What Mikhail Gorbachev's Soviet Union Was Really Like
While Americans and Europeans tout Mikhail Gorbachev as a hero, Russian views are less positive. This is what Mikhail Gorbachev's Soviet Union was really like.
Read MoreWhile Americans and Europeans tout Mikhail Gorbachev as a hero, Russian views are less positive. This is what Mikhail Gorbachev's Soviet Union was really like.
Read MoreInspiration for the band's name came from Cass Elliot and a somewhat unlikely place: Television.
Read MoreSomeone came forward and told police that they knew what had happened to Blackwood, who was still considered missing.
Read MoreIn 1835, the emperor of Vietnam, Minh Mạng ordered Joseph Marchand, a 32-year-old priest and missionary, to die by a painfully slow form of execution.
Read MoreGram Parsons was an influential musician who died far too young.
Read MoreIt was John Gilber's romantic nature that ended up being his downfall in terms of exiling him from Hollywood.
Read MoreWhat would happen if Jupiter and Earth did share more in common? What if Earth were suddenly 11 times larger, matching Jupiter's unfathomable size?
Read MoreBy the summer of 1966, everything seemed to fall into place for the Rolling Stones' first feature film. However, it truly was not meant to be.
Read MoreOn the subject of bear attacks, the National Park Service offers some valuable advice, and one man managed to save himself in the most incredible way.
Read MoreWhile a recognizable calendar system has remained almost unchanged for nearly two millennia, you can't say the same about the way we measure the time of day.
Read MoreWhat do Grace Slick, a famous anarchist friend, a school acquaintance, the president of the United States, and LSD have in common?
Read MoreTroops stationed in hot areas like Iraq and Afghanistan have historically needed to have access to air conditioning and it costs a lot of money.
Read MoreSometimes a site's popularity can be a good thing -- a boost to the local economy, for instance. Other times, popularity results in diminishing a site's appeal.
Read MoreSome of you would name Frank Sinatra and Sinéad O'Connor as the two most intensely vocal (no pun intended) and barbed personalities in music history.
Read MoreRecords are made to be broken, though some are more obscure than others. Some records rely on ability, and some on characteristics, and some on geography.
Read MoreEven world leaders are still human beings, and some have formed family relationships on their way to power, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin among them.
Read MoreThe child stars, including Ken Weatherwax, of 'The Addams Family' didn't exactly keep making a splash in Hollywood after the series ended.
Read MoreOne of comedian Flip Wilson's catch phrases was "The Devil made me do it!" It isn't terribly convincing, nor was Michael Cleary's reason for killing his wife.
Read MoreIt's not uncommon for fans to make pilgrimages to the final resting places of their favorite stars, but Andy Griffth's grave is out of reach for most of us.
Read MoreWho doesn't love a good legend? Especially when the legend explains geological formations, giving them a most romantic origin story for the ages.
Read MoreWorld War II affected much of life on Earth, some in unexpected ways, including the Russian reindeer who lived on a British submarine for six weeks. True story.
Read MoreIt's the stuff dreams are made of: Two teenagers, digging a hole in an abandoned house during the Great Depression, find something much better than dirt.
Read MoreOne human engaging in the criminal act of taking the life of another is always shocking and tragic. The question often arises: What was the motivation?
Read MoreBefore we can go back to the moon, we have to test the systems that will get us there, which started at the end of August 2022 with the launch of Artemis I.
Read MoreGeorge R.R. Martin, of "A Song of Ice and Fire," is well-known, but there may still be things you don't know about him, such as how his writing career started.
Read MoreMany diverse religious traditions include special holidays or feasts, commemorations of important spiritual events or moments, observed through the ages.
Read MoreThere have been numerous financial market bubbles that eventually burst, resulting in widespread economic misfortune. Should that list include tulip mania?
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