The storytellers assumed we’d be sharp enough to pick up on their hints that Sir Morien was black. Turns out, we’re not
Power, violence, revenge—and the heat of the moment
Hundreds of years before the Great Wall, the Qi Dynasty built a wall of rammed earth
The discovery of a 16th century coin is threatening the story of British Columbia's history
Even though African elephants usually trump Asian elephants for might and aggression, in 217 B.C. Ptolemy made the crucial mistake of choosing inbred ones
But before it can be crowned oldest map, archaeologists have to figure out whether it is a map at all
A shipwreck discovered off New Zealand dates to a time before Cook's arrival
Here is a list of books, movies, music & scientific research that would have entered the public domain today had the 1978 copyright law not been passed
In 1971 eight activists stole documents that unveiled a secret FBI campaign to squash dissidents
Why don't archaeologists find fossilized poop all over the place? In a word: roaches
While there were zero Somali pirate hijackings this year - the amount of content that was uploaded to The Pirate Bay this year increased by 50 percent
A U.S. District Court judge says border agents should be allowed to search travelers' laptops
An old bomb just killed one and injured eight in Germany
In the war-ravaged nation, many peoples' birthdays are on January 1st
When the Codex was first published publicly in 1912, it caused a controversy because it contained an extra passage in the Gospel of Mark
The 1972 summer games held in Munich, Germany, suffered the worst terrorist attack in history
The ships that we've dreamed up tell us a lot about just how badly humans have wanted to travel beyond our own world
A century-old set of negatives was found in an Antarctic supply hut
Known as hennins, the tall headdresses were popular among European noblewomen in the late Middle Ages
No scorching summers, no freezing winters...just a nice pleasant time, all year round
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