In this Discovery video, which has hit the tubes recently, you'll see what is called an oarfish.  Normally fish that look like this don't rise anywhere near the surface of the sea.  They say in the video that this crit...

The New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust is restor...  ...ecipe no longer exists, this may open a door into history . http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/articl...

It's a 50/50 chance.  Many basic decisions are...  ...using this act that have made quite an impact on history .  Here are a few of them. Buddy Holly had chart...

Whether myth or a historical fact, the spear masters evolved from one man's secret to make things happen.The Spear Masters of the Dinka Tribe of the upper Nile are a hereditary priesthood, and according to mythology, th...

Dark Roasted Blend takes a look at artful and unusual bank notes from around the world, past and present. You thought Zimbabwe's inflation was outrageous when they issued the 100 billion dollar notes? Now they have 100...

Fifty-nine years ago today was the first time a television audience got to watch an atomic blast broadcast live as it happened. KTLA in Los Angeles hid a crew on the roof of a hotel in Las Vegas, waiting for the top secr...

Chan Chan in Peru was and still is a maze of adobe walls adorned with Pre-Columbian designs. Archaeologists have been studying the site for years, and even up until now, they are still unsure as to how many inhabitants c...

I can't get enough of the video series at Big Thin...  ...essor of anthropology, molecular science, ancient history , and other topics that could use clear yet exciti...  ...rney of discovery began as a child whose zeal for history and biology led him to the University of Texas, w...

The oldest remains yet of a member of English royalty are thought to have been found in Germany. Queen Eadgyth (pronounced Edith) was the sister of King Athelstan and married the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I in 929 AD. She...

Listverse has some unexplained mysteries that I had never heard of. Gelatin raining from the sky? Faces appearing and disappearing after they were photographed? A boy who can make rain fall? And there's the case of the b...