
January 31, 1990: McDonald's Opens in the Soviet Union
First come the burgers, then come the fries, and before you know it, the Cold War is over.
First come the burgers, then come the fries, and before you know it, the Cold War is over.
It turns out that just throwing fighters into an arena and watching them go at it might not have been enough for the Romans.
Even if you know Tivoli Gardens from Bakken, we're willing to bet a few kroner there's still a lot you haven't heard about Denmark's capital city.
The popular podcast hosts reveal fascinating historical women who haven't gotten the attention they deserve.
How could hundreds of healthy men suddenly become convinced that their penises are disappearing?
When you want to stop Niagara Falls from flowing, install a cofferdam. The New York State Parks Commission is hoping to do just that as early as 2019.
Calculations etched onto four stone tablets change the timeline of astronomy.
“The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots” had gone undiscovered for over a century.
Shakespeare’s cultural position is pretty secure. He doesn’t need to be rescued from obscurity. Yet certain plays tend to dominate bookshelves, stages, and classrooms, leaving many others largely unread and unperformed.
The landmark was almost turned into a wool factory.
In a way, you have this Scottish engineer to thank for all your favorite TV shows.
Learn more about the home of the world's largest mushroom, America's deepest lake, and the only leprechaun colony west of Ireland.
Mark Twain once said, "Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see, this is the chief."
You won’t find his likeness anywhere on American currency. Instead, we’ve given this founding father a linguistic tribute—thanks to one revolutionary document, his very name is now a synonym for signature.
John Romulus Brinkley made a name for himself by implanting goat testicles into the testicles of impotent human men, seemingly curing them. But that was just the beginning for Brinkley.
The work is an important historical find, shedding light onto 1960s views on pornography, sexuality, and censorship.
With a little help from Reddit, the librarian who unearthed the work identified it as a copy of the rare Cedid Atlas.
At least one woman was arrested during this law’s short two-week life.
Forgery of art and antiquities is far from a modern phenomenon.
The oil on canvas painting was the first of French Neo-Impressionist Georges Seurat's large-scale compositions.
Grave-robbers, beware!
On this date in 1789, Boston bookseller Isaiah Thomas and Company published The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature, which is generally considered to be the first American novel.
The numerical cipher might have been used by two lovers to encrypt illicit messages.