List of All Articles with Tag 'history'

The unofficial—but widely known—fashion rule can be traced back more than 100 years to some snobby millionaires.

You may have noticed these weird phone numbers while watching reruns of your favorite ’50s-era TV show—and though they look like gibberish to modern phone-users, they were perfectly normal at the time.

In 1937, "Doc" Noss found billions in gold in a New Mexico mountain peak. The only thing stopping his family from a windfall? The U.S. Army.

The mutiny on the 'Bounty' has inspired multiple movies, but the 'Hermione' revolt was way bloodier.

Nicknamed Ötzi the Iceman, the mummified man was around 40–50 years old when he died in the Copper Age. Here are 13 surprising facts about him.

It was once socially acceptable for an unhappily married wife to stone her husband to death while he hid in a hole.

It's no secret that most fast food "secret sauces" are a riff on Thousand Island dressing.

Just underneath the surface of many paintings, both famous and obscure, is another hidden painting that could have been.

A vast vocabulary of words have been invented, borrowed, and accumulated over the centuries to describe almost every color and shade imaginable.

Try your hand at the 1913 diamond grid that kicked off the crossword puzzle craze.

For at least 500 years—and maybe more—pigeon fanciers have bred wonderfully bizarre-looking pigeons.

Though she died of cancer in 1951, Henrietta Lacks's immortal cells became the foundation for countless medical advancements.