Erin Blakemore

Here’s a reminder that truth and fiction don’t always coincide.

Clues to London's history still survive in the names of many of its most famous areas.

Connecting to emergency services used to be much less efficient—until a 1935 disaster.

First, Marie Curie tried to donate her Nobel Prize medals. When bank officials refused to melt them down, she donated her prize money to purchase war bonds instead.

Both crime and amphibians may play a role.

Thanks to George Pinker, royal babies are born in the hospital, not the palace.

Wyoming and Colorado have been fighting over the body for years.

Eventually, school lunch became seen as a way to “eat democracy."