183 Children Died in a Stampede for Toys in 1883
Victoria Hall had at least one good outcome: the invention of outward opening emergency exits and the invention of the “push bar” emergency door
Before Robots, Japan Had Tiny Dolls That Tumbled Down Stairs And Served Tea
Automata paved the way for the creepy, lifelike robots we see today
Crashed Costa Concordia Is Still Sitting in the Water in Italy
It’s been 19 months since the crash, but the ship is still in the water
These Are All the Places That Europeans Actually Discovered
Of all the places you think were discovered by Europeans, how many were actually discovered by Europeans?
These Complex, Beautiful Board Game Pieces Are 5,000 Years Old
With pigs and pyramids and dog-shaped tokens, what kind of game might they have been playing?
Three Things to Know About the Bloodshed in Egypt
Hundreds of people were killed in Egypt yesterday. Here’s your primer
America’s Founders Were Scarily Young on July 4, 1776
How old were famous Revolutionary War figures on July 4, 1776?
Archaeologist Found This Huge, Beautiful Mayan Frieze Completely Intact in Guatemala
An incredibly well-preserved 26-by-8-feet frieze may shed light on Mayan political history around AD 590
Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
The End of the Henrietta Lacks Saga?
The U.S. National Institutes of Health created an agreement with the Lacks family regarding access to the HeLa genome
In 1916, Georgia Tech Beat Cumberland College, 222 to 0
The story of the game is a bit more delicious than just an insane beat down. It involves revenge, baseball, clerical errors and thousands of dollars
What Queen Elizabeth II Would Have Said If Nuclear War Started in the 1980s
Undelivered speeches give a glimpse into alternate realities that never came to pass
Mysterious Coffin-in-a-Coffin Found Under the Same Parking Lot as Richard III
The only marker on the coffin lid is a cross, but the person must have been of high social status to warrant such an elaborate burial
Canada’s Forgotten Experiments on Malnourished Indigenous Kids
During this period in history, the Canadian government strongly promoted a reeducation program of sorts for indigenous children
Here’s What Nagasaki Would Have Looked Like If the Tsar Bomba Had Replaced ‘Fat Man’
A Google Earth add-on helps you understand the strength of the world’s nuclear arsenal
Archaeologists Just Found the Biblical King David’s Palace. Maybe.
A large, fortified building was found outside Jerusalem. Some archaeologists claim it to be the palace of the biblical King David
Archaeologists Find an Unusual Victim of Human Sacrifice in Peru
The young woman was either poisoned or strangled with a cord, then dumped into a pit
After 163 Years, India Sends Its Last Telegram
Thousands crammed into India’s telegram offices on Sunday as the 163 year old service shuts down for good
It’s a Good Thing We Have Smokey: These 1940s Fire Prevention Ads Are Something Else
Replacing racially charged and aggressive World War II imagery, Smokey the Bear is an iconic character
Today in 1948, the U.S. Air Force Accepted Its First Female Member
The first recruit to the Women in the Air Force (known as WAF) was Esther Blake who enlisted on the first day it was even possible for women to do so
The Creator of the Computer Mouse Never Received Any Royalties
Though Engelbart revolutionized computing in 1967 with the invention of the mouse, he never received any royalties from his creation
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