The Family Member That Fought Against Hitler In WWII
Everybody's got that one relative that nobody wants to talk about. Even Hitler.
Read MoreEverybody's got that one relative that nobody wants to talk about. Even Hitler.
Read MoreBefore Eric Garner and George Floyd, there was Rodney King, whose beating would lay bare the racism and injustice that ran through the LAPD.
Read MoreSome say Catherine the Great died like Elvis -- not as a king, but on the toilet. Here's the truth.
Read MoreAlexander the Great, who turned half the world into his empire, seems like an almost god-like figure. Rumors about him, first encouraged to further his legend, continue to persist.
Read MoreQueen Victoria never truly got over the loss of her husband, Prince Albert, and she literally wore her feelings on her sleeve.
Read MoreIt may seem like the main objective of Monopoly is to last forever and make the other players hate you until the end of time ... but in a way, the aim is to create a lucrative company town. You strategically buy up properties, railroads, and utilities, until you control everything.
Read MoreIn 1932, the US Public Health Service began conducting a study on the Black men of Macon County, Alabama. The men were never informed of the true nature or the risks of the Tuskegee syphilis experiment.
Read MoreThe idea that a state could change its name sounds somewhat fantastical. But for one of the fifty, it's on the table.
Read MoreWhen people began moving west in the 1800s, it was a treacherous journey. They had to pass through dangerous terrain, and unpredictable territories, spawning many myths and false facts about the Wild West.
Read MoreIn order to turn a historical film into good entertainment, some liberties have to be taken. Here are some historical films historians can't stand to watch.
Read MoreSociety's idea of what exorcisms look like wasn't shaped purely by movies, but also from real-life rituals... particularly the one performed on Anna Ecklund.
Read MoreTweed's approach to electoral politics is aptly captured in a single quote: "I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating."
Read MoreThe United States' historical treatment of its indigenous peoples is contentious, to say the least. From 1794 to 1887, during the Westward Expansion, Native American lands shrunk to almost nothing, and then the Dawes Act in 1887 chopped up what little land was left and divided it up between tribes.
Read MoreIn 1258, Baghdad, the seat of the Abbasid Caliphate and the heart of what was effectively the Arab empire fell to the besieging army of Ghengis Khan's grandson, Hulagu Khan. But things had been going downhill for a while.
Read MoreJim Crow laws became a guiding principle in the South. What were they, and how bad was life living underneath them? This is the untold truth of Jim Crow.
Read MoreThe Talking Heads had a successful 16-year musical career, which ultimately ended when Byrne decided to leave the band in 1991. Here's why.
Read MoreEven Michelangelo's David, a seemingly innocuous statue, made a statement in its day.
Read MoreThere's no catch-all for psychiatric wellness. At times in history, the insane asylum was a catch-all, and not the kind of place you'd want to spend a moment.
Read MoreThe tragic true story of the Tulsa Race Massacre is a dark spot in American history, and thanks to decades of silence, you've probably never heard of it.
Read MoreThe British medical journal The Lancet reported in 1997 on three verifiable cases of medical zombification. It's alive!
Read MoreFrederick Douglass went from slave to self-taught intellectual and abolitionist hero to serving as a diplomat under multiple presidents. This is the crazy real-life story of Frederick Douglass.
Read MoreAfter Young Hannibal depicted Hannibal Lecter as a samurai-themed kid seeking revenge on his sister's killers, it was easy to think that Hollywood has said all it has to say about a certain cannibal murderer. NBC's Hannibal promptly proved everyone wrong by bringing Dr. Lecter on the small screen.
Read MoreIt took a couple of hundred years, but some members of what passed as the medical profession started to ask whether tobacco and cigarette smoking was really such a good idea after all.
Read MoreWhether you're driving behind a UPS truck and questioning why their drivers never make left turns -– or wondering why UPS trucks always leave the doors open –- there's a lot of secrets to unpack with these guys, with one of the biggest mysteries remaining: how much do UPS drivers actually make?
Read MoreThere are some really great, really crazy stories about American cowboys. Here are the craziest American cowboy stories you never heard in history class.
Read MoreVikings was a big hit, but there was one scene in particular that Winnick struggled with.
Read MoreThe history of LGBTQ rights in the United States is insanely complicated, and it's worth taking a look at the most important LGBTQ court cases in U.S. history.
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