Like much of American history, the story of the Louisiana Purchase is much darker and more complicated than what's taught in schools. It paved the way for the oppression of Native Americans, the expansion of slavery, and even the Civil War. This is the messed up truth about the Louisiana Purchase.
Read MoreA recent discovery in Mexico, however, made only in June of 2020, may throw this entire, neatly crafted timetable on its head, and place humanity in the Americas as far back as 33,150 years ago.
Read MoreLeatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the most memorable — and disturbing — horror movie villains in the modern pantheon. The piggy noise-making, mask-of-human-skin-wearing recluse is so iconic that it's hard to imagine chainsaws were ever not associated with maniacal lunatics.
Read MoreThe Lubbock UFO sighting doesn't have debris. But it does have witnesses and, depending on who you believe, photographic evidence of -- something. Flying.
Read MoreWhen you hear stories of ancient Japan, you will normally hear stories about samurais, ninjas, and emperors. Women in ancient Japan are rarely heard from.
Read MoreThere are plenty of historical records as we get into the modern era, and World War II is no exception. Some things were destroyed in the course of war, but much remained. Yet certainly a tantalizing object would have been the personal diaries of the leader of the Third Reich: Adolf Hitler.
Read MoreAt six tenths of a mile long and nearly 300 feet deep, it is the largest geological feature of its kind. It's also growing.
Read MoreIn World's Most Wanted, Netflix looks at the biggest names on the world's most wanted list. Here's what you should know about Netflix's World's Most Wanted.
Read MoreThe unusual case of the Affair of the Poisons has absolutely everything that an aspiring true crime enthusiast could want: royal scandal, murder most foul, and complicated last names that make you sound smart when you pronounce them correctly.
Read MoreThe highly influential 1999 classic, The Blair Witch Project, has humble roots. First conceived in 1993 by University of Central Florida students Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, according to the BBC, the original 35-page outline led to an eight-day shoot, four years later.
Read MoreNXIVM. It's spelled like the name of Julius Caesar's spaceship. Unfortunately, it's pronounced "nexium," so when read aloud, it sounds more like a magnesium-based anti-diarrheal. And that's about the nicest thing you can say about them.
Read MoreAnthony Wilford Brimley was a bona fide acting legend, and the owner of the most majestic mustache this side of Sam Elliott. While he never established himself as a leading man, he made his name as one of nature's great supporting actors, and tended to elevate any project he appeared in.
Read MoreThere is a list, seemingly growing on a daily basis with the verdant ferocity of a kudzu vine, of seemingly random products, images, or pop culture fixtures which the generally well-meaning public has never realized perpetuate a history of racism.
Read MoreBand names are suffused with all kinds of meanings.
Read MoreAnd so, a weary nation turns its eyes to Joe Davis, the man attempting "to break the wheel of time" by broadcasting a coded warning into the past.
Read MoreA casual music fan might find it difficult to get a grip on Steve Vai, simply because the virtuoso's body of work is so vast and many-faceted, yet entirely guitar-themed.
Read MoreDeath is the most unavoidable part of life. That might sound like a dramatic statement, but it's just a factual one.
Read MoreSir Isaac Newton may have been one of the greatest physicists of all time. After all, he discovered gravity, during quarantine, in a rather famous event involving an apple tree. But he did have other interesting hobbies, other than math, like busting counterfeiters.
Read MoreChurches can be creepy and the spirit world can also make churches magnets for ghostly activity. Here are some creepy tales of haunted churches.
Read MoreDuring the 1972 Summer Olympics, hosted in Munich, a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September stormed the Olympic Village.
Read MoreLeif Erikson is one of history's most important explorers. But while the legend of Erikson has become widely known, the real man remains shrouded in mystery.
Read MoreArchaeologists and explorers have found tons of super cool stuff in the jungle, and seeing it for the first time? That had to be a case of not believing your eyes. Heck, some of this stuff is still hard to believe — but they're all very real. Here are some fascinating discoveries made in the jungle.
Read MoreThe story of the Persian Princess hoax begins in 2000, when a mummy and sarcophagus showed up on the black market, sparking an international argument, lots of confused archaeologists and historians, and a story full of twists and turns. This is the crazy true story of the Persian Princess.
Read MoreYep, giants were everywhere in ancient history. But could there be a hint of truth behind the legend? Could giants have ... actually existed?
Read MoreIf you stood patiently by the right Connecticut roadside between 1883 and 1889, sooner or later a solitary figure would appear in the distance... The Leatherman.
Read MoreThe summer of 1876, Wild Bill Hickok was in Deadwood to make money. But he himself would soon be dead.
Read MoreThe musical Hamilton deserves every bit of its status as cultural phenomenon, but it plays fast and loose with historical fact. Here are a few times Hamilton lied to you about history.
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