The Dark History Of Taiwan's Green Island
Taiwan's Green Island has a dark history linked to its feud with mainland China. This is the harrowing story of what happened on Green Island.
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The Truth About The Jean-Claude Duvalier Heist
Heists are typically imagined as daring forays into protected vaults within banks and casinos, but history's biggest examples tend to be much less dramatic.
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The Story Behind Chicago's Nickname
Everyone under the sun knows that Chicago is often called the Windy City. What not everybody knows is why.
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How The Supreme Court Could Have Saved The Reconstruction Era
It's a common axiom that when a person votes for the president of the United States, they're also voting for the future of the Supreme Court.
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Atlantis-Inspired Myths That Turned Out To Be True
Back in the third century B.C., the ancient Greek philosopher Plato wrote about the rise and fall of the mythical city of Atlantis.
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How Long Does It Take To Read The Book Of Mormon?
For a small subset of Christians, there's a companion book that is as much a part of their doctrine as the Bible itself: the Book of Mormon.
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The Surprising Reason The Electric Chair Was Invented
The electric chair was meant to humanize executions. Here's the tragic event that inspired the invention of the now notorious contraption.
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What Life Was Like As A Print Worker In The Colonial Era
The first printing press came to Colonial America in 1638, and print workers during this era were as pivotal to communication as today's media outlets are.
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The Dark Origins Of The London Bridge Is Falling Down Nursery Rhyme
The meanings of nursery rhymes are often twisted or forgotten, creating a weird contrast of happy little children singing songs about deadly tragedies.
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Times Red Bull Got In Serious Trouble
Humans, being imperfect, sometimes bungle whatever it is they are trying to accomplish, and Red Bull's management has been no exception.
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How This Titanic Survivor Ended Up A Hero In Both World Wars
Among the Titanic survivors was Charles Lightoller, the oldest crew member to survive the tragedy and a witness during the American and British inquiries.
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How The CIA Used Shoelaces To Send Secret Coded Messages
As it was often necessary for CIA operatives to secretly communicate with one another, the agency developed a variety of codes for public information exchange.
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This Is How Murderer Ned Kelly Was Finally Caught
Australia has a folk hero who bears several similarities to America's Jesse James: Ned Kelly, an outlaw who lived from 1855 until 1880.
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What Might've Happened If Abraham Lincoln Survived His Assassination
What would have happened if former President Abraham Lincoln survived his assassination and the United States did not plunge into mourning?
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What Life Was Like For Ancient Carthaginians
When Rome was just a growing city, another force was dominating the shores of the Mediterranean: the Phoenicians, with their powerful city-state of Carthage.
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The Tragic Truth About The Nanking Massacre
While the Holocaust and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are widely discussed and taught in schools, the Nanking Massacre is less well-known.
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The Bible Is Actually A Library. Here's What You'll Find
The books of the Bible range in length from a few paragraphs to dozens of pages and were written in different languages at different times in history.
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Terrifying Historical Examples Of Mass Psychosis
Did you know the human brain is so fragile that entire social structures can collapse, giving way to a phenomenon known as mass psychosis or mass hysteria?
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How Many Olympic Medals Does Caitlyn Jenner Have?
Jenner decided to pursue decathlon athletics -- a competition that includes a variety of track events. This would earn her a chance to compete in the Olympics.
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The Untold Truth Of The Death Squad Diary
Though the Guatemalan government denied having any involvement with some people disappearing, the "Death Squad Diary" revealed that this was not true.
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What The Bible Really Says About Adultery
Adultery is a sensitive topic in relationships. Unsurprisingly, it is a recurring topic in the Bible, appearing 52 times in the Old and New Testaments.
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Inside The Paranoid Mind Of King Henry VII
As with all kings who took their thrones through conquest, the reign of Henry VII began, on paper at least, in a blaze of glory.
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Inside The Most Expensive Yacht Ever Sold
Billionaires are seemingly always seeking to top one another (and themselves) when it comes to buying jaw-droppingly expensive and ridiculous objects.
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The Truth About Pelorus Jack
In the latter part of the 1880s, sea captains began noticing a dolphin hanging around the entrance of Cook Strait and named him Pelorus Jack.
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Disturbing Details Found In The Heaven's Gate Victims' Autopsy Reports
The Heaven's Gate mass suicide shocked the world in March 1997. The bodies of 39 cult members were found, and the autopsies told a harrowing tale.
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What You Might Not Know About The Roman Catholic Secret Society
When Pope Clement XII banned Catholics from joining the Freemasons, Clemens August of Wittelsbach, the Elector of Cologne, created his own secret society.
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Points In History That Almost Caused World War III To Happen
These points in history almost caused World War III.
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