List of All Articles with Tag 'history'

It was once socially acceptable for an unhappily married wife to stone her husband to death while he hid in a hole.

It's no secret that most fast food "secret sauces" are a riff on Thousand Island dressing.

Just underneath the surface of many paintings, both famous and obscure, is another hidden painting that could have been.

"Barbie" has answered the billion-dollar question with a resounding "yes." Barely three weeks into its run, writer-director Greta Gerwig's blockbuster has raked in an astounding $1.03 billion at the global box office, Warner Bros. reports. This makes Gerwig the first female director with a billion-dollar movie.

A vast vocabulary of words have been invented, borrowed, and accumulated over the centuries to describe almost every color and shade imaginable.

Try your hand at the 1913 diamond grid that kicked off the crossword puzzle craze.

For at least 500 years—and maybe more—pigeon fanciers have bred wonderfully bizarre-looking pigeons.

Jisoo and An Bo-hyun's announcement has rocked the notoriously controlling K-pop industry.

An ancient, long-extinct whale could have tipped the scales at close to 200 tonnes, scientists say.

Though she died of cancer in 1951, Henrietta Lacks's immortal cells became the foundation for countless medical advancements.

From animal glands to radioactive water, these odd anti-aging cures involved more scheme than science.

Vice President Kamala Harris dismissed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' challenge to debate his state's new Black history curriculum as "politically motivated," marking the latest escalation in a quickly growing feud between the former prosecutor and GOP presidential hopeful.