It took multiple attempts—and two broken printers—to get the recreations right
Napoleon was a Frenchman of his time, which means he was interested in how science could do good–he just took it farther than most
The popular novel was even a Book-of-the-Month Club selection
She did things her own way, and helped to set a precedent for the First Ladies who followed her
It is the longest time that Big Ben has been paused during its 157-year history
Even generations of penguins refused to touch the concoction believed to have been brought south by the Terra Nova Expedition
The two leaders met in a warship off the coast of northern Canada to talk strategy
“Don’t Be A Sucker,” which was released in 1943, urged viewers to take a stand against divisive, prejudicial rhetoric
Was there a Casey? Where did he strike out? Does it really matter?
Fifteenth time’s the charm, evidently
Though it was a prison for more than a century, it didn't become the famous maximum-security penitentiary until 1934
A zigzag pattern on an arm bone indicates around 15,000 years ago, humans in Britain may have consumed others as part of a funeral rite
'Vasa' sunk in front of horrified onlookers on this day in 1628, claiming 30 lives
The home of the Mona Lisa has a history that's almost 1000 years long
It's 2000 B.C. and you have a headache. Grab the willow bark
The Carlisle Indian Industrial School was founded by a military officer who wanted to “kill the Indian … [and] save the man in him”
'The Compleat Angler' is much more than an instruction manual on fishing. It's a Walden-like meditation on nature and friendship
In 1937, the Nazis confiscated modernist art from museums and put it up for ridicule in an exhibit that still reverberates today
A new project maps almost 200 recordings taken in 27 different countries over the past 26 years
Turns out that cats really don't take direction well
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