Harper’s Bazaar is one of the oldest American fashion magazines first published in 1867
In early English common law, suicide was a punishable crime
Hanukkah is celebrated with fried food, such as potato pancakes or jelly doughnuts, to commemorate the importance of oil
Bracteate – the thinnest coins of monetary history that were used for almost two centuries
Erik Bloodaxe was the last Scandinavian king of York
Sir Henry Morgan – The real Captain Morgan
The Red Army Choir – the story of the world’s most famous military choir and the Kremlin’s “singing weapon”
The Rat King: a rare and curious phenomenon
The Iron Crown of Lombardy was forged with iron from a nail used during Christ’s Crucifixion
The origins of Boxing Day, the day after Christmas
