The Creepy Truth About The Four-Legged Whale That Once Hunted The World
Prehistoric Earth was once home to giant, strange, fascinating creatures that survived in the harsh developing environment and atmosphere of our planet.
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This Theory Connects The Egyptian Pyramids To Noah's Ark
When it comes to the ancient world, people sure like to speculate, especially about stories related to the Egyptian pyramids and Noah's Ark.
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How Bathsheba's Extramarital Affair Took Place In The Bible
It's not an exaggeration to call David one of the towering heroes of the Old Testament — in addition to killing the giant Goliath, he managed to unite Israel.
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Vikings Didn't Have Horned Helmets. This Is Why You Think They Did
Just like pirates, what we think we know about the Vikings is based on mythology and popular culture rather than historical fact.
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This Is What Happened To The Aztec Sun Stone After The Spanish Conquest
The Aztec Sun Stone is one of the most remarkable surviving artifacts from the Aztec Empire, the civilization that once dominated Mesoamerica.
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The Truth About The Deadly Kaprun Railway Disaster
On November 11, 2000, over 100 skiers were riding a cable car in Kaprun, Austria, excited for a day traversing the Alps, but tragedy struck moments later.
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How Steve Callahan Survived Adrift At Sea For 76 Days
Steve Callahan left the Canaries on January 29 and the first week of his journey "was smooth." However, on the evening of February 4, something struck the ship.
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The Untold Truth Of The Temple Of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and a lot happened to it. Here's the untold truth of the Temple of Artemis.
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Why Pharaoh Ramesses III's Family Might Have Had Him Killed
There tend to be a lot of people who are jealous of those in power and will do anything to wrest control.
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How Benjamin Franklin's Career Got A Boost From His Brother Being Jailed
The world has a lot to thank Benjamin Franklin for. He, meanwhile, had a lot to thank his brother James for, despite their tumultuous relationship.
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The Truth About The Person Who Photographed The Titanic Disaster
The Titanic disaster's survivors were photographed by a young woman using her new Kodak Brownie camera.
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The Execution Device Thomas Edison Secretly Helped Finance
Thomas Edison secretly helped fund the electric chair to prove that AC electrical systems were dangerous.
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The Truth About Japan's Forgotten Kamikaze Diver Unit
Thousands of Japanese service personnel either volunteered or were pressured into giving their lives for their country in suicide attacks, by air and by sea.
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The US Government's Secret Plan To Control The Media Explained
The U.S. government was so scared of Communism in the mid-20th century that it used spies to inject propaganda into American news organizations.
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Here's What's Really Inside The Leaning Tower Of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is at the same time one of the most popular tourist attractions in Italy and one of the marvels of medieval engineering.
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The Interesting Truth About The Black Sea Deluge
The "Black Sea Deluge" theory posits that the Mediterranean spilled over into the Black Sea with a force that inspired ancient tales of massive floods.
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How This Grand Duchess Escaped The Bolsheviks
Czar Nicholas II was the oldest of five children, with his youngest sister being Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna. She would not meet her brother's cruel fate.
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The Truth About The Mass Grave From Stalin's Great Purge
In August of 2021, workers doing exploratory digging unearthed a mass grave that could contain as many as 20,000 human corpses.
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The Truth About A Feral Child Who Was Kept As A Royal Pet
In 1725, a hunting party stumbled upon a young boy, possibly abandoned in the forest as an infant, in what is now northern Germany's Hertswold forest.
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What You Didn't Know About The Vikings' Unique Compass
Vikings were quite the travelers. From the 8th-11th centuries, they journeyed throughout Europe, the North Atlantic, and to North America -- exploring, raiding.
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What It Was Really Like To Take Part In A Duel
What drove men (and some women) to settle conflicts with pistols or swords? The answers are surprising. Here's what it was really like to take part in a duel.
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How The Legend Of The Fountain Of Youth Spread
Civilizations all over the world have searched for the fountain of youth in one way or another for thousands of years. The fountain could be a spring or river.
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How Mussolini Was Even More Evil Than You Think
The global atrocities committed before and during World War II are too numerous to quantify and were carried out by many political and military leaders.
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The Real Reason Amish Men Have Beards
For the Amish, a North American religious sect mostly in the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church, a hirsute visage represents the embrace of a religious practice.
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The Truth About The Manhunt For John Wilkes Booth
The events that unfolded after Lincoln was shot involved a grand plot aimed at multiple political assassinations and a fiery conclusion to the manhunt.
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Here's How The Tornado Scene In The Wizard Of Oz Was Actually Made
Released in 1939, "The Wizard of Oz," a fantastical tale of a young woman's adventures in a faraway and wondrous land, captured the public's imagination.
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How American History Classes Lie About D-Day
D-Day is rightly immortalized in monuments and media for its acceleration of Nazi Germany's end, but American history books don't tell the whole truth.
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