The Strange Time In History When Artichokes Took Down The Mafia
New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia jumped onto the back of a vegetable truck at the Bronx Terminal Market and announced that small artichokes were banned.
Read MoreNew York mayor Fiorello La Guardia jumped onto the back of a vegetable truck at the Bronx Terminal Market and announced that small artichokes were banned.
Read MoreSky Brown is the world's youngest professional skateboarder, and she'll be in the 2021 Olympics. Here are some details about the skateboarding Olympian.
Read MoreOgres have been stomping their way through folklore and fairy tales for a long time, and their history and mythology goes back even farther.
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Read MoreThe Tulsa Race Massacre is considered one of the worst massacres in American history. Countless people lost their lives and some remains are still being found.
Read MoreMiloš Forman's 1984 film "Amadeus" purports to explore the relationship between rival composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri.
Read MoreBribery, racism, and human rights abuses are just some of problems with the ICO. This is the controversial history of the International Olympic Committee.
Read MoreCounting Crows burst onto the scene in the early '90s and are still going today. This is the untold truth of Counting Crows.
Read MoreCameron and Janice Hooker picked up the 20-year-old Colleen Stan and within a half hour's time, she found herself kidnapped and in deep, deep trouble.
Read MoreRemember your childhood with swarms of bugs all around? Well, scientists believe those days are long gone and we're experiencing the Windshield Effect fallout.
Read MoreLeonid Rogozov, in a base in Antarctica, had the classic symptoms of acute appendicitis and had to undergo surgery to survive, but he was the only doctor there.
Read MoreFrom the touching to the terrifying, here are some of the most chilling messages people have received from beyond the grave.
Read MoreLegendary playwright William Shakespeare saw his dreams go up in smoke and flames during a performance at London's Globe Theatre on June 29, 1613.
Read MorePoison drummer Rikki Rockett announced in July 2021 that he had contracted COVID-19, despite being fully vaccinated. Still, he urged others to get the vaccine.
Read MoreFor over 60 years, immigrants arriving in America through New York were processed at Ellis Island — the last of which was a sailor who overstayed shore leave.
Read MoreIn 1976, as the Olympics were ramping up in Montreal, Quebec -- mere days before the opening ceremonies -- more than 30 teams simply packed up and went home.
Read MoreFor millions of years the ocean has been a refuge for all manner of surprising organisms, resulting in some truly unsettling body types, like the Bobbit worm.
Read MoreIn Glasgow, Scotland, in the 1980s, was a time now known as the ice cream truck wars. That doesn't mean ice cream vendors throwing cold treats at one another.
Read MoreAllyson Felix has become one of the winningest track and field stars in sports history - but the story of her life off the track is even more compelling.
Read MoreThe legend says there's an elephant graveyard filled with hundreds, if not thousands, of elephant bones, where old elephants instinctively go to die.
Read MoreIn some cases in the Bible, individuals get less than a sentence, while in others, they get whole books. Death is often an important part of a person's story.
Read MoreEven with a lifetime of athletic achievement under Noah Lyles' belt, sports aren't the only thing to make up his person. The Olympian even has a nerdier side.
Read MoreKiller Peter Tobin is currently serving life in prison for the rape and murders of at least three young women — how did his crimes go unnoticed by his wife?
Read MoreKatie Ledecky, 24, started swimming competitively at age six, in a summer league at the Palisades Swim & Tennis Club. Her grit became apparent early.
Read MoreThe story of Frédéric Bourdin and his numerous identities is almost unbelievable, right down to impersonating a missing kid and living with the family.
Read MoreThanks to pop culture, most people believe a pile of misconceptions about sharks. Here are some false things you might believe about sharks.
Read MoreRobert Yates' wife Linda was stunned to learn she was married to a serial killer, but she has been very open about the relationship with him.
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