1st century A.D. mosaics and paintings buried under volcano damage now being revealed and restored with X-ray technology News
Appeals court throws out Olivia de Havilland’s lawsuit over how she was depicted in “Feud,” saying she “does not own history” News
A group of 18th century settlers tried to secede and create their own State of Franklin, but Benjamin Franklin himself wasn’t interested News Strangeness
The remains of Martha Brown, the 19th century woman who inspired ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles,’ to rest in peace at last News
NASA studied Tennessee’s Flynn Creek Crater, formed 360 million years ago, to prepare for the first Moon landing News
The Boy Jones: When a teenager broke into Queen Victoria’s bedroom and stole her underwear News Lifestyle Strangeness
The actor who portrayed Luca Brasi in ‘The Godfather’ was hired as a bodyguard for a real mafioso on the set, until Francis Ford Coppola “fell in love” Lifestyle Strangeness Vintage Hollywood
Mystery solved on the resting place of the prolific Ming Dynasty poet and playwright known as the “Chinese Shakespeare” Archeology Lifestyle Strangeness
Samsung: The electronics conglomerate showing $174 billion in sales began as a college dropout’s idea for selling noodles News Glamour
Blockbuster: the origin of the term and the story of “The Birth of a Nation,” a controversial Hollywood hit News Vintage Hollywood
The Cherokee were repeatedly insulted and cheated by Tennessee officials, including the “Capital for a Day” News