What Is The Fattest Country In The World?
The United States is growing -- and not in a good way. But are we the fattest country in the world?
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The Fattest Country In The World Isn't The United States
Good news: the United States, with all its decadence, gluttony, and Cheez-It shaped Pizza Hut slights against God, is not the fattest country on Earth.
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The Wild Untold Truth Of Mountain Man James Beckwourth
If ever there was a wild mountain man in the wilderness of the 1800's, it was James Pierson Beckwourth. Here is his wild untold truth.
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The Untold Truth Of The D.B Cooper Plane Hijacking
Cooper boarded a plane, had a cocktail, announced he had a bomb, and later jumped out of the plane with a parachute and $200,000 strapped to his back.
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The Heartbreaking Death Of Tommy Lasorda
"My clothes are blue, the Dodger color," Lasorda said. "... Cut my veins, and I bleed Dodger blue. If trouble comes, I pray to that big Dodger in the sky."
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Secrets Disney World Doesn't Want You To Know
Disney World is a happy, happy place, but that doesn't mean there aren't has dozens and dozens of secrets that they don't want you to know.
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The Real Reason We Have Nine Supreme Court Justices
For more than 150 years, the Supreme Court has had nine justices. But it wasn't always that way. The number of justices was left for Congress to decide.
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A Look At Richard Nixon's Final Days To Avoid Impeachment
That morning was not celebratory. It was the culmination of months of unraveling and a strategy to avoid impeachment over the Watergate scandal.
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The True Story Behind The Pentagon Papers
The true story behind the Pentagon Papers and how they ultimately led to the Watergate scandal and the resignation of President Nixon.
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The Real Reason Martin Luther King Jr. Day Finally Became A Holiday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a holiday 33 years after his assassination in 1968, and the bill, proposed immediately, did not even get a vote until 1979.
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The Most Awkward Inauguration Day Moments In History
U.S. presidential inaugurations have often been bizarre affairs, so let's take a look at the most awkward Inauguration Day moments in history.
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The Disturbing Connection Between Charlie Chaplin And Abraham Lincoln
The disturbing connection between Charlie Chaplin and Abraham Lincoln is something rather unexpected, grisly, and ghoulish.
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Every Time There Was An Attack On The U.S. Capitol
Has there ever before been a breach in security so bad that people were able to mob the United States Capitol? The answer is yes -- several times.
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What Is Insurrection?
This explains what insurrection is and how the insurrection act has been used and changed throughout American history.
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Football On Sundays Was Once Illegal. Here's Why
One Pennsylvania blue law that prohibited Sunday games of football was noteworthy in terms of how it affected the state's relationship with the game.
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Why The Kennedys Couldn't Stand Fulgencio Batista
The Kennedys couldn't stand Fulgencio Batista because he helped turn Cuba into a communist base in the region.
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Who Actually Owns Antarctica?
Does anyone own the place? Is there a Governor of Antarctica?
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The Most Dangerous Jobs To Have In 2021
Some people work in dangerous environments so we can live in comfort. It makes you rethink how dangerous sitting on your couch, working from home, really isn't.
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Was There An Assassination Attempt Against Jimmy Carter?
President Jimmy Carter was the target of one known assassination plot in the course of his single term, but it put conspiracy theorists on high alert.
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These Presidents Snubbed Their Successors By Skipping Inauguration Day
Winners and losers have squabbled right until the swearing-in ceremony, but only three presidents have skipped their successor's inauguration.
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The Real Reason American Place Names Don't Use Apostrophes
Most places are named after people or things they owned. But have you ever wondered why some areas don't have possessive apostrophes, while others do?
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The Crazy Real-Life Story Of The Man Who Wanted To Talk To Dolphins
One of the reasons we know dolphins are intelligent is the work of John C. Lilly This is the crazy real-life story of the man who wanted to talk to dolphins.
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The Truth About Mark Twain And Hawaii
Twain also spent time in the Hawaiian Islands, visiting the tropical paradise in 1866 for the first time and falling in love with the area.
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The Truth About Mark Twain's Military Service
Soon after the river closed, 25-year-old Twain enlisted in the war, a member of the pro-Confederate Marion Rangers.
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The Bizarre Truth Of General Santa Anna's Left Leg
Antonio López de Santa Ana was a conniving leader who liked to play both sides of a conflict for his own personal gain, and he was both lionized and reviled.
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The Truth About Civil Rights Activist Elizabeth Peratrovich
Civil rights activist and recent Google Doodle honoree Elizabeth Peratrovich was responsible for the United States' very first anti-discrimination law.
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The Messed Up Truth Of Henry VIII
Henry VIII was greedy, paranoid, and had a thing for murdering wives. Here's an in-depth look at the messed-up truth of Henry VIII.
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