HISTORY

Anna Sewell’s 19th-century novel about a horse named Black Beauty put the spotlight on animal welfare.

Not everyone gives directions the way you do—in fact, the way people tell others how to get where they want to go can vary by city, town, and culture. Some of these directional systems might just change how you navigate the world.

Long before he was Calvin Coolidge’s vice president, Charles Dawes wrote an instrumental piece called “Melody in A Major” that later became a #1 hit.

Though the Games are meant to foster a sense of unity among nations, they’ve seen their fair share of scandal—and even tragedy.

Don’t be deceived by this seemingly simple painting of a man and his instrument. Pablo Picasso’s The Old Guitarist has secrets in its past and in its paint.

If you’re looking forward to polo and tug of war at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, we have bad news for you.

The 800-plus-year-old Parisian cathedral has centuries of French history built into its stone. Here are 13 things you might not know about it.

We’re taking a look back at some of the weird and WTF things that happened during the aughts in the latest episode of The List Show.

Ahead of the release of ‘Widow Clicquot’ on July 19, here are some facts about the “Grande Dame of Champagne.”

The Black track star smoked the competition to win a record-setting four gold medals, making a mockery of Adolf Hitler’s belief in Aryan supremacy. 

While many of these hallowed halls have gone through changes over the years, they remain among the oldest universities still operating.

‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ is a fairy tale with a long history. But Goldilocks as we know her didn‘t originally appear in the popular children‘s story.