We all know the inspiring story of Charles Lindbergh being the first person to fly across the Atlantic, but as it turns out, he's only the first person to do it by himself. In fact, eight years before he made the flight,...

The politics that led to World War I are important...  ...ssed by. Mike Dash first heard the story from his history -student daughter, and decided to investigate. I...  ...s a glimpse of how, and why, our understanding of history tends to change over time. Read the entire accoun...  ...time. Read the entire acc...

Last Sunday was the 160th anniversary of The New Y...  ...more about the illustrious “Gray Lady.” The History Of A Legend The Times was founded on Septemb...  ...were a series of documents relating to the secret history of the U.S. Department of Defense’s role in the...  ...has changed drastically th...

Fifteen years ago, Paul Lukas came into possession of school records for 395 students who attended the Manhattan Trade School for Girls in the 1920s. The records are more than just grades; they are snapshot of what like...

I like to imagine that this photo was taken to show that this woman loves her scuba diver husband, but who knows. BuzzFeed has a great collection of hilariously strange vintage photographs including the one above. Ha...

You probably know that Socrates was forced to die by drinking poison, but did you know that he was made to drink hemlock, which essentially shuts down the body and allows the mind to continue functioning until death...

Did you know that Okapi are closer to ancient giraffes than modern day giraffes? When its ancestor the palaetragine was roaming the earth 15 million years ago, evolution seemed to favor the tall survivors who could rea...

We know Florence Nightingale as the founder of nursing as a profession, but she was also an accomplished statistician and graph maker. More importantly, she used statistical graphs to push for social change, particularly...

Have you ever wondered if George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Hancock and the rest of the Founding Fathers spoke with a British accent? It would make sense, after all, they were originally members of the English coloni...

We've all heard of underground societies, but...  ...oms and ancient temples and a remarkably storied history of each new civilization building on the work of...