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A Partial History of Headphones
Modern headphones have their origin in opera houses, military bases and a kitchen table in Utah
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The Vengeance of Ivarr the Boneless
Did he, and other Vikings, really use a brutal method of ritual execution called the “blood eagle”?
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From toxins in textile dyes to torturous corsets, beauty has a long history of coming at a high cost
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The Newspaper of Tomorrow: 11 Predictions from Yesteryear
eNewspapers were being developed as far back as the 1930s
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The rise and fall and rise of the traditional St. Patrick’s Day meal
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Mid-21st Century Modern: That Jetsons Architecture
The artists and animators working on “The Jetsons” were inspired by the futurist architecture popping up around Los Angeles
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Why the Department Store Brought Freedom for the Turn of the Century Woman
Harry Selfridge, a London department store owner, may have opened the doors to more than just his retail store when he gave women a chance to power shop
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Who Really Invented the Smiley Face?
It’s supposedly the 50th anniversary of the original design of the iconic image, but its history since then is surprisingly complex with millions of dollars at stake
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Hey Vegans! There May Be Fish Bladder in Your Guinness
Isinglass, a gelatine collected from the air-bladders of freshwater fish like the sturgeon, is used in the clarification process of some stouts
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The Most Audacious Australian Prison Break of 1876
An American whaling ship brought together an oddball crew with a dangerous mission: freeing six Irishmen from a jail in western Australia
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Did Benjamin Franklin Invent Daylight Saving Time?
The creation of DST is usually credited to George Vernon Hudson, but 100 years earlier, Benjamin Franklin pondered a similar question
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The Secret Plot to Rescue Napoleon by Submarine
In 1820, one of Britain’s most notorious criminals hatched a plan to rescue the emperor from exile on the Atlantic isle of St Helena — but did he try it?
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Top Ten Afterlife Journeys of Notable People
Why Beethoven, Galileo, Napoleon and others never truly rested in peace
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The Aughts: When People Wore Their Causes on Their Sleeves, Literally
It was a decade of Uggs and excess but also styles meant to further the greater good
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Hot Air Balloon Travel for the Luxury Traveler of the 1800s
Visionary designers of the 19th century believed that the future of air travel depended on elaborate airships
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Digital Files and 3D Printing—in the Renaissance?
3D printing is a new technology that seems poised to change the world, but its origins date back all the way to the 15th century
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The True-Life Horror That Inspired ‘Moby-Dick’
The whaler Essex was indeed sunk by a whale—and that’s only the beginning
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The Fishy History of the McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish Sandwich
How a struggling entrepreneur in Ohio saved his burger business during Lent and changed the McDonald’s menu for good.
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The Shocking Savagery of America’s Early History
Bernard Bailyn, one of our greatest historians, shines his light on the nation’s Dark Ages
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Document Deep Dive: A Historic Moment in the Fight for Women’s Voting Rights
A cartoonist diagrammed the parade—5,000 suffragists strong—that defiantly marched in Washington more than a century ago
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