Before the creation of Mickey Mouse and an entertainment empire, Walt Disney launched Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and reached his career low point
Hiram Revels, an educator and minister who served as chaplain for a black regiment in the Civil War, became the first African American senator
The Humble English Girl who Became ‘Cora Pearl’ – Courtesan Sensation to the French Empire
Kurt Gödel – The Brilliant, Paranoid Mathematician who Refused to Eat
The Aztec “Death” Whistle – Hear what the Wailing of 1000 Souls Sounds Like
The Book of the City of Ladies: 15th century radical writer Christine de Pizan created a world where women were educated and highly valued
To portray Churchill in “Darkest Hour,” Gary Oldman wore a silicon face mask and a padded suit and smoked over 400 cigars, worth $20,000
An alligator, a cursing parrot, a pair of white mice, a badger, and opossums–the weirdest pets of U.S. presidents
“The Rock That Tells a Story”: Native American petroglyphs in Utah and Arizona depict lives of centuries ago
A 16th-century fortified Scottish castle was invaded and ransacked by a tiny masked marauder—a badger
