In 2016, the world was aghast at the shooting of Harambe, a lovable and peaceful 400-pound adult male gorilla. His death was tragic, but his life was eventful.
Theodore Roosevelt banned Christmas trees in the White House despite living there with his wife and six children. Some may consider his reason practical.
In October 2023 House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the job after only nine months. These are the shortest tenured Speakers of the House in US history.
Greenwich, a small area in London, sets the standard for the measurement of time around the world. Here's how Britain became the figurative center of the world.
A nuclear weapon was accidently dropped in the water off Georgia in the 1950s. The fate of this bomb is a murky, which led to wild speculation and real fear.
Funerals take on many different forms around the world across various cultures, and not all of them are somber and quiet. Enter New Orleans' jazz funerals.
The United States hands out the most life sentences of any nation in the world. Here's what it really means when someone is sentenced to life in prison.
"Moonshiners" followed a group of down-to-earth country folk devoted to home-brewed hard liquor. Here's a look at what happened since to this lively bunch.
The timing of U.S. Election Day has remained consistent since the first president took the White House. Here's why heads of state are decided in November.
Napoleon and Josephine had a passionate and tumultuous relationship, mired in scandal, affairs, and drama. Even after they divorced, they remained devoted.
Graceland is a shrine to all things Elvis Presley, including being the burial ground for his family, but Priscilla Presley won't be buried next to Elvis there.
From its earliest roots, fascism has a long, storied, and abhorrent history. It's not as clear-cut as you may think, and it didn't start with the Nazis, either.
Dolly the sheep was known around the world in the late 1990s as the first mammal to be successfully cloned. Here's what happened to Dolly and her clones.
George Harrison was the second member of The Beatles to die, of cancer in 2001. Here's a closer look at the last year of George Harrison's extraordinary life.
Filmmaker Werner Herzog was born on September 5, 1942, amid World War II and before the bombing of Munich. The story of his childhood is an interesting one.
Occasionally, sitting Senators die before finishing out their terms, leaving a vacant seat. Here's what happens if a member of Congress dies while in office.