The world has changed so much in the last few decades that the ’80s almost seem like a fantasy. Was Kylie Minogue really that popular? Did we really use enough hairspray to put a small hole in the ...

Today, most people think of pirates as the characters from the Pirates of the Caribbean films or Blackbeard with his beard on fire. While these interpretations of the swashbuckling outlaws may not be ...

Whenever historical documentaries are released, they tend to overly focus on specific periods. Even 20 years ago, it was hard not to notice the History Channel’s fixation on World War II. But even ...

They might be one of the most iconic rock bands of the last forty years, but for KISS, those decades on the world stage have been anything but boring. Newcomers to rock might only know them for their ...

In 1801, just thirteen years after the ratification of the United States Constitution, Aaron Burr became the third man to take the office of vice president. Best known for ending the life of Founding ...

In the movie 300, the lives of Spartans are glamorized by gorgeous actors and actresses with perfect bodies. The soldiers and their wives revel in nobility and violence, ready to take down any enemy ...

History has and always will be shrouded in mystery. Despite documentation, we will never truly know everything that has happened in the past. This is what makes history so incredibly interesting — and ...

In the mid-1820s, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce produced the oldest surviving photograph of a real-life scene. Since then, photography spread across several countries, where other inventors improved upon ...

One of the joys of being a kid is playing outside with friends or even by yourself. Children have been playing made-up games or those that have been passed down from generation to generation since ...

Benjamin Franklin is one of the most prominent figures of American history. There was little that Franklin couldn’t do. The polymath was born into a modest family in 1706 and despite only two years of ...

World War Two was a decisive moment in American and world history. The war was marked with horrible atrocities and admirable fighting. Thanks to our high school history books, most of us know how the ...

If you’re a history buff, the Taj Mahal most likely is one of the world’s fascinating treasures to you. However, the woman who inspired the brilliant work of art that still haunts us with its beauty ...