It's officially known as the "president's emergency satchel," but realistically, that name makes it sound like it has an extra set of Oshkosh overalls and a pack of wet wipes. Maybe that's why it's more widely recognized by its bro-down-heavy, guitar-riff-worthy nickname: the nuclear football.
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When it comes to ancient volcanic eruptions, Pompeii may have cornered the public imagination. However, Thira deserves a mention for boasting not one site preserved by volcanism, but two: Akrotiri and Thera.
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In just over thirty years, a staggering 16,000 people have vanished while traversing this largely unexplored wilderness, dubbed the Alaska Triangle.
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Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani activist, rose to fame in October 2012 after a gunman shot her for championing every girl's right to education in her homeland. She was also the youngest person ever to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. This is the untold truth of Malala Yousafzai.
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Hurricane Hunters perform the insane feat of flying right through the eye of the storm. Then, they do it again and again and again. Why?
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The Diné, also known as the Navajo Nation, have a long history on the North American continent. This is the untold truth of the Navajo Nation.
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The Pyramids of Giza have inspired awe, speculation, and more than their fair share of "alternative history" theories.
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Have you ever known for sure something happened but when you look it up, you find out that you were wrong? Say, for example, thinking the children's book was called Berenstein Bears and not Berenstain Bears? If you have, then you've fallen victim to the Mandela Effect.
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It's said that one of the inspirations for The Beatles was Buddy Holly and the Crickets.
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In June 1941, Britain was well into World War II when the puppy was brought home to a delighted seven-year-old boy, Barrie Railton. Soon Khan would be enlisted to serve his country.
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Everybody is tired of being oversold on products. Everyone had that moment during childhood when they purchased an Amazing Sea Monkeys kit, expecting to own a colony of sentient new mer-buddies just like the ones in the ad. So, the name "Midnight Terror Cave" is probably a bit dramatic, right?
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Virtually every African-American pioneer in their sport faced tons of racism but came out on top. This is the untold truth of African-American sports pioneers.
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We know that Viking berserkers wore a lot of fur, and were probably deep into hallucinogens. That's right -- the ultimate Germanic iron age warrior was basically just a light-up pacifier away from being EDM club trash.
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The stories seem too crazy to be true... so should you believe them? This is the untold truth behind the tales of Ripley's Believe It or Not.
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Giovanni Aldnini had a question: If you can make a deceased frog dance, could you bring a deceased human back from death?
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The Segway -- a "revolution" in transportation, said some -- was introduced in 2001. It would end up replacing cars, said inventor Dean Kamen. They … didn’t.
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Mars is an alien planet teeming with oddities and unexplained scientific mysteries.
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As chief legal counsel of the NAACP, Thurgood Marshall tried hundreds of cases including Brown v. Board of Education before being appointed to the Supreme Court
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Born October 28th, 1936 in Wilmington, North Carolina, Charlie Daniels was a staple of the country music community, having enjoyed a career that spanned more than five decades.
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Amidst a shroud of suspicion, Lena Chapin disappeared in 2006. She has not been seen since.
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The reality of Robert E. Lee a bit more complex than the popular version. This is the real, complex, often ugly, untold truth of Robert E. Lee.
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On May 24th 2006, Rey Rivera's body was found in a disused room annexed to Baltimore's Belvedere, a beaux-arts hotel and Baltimore landmark that had been converted to a condominium in the nineties. He was last seen on May 16th. Sometime in between, he had crashed through the roof of the room.
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The first car was invented by Henry Ford, who built the quadricycle in a shed behind his house in Detroit. It was a horseless carriage, powered by a gasoline engine, unveiled June 4, 1896. Because 'Murica, right? Not so fast, buckaroo.
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Although they now suffer a severe case of camp, vampires lurked in the dark corners of humanity's imaginations for millennia.
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The disappearance of Patrice Endres is a cold case on Netflix's Unsolved Mysteries reboot. This is the untold truth of Patrice Endres' mysterious disappearance.
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The first time anyone mentioned the name Zozo was in Le Dictionnaire Infernal, a 19th century spotter's guide to the gruesome and unholy. It wouldn't be the last.
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Alonzo Brooks disappeared in Kansas on April 3, 2004. This is the untold truth of the unsolved murder of Alonzo Brooks.
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