HISTORY

The changing climate did not bode well for Khmer Empire, the Maya Civilization, and more ancient cultures.

The bodies of Iron Age Europeans are so well preserved in peat bogs that they’re sometimes mistaken for modern murder victims.

The F-19 became the bestselling model plane of all time. Some feared it leaked some highly classified military secrets.

Archaeologists discovered a hoard of Persian coins at the site of ancient Greek city in what is now Turkey.

A surprisingly high number of U.S. presidents has left office—by choice or for a less voluntary reason—after serving only one term.

Here’s the history behind four-year presidential term limits, plus answers to all your other questions about presidential terms.

You may think you know the words to “Pop! Goes the Weasel.” The tune is everywhere from jack-in-the-box toys to Data and Riker’s first encounter in ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’. But it may not even be about a weasel at all.

Howard Dean, Gary Hart, Richard Nixon, Rick Perry, and more made some pretty big mistakes during their presidential campaigns.

Although the Watergate scandal tends to overshadow much of his legacy, Richard Nixon almost forced a mistrial for Charles Manson.

The museum’s benefactor eventually became part of its collection.

Condoms in the Olympic Village have been a tradition—and a public health service—since 1988.

Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin, intended the rings to represent nations “united by Olympism.”