The Harvard Chemistry Professor Who Was Also a Murderer
After George Parkman mysteriously disappeared on November 23, 1849, an unusual suspect emerged.
After George Parkman mysteriously disappeared on November 23, 1849, an unusual suspect emerged.
It was Anthony Pratt, in the sitting room, with the brilliant idea.
In the market for a collection of 18- to 20-foot-tall presidential busts? You've come to the right place.
Who knew a simple tuber could do so much damage?
During the Prohibition Era, moonshiners had to be pretty crafty to keep their activities under wraps.
The infamous family feud lasted decades, and claimed the lives of 13 people. But what caused it in the first place?
While the official song of the organization proclaimed that the motto of the players was “Do or Die,” the rules of of conduct weren’t quite so tough.
Long before Arlington's famous Tomb of the Unknown Solider had a round-the-clock guard, the estate was home to a much different kind of solider: Union troops.
Nearly 800 people have been featured since 1847. Here are a few you probably haven't heard of.
One of the most important documents in the history of government celebrates its 800th birthday today.
In honor of Flag Day, we thought it was time you knew the truth.
Particle physicists Carl Haber and Vitaliy Fadeyev have discovered a way to use Large Hadron Collider technology to preserve historic audio.
He drafted the Declaration of Independence on this portable lap desk.
Her rule has spanned 63 years—but it could have all been undone by one 17-year-old.
He threw wild, beaned batters, and lost all sense of time—but Dock Ellis still managed to pitch a no-hitter while high on LSD.
On this day in 1880, Lee Richmond of the Worcester Ruby Legs twirled baseball's first-ever perfect game.
Hungarian brothers László and György Bíró are credited with inventing the pen we still use today.
Acclimatization societies imported the yellowhammer to get rid of pests—and then it became a pest itself.