The Crazy Real-Life Story Of Georgia's Only Queen
Tamar of Georgia is the only person in Georgia's history to have held the title of king and queen. Under her, Georgia expanded and art and literature exploded.
Read MoreTamar of Georgia is the only person in Georgia's history to have held the title of king and queen. Under her, Georgia expanded and art and literature exploded.
Read MoreOne artifact is the former Guinness World Record holder for the smallest children's book in the world -- it's also the smallest printed book in the world.
Read MoreThe group set off in a 1966 Buick Electra. The plan was to arrive at their destination, the Roosevelt Hotel, later that morning. They never made it.
Read MoreWhile no evidence exists that the Menehune actually lived in the Hawaiian Islands' dense forests and remote valleys, the mythology tells a different story.
Read MoreThe inability to sweat might (at first) sound almost ideal. People who can't perspire, however, have their own very specific challenges, including heatstroke.
Read MoreThe inventor of the image of Old Saint Nick we all love is cartoonist Thomas Nast, whose version of Santa appeared in the January 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly.
Read MoreAs she explained to Allure earlier this year, "I wanted the audience [in London] to know who we were and what we were about."
Read MoreNorth Carolina's Fort Bragg is the largest military installation in the U.S. It's also one of the most gruesome, with multiple murders and disasters.
Read MoreWhen Mike Tyson first showed up in 2003 with his instantly recognizable tribal face tattoo, the first reaction of many folks was, "huh?" followed by, "why?"
Read MoreRobert Kennedy had a contentious relationship with Hoover. RFK, wanting to protect his brother John, barred the FBI chief from direct access to the President.
Read MoreOnce the US abutted Canadian and Mexican borders, it simply turned its eyes overseas. Before Hawaii was annexed by the US, it was its own, sovereign kingdom.
Read MoreFamous film composer John Williams has developed a prolific career. HIs relationship with Steven Spielberg has led to some of the most iconic scores.
Read MoreStella Parton has had as long a career as her more famous older sister Dolly. Dolly and Stella had a girl group together along with two other Parton sisters.
Read MoreAside from simply being a sweetener, sugar became a medium for temporary art, similar to modern-day sand art or ice sculptures.
Read MoreFans might be forgiven for forgetting about it, since the song was released as the alternate side pressing (or B-side) to the album's title track, "Let It Be."
Read MoreDespite Taylor's assertion that he was "no threat to society," the tens of thousands of lives lost or destroyed by his actions reflect a very different reality.
Read MoreNearly as well known as his art is the legendary story of how Van Gogh cut off his own ear and then presented it to a sex worker as a token of his affection.
Read MoreIn many parts of the world, people celebrate the arrival of the new year after the tradition Dec. 31-Jan. 1 timeframe.
Read MoreAfter achieving success in the insular world of modern rock in the genre's heyday, what became of Napolitano, the woman who decided to walk away from it all?
Read MoreUnderneath all the fluff and lightness of The Nutcracker, the ballet's composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky didn't have such a fantastical life.
Read MoreThe staff of the White House is responsible for the activities of maintaining the residence and taking care of the first family. They do have rules to follow.
Read MoreEveryone is familiar with the smell of rotting fish, right? Wrong; it turns out the experience of getting a noseful of spoiled seafood is not quite universal.
Read MoreBorn Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina in 1933, Nina Simone went on to become one of the true icons of 20th-Century American music.
Read MoreIn the 18th century, medical students were in dire need of corpses to use as they practiced surgical techniques and to advance their knowledge of human anatomy.
Read MoreCanada seems like a calm, peaceful kind of country. But it has a history just like any other country that is surprisingly dark and violent at times.
Read MoreWithout the financial support of Nadezhda von Meck, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky may never have had the chance to create his incomparable compositions.
Read MoreLife always finds a way. And that's exactly what happened when scientists tried to reproduce Russian sturgeon eggs through gynogenesis, using paddlefish sperm.
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