History

My artifact-hunting days are now behind me, but I still derive a sense of satisfaction from my collection— 1,000 perfect...

The planet is almost 40,000 kilometres around and 4.54 billion years old, and humans are still discovering some of the...

Let's take a walk back in time to the early 1900s—what did everyday things look like back then?

Thanks to Hollywood and generations of misinformation, most people don’t know the truth behind these 10 historical figures.

Who does the British royal family like to hang out with? Their choice of pals is often unexpected.

Dogs and cats have lived at the White House during many presidential terms. So have exotic birds, a flock of...

Prepare to have your mind blown.

There's no doubt South African leader Nelson Mandela, who was born on July 18, 1918, and passed away on December...

Even the not-so-superstitious know that breaking a mirror and walking under a ladder can bring bad luck. But there are...

Your pup might’ve looked a whole lot different in 1900, thanks to generations of breeding.

Judy Rebick, the prominent Canadian activist and feminist, speaks about childhood abuse, her personal #MeToo and where the women’s movement...

Part of an ongoing tribute to honour Canada's war veterans.

Relics left behind by ancient humans are typically broken, buried, and hard to identify, but then there are some that...

These finales really lit the pop culture world.

You know the classic examples of onomatopoeias like “boom,” “splat,” and “pow,” but you probably never realized that these words...

Were you bored silly in history class? Then you’ll love laughing at Socrates, Caesar, Queen Elizabeth II and more.

Locomotive graveyards, ancient civilizations, felled military vessels, and unbelievably odd marine creatures are just a few of the macabre and...

The documentary was a smash success with viewers—but shortly thereafter, it was ordered off the air, never to be seen...

Facts, schmacts! Don't look to Hollywood for historical facts—here's why.

When you think of dinosaurs, do you still imagine giant gray scaly beasts that went extinct? Get ready to have...

Mother Nature can take credit for creating these rock formations. Make sure you pack your camera!

Which president was a hangman, which owned a saloon, the country's deadliest job, and more fascinating trivia about American history...

These creepy songs run the gamut from hip-hop to avant-garde to spine-tinglingly bizarre—and all of them just plain good.

They're similar, but they're definitely not synonymous.

Even though it's right there above us, scientists still have a lot of questions about Earth's own moon.

From the collapse ancient empires to the renaming of exotic places, the map of the world looks very different now...

Which famous work has a giant skull hiding in plain sight? In which painting did the artist hide an image...

Popular shoe brands, U.S. state borders, and even electricity itself could have been very different if a few powerful guys...

These titles were the most logical choices for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to receive, but they carry a deeper...