Many of your car's safety features owe a lot to these inanimate people
The president was in Chicago when he got the news that he needed to make a decision
One cable referred to the brutal transition of power as a "fantastic switch"
A new study comparing eruptions and uprisings looks at how volcanoes meddle with annual Nile floods
Peck wasn’t wealthy and her family, who did have money, didn’t approve of her globe-trotting, mountain-climbing, pants-wearing lifestyle
Instead its almost-instantly out-of-date styling made it a legend
Mocha Dick had encounters with around 100 ships before he was finally killed
The World Monuments Fund shines a light on landmarks in over 30 countries and territories that are in desperate need of conservation
His 17th-century text is still in print today
A new exhibit showcases photos and films that have long been stowed away in a basement at New York Police Department's headquarters
Hayworth navigated identity, ethnicity and transformation throughout her career
While contact between Vikings and Muslim cultures is well documented, the interpretation of the 10th-century burial cloth has been called into question
Even though it didn't really look much like a petrified person, spectacle-seekers flocked to view it
Who wouldn't?
A short documentary shows the 20,000-strong rally held by the Nazi-supporting German-American Bund in 1939
The Boy Scouts will begin admitting girls next year, just one of many changes the organization has undergone over the years
The Library of Congress is playing host to heirloom vegetables and traditional growing methods that date back to 1917
But the Luwian language text's unproven provenance calls its authenticity into question
Alfred Nobel–yes, that Nobel–commercialized it, but inventor Asciano Sobrero thought nitroglycerin was too destructive to be useful
The discovery sheds new light on the painting’s anti-Catholic message
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