List of All Articles with Tag 'history'

‘The Vampyre’ is largely forgotten today, but it upended centuries of vampiric lore 80 years before Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’—and from its spooky beginnings to its scandalous misattribution, its history was as dramatic as fiction.

These daring dames ventured into the underworld of contraband liquor.

A nepo baby, or nepotism baby, is a famous or notable figure descended from another famous person or affluent family of some kind. In this episode of List Show, host Erin McCarthy lists 18 nepo babies from history, from Charlie Chaplin to Pericles.

We’re currently living in the year 1725, not 2023. At least, that’s what adherents of the Phantom Time Hypothesis would have you believe. The historical conspiracy theory alleges that the years spanning from 614 to 911 CE never actually happened.

Here’s what a typical American household ate for dinner during the 20th century.

Today, ‘Luncheon on the Grass’ (or ‘Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe’) is regarded as 19th century French painter Édouard Manet's greatest triumph.

“10-4” isn’t any quicker than saying “OK.” But it is a storied trucker tradition.

Dolly the sheep was the first animal cloned from a single adult cell—and raised a lot of questions about the future of human cloning.

Researchers have reconstructed how the Scottish city would have looked shortly before it was largely destroyed by the English army in 1544.

From ‘cakewalk’ to ‘no can do,’ the origins of these common idioms and sayings are surprisingly dark.

9. Dogs have a sweet tooth, but cats don't.

Ideas for your next road trip!