents have had to face that danger more than once.
Read MoreBy the end of the 19th century, the only Spanish colonial remnants in the Americas were Cuba and Puerto Rico.
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