Did Henry VIII Regret Executing Anne Boleyn? Some Historians Think So
Anne Boleyn’s execution freed Henry VIII up to marry his mistress and try again for a male heir. But he might’ve felt bad about it later.
Anne Boleyn’s execution freed Henry VIII up to marry his mistress and try again for a male heir. But he might’ve felt bad about it later.
You’ve seen it on everything from socks to 'The Simpsons' to cocktail napkins, but how much do you really know about Edvard Munch's 'The Scream'?
The first Murderers’ Row wasn’t the 1927 New York Yankees. It was a literal row of murderers.
After two terms, all Truman wanted to do was visit diners on a cross-country road trip.
Once the fastest ocean liner in the world, a German torpedo sent the ship to the bottom of the sea.
The nostrils of our ancestors were constantly assaulted by unimaginable odors. Here are six reasons that you should be happy you and your nose in modern times.
Criteria include ingenuity, staying power, the puzzles’ effect on history—and whether they gave the author a good kind of headache or bad kind of headache.
Mike was supposed to be dinner. Instead, he became a national treasure.
Robert Peary was celebrated as the first man to reach the North Pole, but his 1909 achievement was controversial from the moment it was announced.
Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues isn’t the only short basketball player to have made it to the NBA. But he is the shortest.
We're detailing some of the most common misconceptions about the Cold War, including how close we came to World War III and Pepsi's impact on world affairs.
Years after she founded Mother’s Day, Anna Jarvis realized that she had lost control of the holiday she helped create.
Before he led the Communist Party of China, Mao Zedong worked as a librarian's assistant at Peking University.
In 1979, America came the closest it’s ever been to a commercial nuclear catastrophe when a malfunctioning valve led to a partial meltdown on Three Mile Island.
When discussing Marilyn's measurements, you have to take vintage clothing sizes into account.
Known as the 'sortes Virgilianae,' this method of predicting the future has been used by emperors, kings, writers, and scholars.
Every person on Earth is living in the past, and more fascinating facts about time that are likely to hurt your brain.
For Christmas dinner in 1870, Paris restaurant Voisin publicized a menu that featured kangaroo stew, elephant stock, stuffed donkey head, and bear chops.
Have some cake this month on behalf of these historical figures, all of whom were born in May.
The U.S. military catalogued 285 incidents involving Japanese fu-go, mostly in the Western United States and Canada; one incident resulted in five deaths.
Between May and October 1893, nearly 26 million visitors gained entry to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Here are a few photos from the event.
Ulysses S. Grant was a complicated man in one of the most complicated times in United States history.
Laura Ingalls Wilder recalled the devastation they caused in the 1870s in 'On the Banks of Plum Creek.'
If it were up to Alexander Graham Bell, we probably wouldn’t.