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
Hitler’s ultimate plan for Moscow: Kill everyone who lives there, replace it with a lake
Octavia Minor: Sister of Augustus, wife of Mark Antony, and great-grandmother of Caligula
Beatrix Potter, author of “Peter Rabbit,” never got over her first love
Centuries of firearm inventions, and the blade and bullet, a fearsome combination
The macaron: From Venetian monasteries and Catherine de’ Medici to two Carmelite nuns in the French Revolution
The 1796 “perfect wife” experiment of Thomas Day, inspired by Rousseau, took control freak to new levels
