Dollymania: When Dolly the Sheep Created a ’90s Media Sensation
Dolly the sheep was the first animal cloned from a single adult cell—and raised a lot of questions about the future of human cloning.
Dolly the sheep was the first animal cloned from a single adult cell—and raised a lot of questions about the future of human cloning.
The North American parrots vanished mysteriously in the early 20th century. Now scientists are closer to solving their disappearance.
Shorty the Chimpanzee rides the merry-go-round and climbs on the Ferris wheel in this lighthearted 1936 newsreel.
Thiess strolled into court in 1691 to testify in a theft trial. He wound up admitting he turned into a wolf and feasted on pigs. You know, that old story.
“The Drinkers Dictionary,” published by Franklin in the ‘Pennsylvania Gazette’ in January 1737, features terms like ‘nimptopsical’ and ‘cherubimical’ as synonyms for ‘drunk.’
'Sesame Street' has a long history of teaching kids how to deal with traumatic events. In the wake of 9/11, the show's creators wanted to find a way to bring the real-world horror to their young audience's attention.
On September 23, 2023, you can visit the Statue of Liberty, Alcatraz Island, or any of the 400-plus other monuments, parks, and historical sites overseen by the National Park Service for free.
'The Persistence of Memory' is the most recognizable work by Salvador Dalì, who painted it in the midst of a hallucination.
Let’s take a roadtrip through the country, with stops at a self-flushing latrine, a collection of human brains, and much more.
In 1992, Nickelodeon assembled items important to the kids of the day, put them in a big orange time capsule, and buried it in front of Nickelodeon Studios in Universal Studios. Here’s the full list.
The reason they’re often associated with the growths goes hand in hand with the same centuries-old superstitions that gave witches an undeservedly bad rap.
In the 1950s, American counterinsurgents decided to play into Philippine folklore by orchestrating a deadly 'vampire' attack.
The headless horseman from ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ is just one of several headless horsemen to haunt the globe.
We don’t know how these Victorian slang terms ever fell out of fashion, but we propose bringing them back, as soon as possible.
Here's everything you need to know about Italy's most beloved architectural accident.
Some of the world's greatest scientists have struggled with math—just like the rest of us.
Many bad words come and go, but these six have withstood the tests of time. Here’s how they came to be.
They pillaged, they invaded, and they obeyed only the sea laws they made up as they went along.
Here are the stories behind the nicknames of the NFL’s 32 teams—and what they were almost called.
These offenses include everything from historical forgeries to audacious heists to cold-blooded murder—all with a bookish twist.
Tennis’s U.S. Open has only been an “open” since 1968. Here’s why.
Want a real feeling for history? Go to Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Japan, a hotel that's played host to shoguns and emperors.
“[Television] won’t be able to hold onto any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.”
The ancient Egyptian monument, thought to depict the likeness of the pharaoh Khafre, confounds scholars to this day.