Seventy Years Ago Today, Queen Elizabeth Secretly Partied with Commoners
Before she became Elizabeth II, the then-princess slipped into London’s streets incognito to celebrate Europe’s victory over Germany
Here’s How to Fight Wearing 15th Century Armor
Experts demonstrate some moves in a video while wearing full suits of plate armor
John Quincy Adams Was an Ardent Supporter of Exploration
The president planned to fund an expedition to the South Pole and South Pacific, but the research trip was canceled by his successor, Andrew Jackson
Ancient Pit Home Unearthed in a Salt Lake City Suburb
Spear points and other artifacts found in the 1,500-year-old home
Was the Loch Ness Monster Inspired by Earthquakes?
Just one of many monsters that might have geological origins.
Probiotics Exist Thanks to a Man Who Drank Cholera
One man’s obsession with the immune system led to today’s probiotic fad
Listen to the Newly Reconstructed, Very Creepy Voices of Thomas Edison’s Dolls
A lab figured out how to hear the rare talking dolls without damaging the original recordings
Two French Towns Are Battling Over a Saint’s Remains
Should Saint Bernadette be laid to rest in the town she made famous…or the one she chose to live in?
The Silk Road Never Really Existed
China is attempting to turn away from its isolated past with an immense new infrastructure project
How to Become a Fossil in Five Easy Steps
Tricks to preserving your bones for future archaeologists
Germany Just Opened a Nazi Museum in the Party’s Former Headquarters
70 years later, Munich’s mayor says the city is ready to “face up to its Nazi past”
Meet the Group of Scientists That Keeps Lenin’s 90-Year-Old Corpse Fresh
90 years later, Vladimir Lenin’s body is still maintained by a Russian lab
Paper Airplanes Flew Decades Before Real Ones Did
Kids have been folding paper so it flies since at least the mid-19th century
How “Operation Mummy’s Curse” is Helping Fight Terrorism
Selling illicit relics is the third most profitable wing of the black market, after drugs and weapons
In 2015, Lake Michigan Was So Clear Its Shipwrecks Were Visible From the Air
A Coast Guard patrol spotted the wrecks in shallow waters that are only clear after the lake’s ice melts and before summer sediment swirls and algae blooms
Nepal Struggles With the Loss of Lives, Cultural Treasures After Earthquake
Historic sites were damaged and destroyed in the 7.8 quake
How Settlers Wiped Out the Caribbean’s Rodents of Unusual Size
The eradication of rice rats in the Lesser Antilles was part of a massive mammal extinction event
How a Piano Dropped from a Helicopter Paved the Way For Woodstock
The Piano Drop set the stage for the outdoor rock festival
Recently Translated Papyrus Details 1,900-Year-Old Hangover Cure
Those disappointed by the effectiveness of this 1,900-year old remedy can instead peruse the eye surgery techniques in other ancient texts
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