What Native Americans Ate Every Day Before Europeans Came
For Native Americans, putting dinner on the table was a full-time job. This is what Native Americans ate every day before Europeans came.
Read MoreFor Native Americans, putting dinner on the table was a full-time job. This is what Native Americans ate every day before Europeans came.
Read MoreThe Roman Empire at its height spanned all the way through the tip of modern day Scotland, down to encompass all of Europe, out to Russia and into Turkey, and along the northern African coast. But did the Romans have any idea what that empire actually looked like?
Read MoreMount Rushmore is a symbol of a dark, treacherous past full of stolen land and broken treaties. This is the messed up history of Mount Rushmore.
Read MoreYes, someone once put a lot of effort into trying to steal the corpse of a United States president ... and no, it wasn't Nicolas Cage.
Read MoreThe Ottoman Empire was one of the most longstanding and powerful empires in history. What was life like for its women?
Read MoreOne of the most famous jewels in the world is the Hope Diamond. While most people think the Hope Diamond is the same one in Titanic, it's not — it's actually famous in its own right, primarily because of a supposed curse that befalls those who dare own it.
Read MoreDavid Byrne has enjoyed a pretty impressive career, but how much money has it earned him along the way?
Read MoreVikings, hailing from what's now Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, had developed the one thing that made them not only a military power, but a commercial power. And that thing was sea power. Their go to vessel? The longship.
Read MoreW.E.B. Du Bois lived a fascinating, but often painful, existence, and throughout it all, he never stopped fighting for a better, more equitable tomorrow.
Read MoreVikings. The word conjures a host of images in popular imagination: brutal, burly savages wielding axes and howling their way through coastal raids, clad in equal parts dirt and animal skins, and sporting questionable hygiene. However, the Vikings were a far more nuanced society than many realize.
Read MoreIt's tough to get an entire society's beliefs nailed down. Even now, saying "modern-day Americans believe that the Earth is round" isn't an accurate blanket statement. Somehow. So it gets even trickier, as you might imagine, putting your finger on the pulse of an ancient culture's worldview.
Read MoreGood old werewolves. They don't usually top the list of anyone's biggest fears -- but what if we told you they may, just possibly, have existed?
Read MoreHere's what you need to know before the second half of Vikings season 6.
Read MoreMuch as we'd like to believe Robin Hood was a dashing hero for the poor, he may not have actually existed.
Read MoreThe"Antikythera Mechanism," the world's oldest clockwork, analog computer sounds like a fictional device from an alternative, steampunk history.
Read MoreCentered in the heart of present-day Guatemala, the Mayan Empire flourished for close to two and a half millennia, only to abruptly disappear around 900 CE. What happened?
Read MoreHere's a working definition: a robot is pure machine. A cyborg is a human with machine parts (or, perhaps, a machine with human parts. It depends on where you're standing). An android is a machine built to look and function like a human being.
Read MoreDuring its comparatively brief existence, the Soviet Union was deep into technological advancement, but some of these experiments were seriously messed up.
Read MoreIt's a surprisingly complicated question to answer, but the oldest living language in the world has been around even longer than you think.
Read MoreHigh in the Ötztal Alps of Southern Austria, a muscular and heavily-tattooed man lay down in the snow, finally ready to die. Fifty-three centuries later, some believe Otzi, "the Iceman," curses those who get involved with him.
Read MoreThe American Indian Movement, most known for the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee, galvanized a generation of Native youth. This is the true story of the movement.
Read MoreSure, there are plenty of easy answers here. After all, you know what you didn't you see in the first episode of The Walking Dead? Optimism ... or, for that matter, anything you hadn't already seen in 28 Days Later.
Read MoreHow was the life of the average trapper in the Wild West? In a word, short.
Read MoreSo what did get fans upset about Vikings Season One? It all boils down to deadly snakes ...
Read MoreMany know George Washington Carver as "that peanut guy," but this hardly scratches the surface. This is the untold truth of George Washington Carver.
Read MoreThe last live show that Presley ever performed occurred in 1977. The day was June 26, a date that kept popping up in Elvis history. Was it coincidence?
Read MoreMerry Clayton has one of those voices you've heard -- repeatedly -- but probably didn't know the name that went with it. Her most famous work? The Rolling Stones' 'Gimme Shelter.'
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