The Vindolanda tablets tell us a lot about life in early Roman Britain.

One scam was convincing enough to fool George Washington.

in the 1980s, Springfield was home to a subterranean labyrinth made up of cheese wheels.

Ahead of the release of Ridley Scott’s biopic, ‘Napoleon,’ here are 11 facts about the woman who once stood in the emperor’s shadow.

You think you’ve seen every category of words … then you find this batch, including such oddities as tableclothwise and rabbitwise.

Here’s how to pepper your next argument with Shakespearean insults.

Centuries later, Stede Bonnet’s motivations and actual aptitude for piracy remain unclear. But he still managed to make the history books—in his nightgown, no less.

The Great Depression was caused by the 1929 stock market crash and plunged the entire country into poverty … right? Maybe not.

Louis Wain sketched, painted, and even animated cats throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Nuna supermountains were as tall as the Himalayas but over three times as long—and are now lost to time.

It’s often said the dreidel was a way Jewish people communicated their faith during ancient times of oppression. But the Hanukkah game is actually a lot more recent.

The Great Flood of 1889 killed more than 2000 people, swept away 1600 homes, and caused $17 million in damage. And it wasn’t the last time Johnstown would flood.