Alice Austen portrayed ordinary Victorian-era New Yorkers in photographs that saved her after she became penniless and homeless
Anyway – the bizarre sport of wife carrying where the winner takes home his wife’s weight in beer
A Roman Charioteer; if he had lived today he would have been worth $15 billion-the highest paid athlete ever
Inspired by Star Trek: Martin Cooper invented the mobile phone in 1973
Four Denver newsmen started the 1899 hoax declaring that the Great Wall of China was to be dismantled
The anti-war symbolism of Bertolt Brecht’s play “Mother Courage and Her Children” was initially misunderstood
Ancient Peruvian processing of indigo may have pre-dated Egyptian use of the dye by 1,200 years
George III, known as the “mad king who lost America,” may have suffered from bipolar disorder
Notable & important Native American warrior women of the 19th century
The Day the Music Died: The plane crash which killed Buddy Holly
