The “shame” of Masabumi Hosono, the only Japanese passenger to survive the sinking of the RMS Titanic
The Dreyfus affair, one of the tensest political dramas in France, for which Emil Zola wrote “J’Accuse…!”
The inventor of the famous Fender guitars never learned to play one
Operation Meetinghouse: The 1945 firebombing of Tokyo was the single deadliest air raid in history
Corpses found in bogs unusually well preserved, and sometimes yield clues of ritual sacrifice and punishment
Women against a woman’s right to vote: The leaders of the anti-suffragette movement
Gertrude Käsebier left her unhappy marriage, became a photographer at the age of 40, and was one of the greatest at her time
The history of the Knights Templar and other medieval orders that influenced “Game of Thrones”
The Lizzie Borden case: Interest surges again in the shocking 1892 axe murder
Anne Boleyn’s bold, feminist, no-nonsense tendencies are what cost her her head
