Stories

How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?

By Sarah Magowan

Who Invented the Ukulele?

By Scott Mclaughlan

The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)

By Antonis Chaliakopoulos

Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts

By Anastasiia Kirpalov

Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?

By Michael Huffman

The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?

By Erin Wright

Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say

By Auryn Cox

Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?

By Erin Wright

The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute

By Anastasiia Kirpalov

Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?

By Erin Wright

Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?

By Erin Wright

What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)

By Erin Wright

Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections

By Madison Whipple

How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?

By Erin Wright

What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames

By Alex Bird

Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?

By Scott Mclaughlan

How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country

By Greg Beyer

10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time

By Greg Beyer

A Brief History of Mount Everest

By Kassandre Dwyer

What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?

By Erin Wright

Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?

By Scott Mclaughlan

Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?

By Matt Whittaker

How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land

By Agnes Theresa Oberauer

Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?

By Erin Wright

How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)

By Erin Wright

Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?

By Greg Beyer

When Birds Outsmarted the Army: How Did Australians Lose the Emu War?

By Erin Wright

Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?

By Scott Mclaughlan

Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?

By Erin Wright

The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art

By Rosie Lesso