Did Julius Caesar really say “Et tu, Brute?” Did Nero fiddle while Rome burned? What was with the togas? We answer these questions and more.

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With their brightly colored short shorts and ridiculously catchy songs, Wham! were the definitive pop group of the '80s—though they were initially seen as a political act.
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The 1997 sci-fi film was a solid hit with audiences, but the POTUS had a problem with how he was portrayed in the movie.
Some states are considered old in terms of annexation date. Others are old because their residents are.
The moon-made-of-cheese rumor may have started with a hungry wolf and a crafty fox.
Here are the nuts and bolts about Mary Shelley's 200-year-old tale about what can go wrong when people play God.
Discover whether you are guilty of maleficium and/or would have been accused of practicing witchcraft according to the laws and evidence used during the 1692 Salem Witch Trials.
The soft drink company teased consumers with a giant contest offer. But could they really pay it out?
That clingy plastic film on single-serve slices is working a little too well, prompting Kraft to issue a warning.
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Netflix takes several, steamy liberties with the historical record, but there was a real Queen Charlotte—and she was just as complicated as the TV version.