Though John Adams was old and ill when he died, the curious timing of his demise sparked countless unusual theories.

Although it's called the Golden Age of Hollywood, the harsh reality is that, for many actresses, life behind the glitz and glamour of the silver screen was difficult and rife with hardship. Some of ...

Although many in the modern day associate the Soviet Union with Russia, it was one of the world’s largest multi-ethnic states, comprised of 15 republics. The Soviet Union’s first census, conducted in ...

Countless people around the world have been captivated by ancient Egypt since Roman times, but especially after King Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered in 1922, Egyptomania spread across Europe and the ...

Sisyphus appears in several Greek myths, though today he is often associated with just one. In the famous legend, he is punished by Zeus for cheating death and condemned to endlessly push a boulder up ...

Caesar’s adopted son and heir Octavian ultimately emerged victorious in the ensuing power struggles, and in 27 B.C.E., he took the new name Augustus and became Rome’s first emperor. With that, the ...

The Ark of the Covenant is first mentioned in the Book of Exodus, when God instructs Moses to tell the Israelites to build an ark (a chest) out of “acacia wood” that is “two and a half cubits long, a ...

Linda Napolitano was a typical housewife living in Manhattan with her husband and two children. But everything changed on Nov. 30, 1989, when she claims three gray bipedal creatures abducted her from ...

To this day, the story of the Manson Family members is a haunting tale of corruption, power, and how one man with enough influence convinced his followers to commit truly reprehensible acts. Most ...

This painstaking process also produced a terrible, overwhelming stench similar to rotting fish and urine. But for dye makers, the rewards far outweighed the costs. Though it could take 10,000 snails ...

Before long, the images spread like wildfire throughout England. By 1920, they had caught the attention of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a noted spiritualist and the author of The Adventures of Sherlock ...

During the 13th century, the Mongol Empire ruled over nearly all of Asia, but disputes over borders and succession paired with waning military power led to its collapse by 1368. The Mongol Empire, the ...