13 Facts about Astronaut Alan Shepard, the First American in Space
Fifty years ago, Alan Shepard became the first astronaut to hit a golf ball on the moon. Read on for more facts about trailblazing career at NASA.
Fifty years ago, Alan Shepard became the first astronaut to hit a golf ball on the moon. Read on for more facts about trailblazing career at NASA.
Kids thought they were buying an adorable little pet when they ordered a monkey from their favorite comic book. What they got was a wild animal that pooped everywhere and attacked their mothers' bridge clubs.
Michelangelo is one of the most celebrated artists in history. While he disliked signing his work, time and humidity changes may have just revealed a thumbprint on a wax butt.
Renowned landscape architect Charles Downing Lay beat the odds to become a champion town planner at the 1936 Games in Berlin.
The backstories behind some words and phrases we use when cooking and eating, from 'amuse-bouche' to 'umami' and beyond.
The Summer Olympics opening ceremony wouldn’t be complete without a cauldron lighting—revisit past ones in this supercut.
Two events separated by over a century gave visitors a look at Niagara Falls without the Falls. And it may happen again soon.
You may know Bob to be a rather unremarkable name, but these individuals—and one haircut—have done some amazing things.
After Shizo Kanakuri pulled out of a race during the 1912 Olympics, he unintentionally became mythologized as the “Japanese who vanished.”
The river Thames snakes its way through the center of London, continuing to waylay whales, inspire artists, sink ships, and occasionally flood areas of the British capital
The wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald isn't the only ship to have met an early end on the Great Lakes.
When synchronized swimming was first introduced as an Olympic event, it came in three varieties: duet, eight-woman and … solo?
The romantic gesture was a tribute to the heroism of their husbands-to-be who served in World War II.
The Cochineal insect creates a red dye so incredible, Europe nearly went to war over it.
England's canal system powered the Industrial Revolution and Victorian prosperity—but it had a dangerous side.
From an island infested with snakes to a vault holding a very special secret recipe, these dangerous, mysterious, or otherwise forbidden places are off-limits to the public.
What if a company created a toy that was so psychologically addictive that when it stopped working, the kid started crying? That's Tamagotchi.
The sculpture pays tribute to Wells, who shed light on discrimination as a reporter and activist until her death in 1931.
From the artistic origins of the Bellini to the many backstories of the margarita, here's what you need to know about your favorite eponymous cocktail.
It's difficult to know several things about J. Edgar Hoover's life for certain, because the long-time FBI director's life was hidden from the public eye even as rumors swirled and stuck. For better and worse, his legacy is tangled up in myths.
The metal known as pyrite fooled gold rush enthusiasts in the 1800s, but it turns out the material may contain gold after all.
From 1924 to 1936, the International Olympic Committee handed out medals for a sport so dangerous that the vast majority of recipients weren't alive to collect them.
Florida sprinter Erriyon Knighton will be the youngest competitor on the U.S. men’s track and field team at the Tokyo Olympics this summer.
In the 1920s and 1930s, the Olympics bestowed medals on artists for excellence in medal-making. Even if they were dead.