Muhammad Ali is revered for being one of the world's most iconic boxing figures. He also has connections to a Civil War hero and a controversial statue.
Galileo Galilei has gone down in history for his massive contributions to the advancement of scientific understanding -- an extraordinary man, but still a man.
One 19th-century war took place between Mexico and France, and though its name conjures images of sweet treats, the Pastry War itself was anything but.
Some from the age of exploration are forgotten, lost in whatever part of the world they sought to understand, while others live on through place names.
When a British Prime Minister resigns, they can request a seat on the House of Lords. Here's what Prime Minister's Resignation Honours are and how they work.
The United Kingdom is one of the few to still have a monarchy. Numerous voices have called for its abolition, but what did Liz Truss think of the arrangement?
There's something irresistibly magnificent about a huge architectural project. Here's what we know about the record-setting tunnel joining Denmark and Germany.
It's the sort of thing that makes up nightmares: a festive holiday celebration turned into an emergency by fire, made worse because it was the White House.
Adrian Targett: the British man who traced his family back 9,000 years never expected his ancient ancestor would have died in the same town where Targett lived.
Murderers will do anything to hide a body, and sometimes, that involves keeping things cold. These are the creepiest murder fridges and freezers in history.
RMS Titanic has gone down in history as an unparalleled marine disaster, in part because lifeboats were thought to clutter the decks -- looks mattered.
Presidential elections are rarely smooth, but the chaos of a few of them is almost too wild to believe — but they happened, and here are their chaotic facts.
The Women's Suffrage Movement won women the right to vote. But here's the story of its "anti" movement, the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage.
According to the CDC, approximately 1.35 million people die in vehicle-related incidents per year worldwide. Here's the first person to die in such a manner.
Numbers provide a handy way of measuring all manner of phenomena, from height to weight to length and more besides, including the severity of an emergency.