The buff WWII-era feminist icon Rosie the Riveter was actually a tiny telegraph operator who’d never been near a factory
Until 1972, women were prohibited from running the Boston Marathon and the first female to complete race had to hide in the bushes before starting
In 1955, workers installing a Buddha statue discovered the plaster was actually covering a solid gold statue
Thomas Lyle Williams created the first Maybelline mascara using petroleum jelly, coal dust, and ashes of a burnt cork
Babylonians figured out trigonometry 3,700 years ago, and their “simpler” math techniques could help students today
Notable Strongmen and their fascinating feats of strength
The 1920 play “R.U.R.”: The first time that anyone heard the word “robot”
How Struggling Salesman Ray Kroc Turned McDonald’s into a Global Giant
Amber Room: The ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’ Disappeared During the Second World War
Shot and blinded, a pigeon named Cher Ami continued her flight and saved 197 American soldiers at the end of World War I
