HISTORY

Before ChatGPT, a novel computer program by an MIT professor offered a virtual therapy session.

The list of Frederick Douglass's accomplishments is astonishing—respected orator, famous writer, abolitionist, civil rights leader, presidential consultant—even without considering that he was formerly enslaved.

From the dangers of being a “sexual vampire” to the best ways to charm your in-laws, here’s what relationship advice looked like in the past.

Just because lions were depicted frequently in medieval art and design doesn’t mean they were depicted well.

Owens’s triumph at the 1936 Summer Olympics defied racist ideology and inspired generations of athletes.

You know it's a distress signal, but what does it actually stand for? A lot of people think it's an abbreviation for “save our souls.” (It's not.)

In 1989, Jim Henson's 'Fraggle Rock' became the first American television series to air in what was then still the Soviet Union.

Virginia Woolf loved using purple ink—but only for certain kinds of writing.

The history of Groundhog Day stretches back hundreds of years. But, as it turns out, the furry animal isn’t the best at getting the forecast right.

The U.S. capital might have been a very different place if not for the surveying work of Benjamin Banneker.

The capital of the Buckeye State blends its quirky personality with an impressive political pedigree.

We're 30 seconds closer to theoretical nuclear annihilation than the last time it was reset in 2020.