Though beautiful, some of the U.S. terrain is not particularly easy to traverse. Here's why this national park trail in Utah is so dangerous for novice hikers.
About 717 to 661 million years ago Earth entered the "Sturtian Snowball Earth event." Recent studies have shed light on what this time was really like.
The High Holy Days, or the Ten Days of Awe, start with Rosh Hashana, also called the Day of Judgement. So why is Yom Kippur considered to be so important?
You've probably heard the transatlantic accent without even realizing it - and you might not know that unlike other accents, its origins were intentional.
If you've ever traveled south of the U.S. border, you might have experienced travelers' diarrhea, or Montezuma's revenge. Here's the story behind the name.
Anthony Sully was a police officer before he fell into a life of substance abuse and murder. Here are the details of the disturbing California Bay Area case.
Large quantities of Bavarian beer are synonymous with Oktoberfest, so it's not surprising the event leaves many with alcohol poisoning. Here are the numbers.
The rise of rap in the early '80s coincided with a new piece of hardware: the sampler. Here is the musical motherlode - the most sampled songs of all time.
That many people fell from the highest floors of the World Trade Center on 9/11 are deeply unsettling. This is the likely reason they fell from the building.
Germany's Oktoberfest is more than 200 years old and draws 6 million people annually, but the name is misleading. Most of the festival happens in September.
For over 20 years, one woman grew out her nails and refused to cut them, earning her a Guinness World Record. Here's the sad reason behind her decision.
Some people believe that Roman soldier Panthera is the biological father of Jesus. It's certaintly a controversial opinion, and it has a complicated history.
After the Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" hit the airwaves in 1963, the FBI got involved and began an investigation that lasted over two years. Here's the story.
Irish artist Francis Bacon was known for his compelling imagery often portraying the human form. Some of that was inspired by his lover, who died in 1971.
The 1997 Denise Johnson cold case murder was reopened after the work of the investigative reporter behind the "CounterClock" podcast. Here's the story.