By an author who wasn't even alive when it occurred
Rock Hudson died of AIDS-related complications in 1985
Le Corbusier's ideas arguably helped shape the city more than his own designs
It probably wasn't written by angry, sex-deprived wives–although stranger things have happened
On the plus side, at UC Berkeley you get free parking
Adjusting for inflation, Bill Gates’ $30.8 million purchase of Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester in 1994 remains the most expensive manuscript sale
Seven people lost their lives after taking poisoned Tylenol. The tragedy led to important safety reforms
The latest round of "GIF It Up" seeks the best GIFs made from public domain prints, photos, paintings and more
The style icon created a... well.... style icon in 1926
The port city of Mocha, in Yemen, was once a vast coffee marketplace
Thomas Crapper's actual innovation was entirely tangential to the flush toilet
It's the straw that bends, not the person
Archaeologists in Boston hope the outhouse will reveal the diet and detritus of the families that lived on the site
Anatomy theaters were an early site for science as spectacle
Found in Jerusalem, the little hoppers could have been an afterlife snack or a symbol of rejuvenation
The scientists who pioneered it were regarded as pariahs, even within their own universities
The settlement was first spotted in declassified Cold War spy images from the 1960s
A new agricultural analysis of the island finds that the crop could have supported more than 17,000 people
Portland cement is a key ingredient in one of the world’s most common materials
The first round-the-world flight was an achievement but also a surprise
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