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What does King Richard III have to do with parking lots? And what does Middle Age rock music sound like? You've got questions, we've got answers.&#...

Float like a butterfly, sting like an actually pretty effective diplomat.

Careful, kids-- we're about to get into some grade A literary scandalousness.

Prison isn't great, but it was a whole lot worse before Dorothy Dix came around and said, "Wow. No. Change this."

Who was Virginia Hall, and how did she give Wonder Woman a run for her money? Hit play to find out. 

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural and artistic explosion in Harlem, NY during the 1920s. We'd say, "what a time to be alive," but it was quickl...

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre will make you feel way better about literally all of your past Valentine's Days. ...Unless you happened to be murd...

WARNING: This video mentions prostitution and bad pirate behavior. Abandon hope all ye who enter here.

Thank your lucky stars you weren't living near Chernobyl at the time of the nuclear accident in 1986. You can't take that "two heads are better tha...

Fun fact: some performers believe that a bad dress rehearsal portends a great opening night. Not-so-fun fact: a war zone isn’t the best place to...

In 1799, one of Napoleon's captains uncovered what is today known as the Rosetta Stone, and delivered it to his superior. And that, everyone, is ho...

Has a bad sandwich ever just kind of thrown your whole day off? Well, have we got a story for you...