HISTORY

The future of your love life just might depend on whether you're willing to eat an entire salted herring—bones and all—in three bites.

A new book tells the real story behind the trial of the doomed ballerina in the musical 'Chicago.'

It's a pretty fascinating little bauble—particularly if you're impressed by 45.52 carat gems—but you probably wouldn't want to own it.

While he worked to save America's forests, Gifford Pinchot felt the spirit of his dead fiancée near.

From myths to literature to giant squid, here's how some of our favorite eerie creatures and legends got their start.

The sugary snack was introduced by General Mills in 1983, but its sticky roots go back to the early 1900s.

These five cemetery journeys are a great way to explore America’s rich and varied history. Tombstone tourists, rejoice.

Accused by his countrymen of collaborating with the Nazis, the once-beloved British author fled in 1947 and never looked back.

7. It's one of the only ballparks where neighborhood residents can sit on their roofs and watch the game.

From the discovery of dinosaur eggs to the birth of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, a lot of notable (and non-scary) things have happened on Friday the 13th.

It's hard to say whether eidetic memory really exists, but plenty of people have claimed to possess it.

'78/52,' a new documentary by Alexandre O. Philippe, spends 90 minutes dissecting one of the most iconic sequences in film history.