“The Turk” was a fake chess-playing automaton that defeated Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon Bonaparte
The heartbreaking story of Joseph Merrick, the real “Elephant Man”
Chiune Sugihara, known as “the Japanese Schindler,” saved more than 10,000 lives in Lithuania
Gail Borden’s breakthrough, life-saving invention of condensed milk was inspired by watching Shakers boil fruit
The nostalgic classic “A Christmas Story” actually launched a lascivious Leg Lamp wearing a fishnet stocking
New evidence proves Aboriginal Australians are one of oldest cultures in the world
The last of the tattooed women of the Tharu tribe, documented in stunning photographs
Cabaret dancer and U.S. spy Claire Phillips used her Manila nightclub to extract secrets from Japanese soldiers
The mean-spirited Grinch who stole Christmas was actually inspired by Dr. Seuss himself “on a bad day”
Artist transforms old computer parts and electronics into delicate winged insect sculptures
