Ballpoint pens are sometimes called “biros” after their inventor, László Bíró, a man of “relentless, forward-thinking spirit”
Spectacular photos show the saga of flooding the Catskills and building the dams to bring water to New York City
The famed painting depicting the Founding Fathers re-created 241 years later by their descendants
Lionel Logue: The Australian speech therapist who helped an English king overcome his greatest fear
A ring picked up for $13 in the 1980s brought a woman $850,000 at Sotheby’s
Since the Cuban Missile Crisis, no U.S. president has been without the Nuclear Football
The chief justice at Salem witch trials accepted “spectral evidence.” Nine hangings later, he didn’t regret it.
Аircraft inventor Santos-Dumont believed air travel would bring world peace so he offered his designs free of charge
The baffling Piri Reis Map of 1513: It showed Antarctica centuries before discovery, but without its ice cap
Beautifully carved masks embody the spirits honored by the Yup’ik shamans
