Sarah Goode was one of several Black women who received patents in the 1880s. The year after Goode submitted the patent ...

Since the 2000s, photos of Kenny the “tiger with Down syndrome” have made him an online sensation. Countless people have been captivated by his story, in which “the world’s ugliest tiger” was rescued ...

After the Dutch merchant ship Batavia wrecked near Australia in 1629, a mutiny prompted an all-out war that eventually left some 200 people dead. On October 29, 1628, the Dutch East India Company ...

Animal trainer Dawn Brancheau worked happily at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, for many years. In her time there, she became a beloved trainer, and her shows with world-famous orcas brought millions of ...

LiveScience reports that a team of researchers analyzed ancient remains found at the Cooper’s Ferry archaeological site ...

Jean Spangler’s enigmatic story was classic Hollywood noir: A young, beautiful actress suddenly disappears, leaving behind a purse containing an unsigned, cryptic clue. The mystery then deepens when ...

Once upon a time, Madagascar was a hub for giant tortoises. Many species of these massive reptiles roamed the land, but in the modern world only a few of them remain. In tracing the origins and ...

In July 1976, dozens of parents in rural Chowchilla, California, faced their worst nightmare when their children went missing. A school bus carrying 26 students mysteriously vanished on the way back ...

American cryptologist Elizebeth Smith Friedman cracked codes during World War I, Prohibition, and World War II — but her accomplishments weren’t revealed until after her death. For decades, the United ...

According to Abrahamic religions, after God created the Earth, he made man in the form of Adam and placed him in the Garden of Eden. And although humanity was later expelled from this paradise, some ...

From the heartwarming to the macabre, these interesting facts about U.S. first ladies weren't taught in any history class.

When the Vikings sailed to Vinland — present-day Newfoundland — over 1,000 years ago, they had multiple women in their midst. One of them, Freydís Eiríksdóttir, carved her name into Norse legend ...