Big Ben to Fall Silent During Four-Year Renovation Project
It is the longest time that Big Ben has been paused during its 157-year history
Untouched, Century-Old Fruitcake Found In Antarctica
Even generations of penguins refused to touch the concoction believed to have been brought south by the Terra Nova Expedition
Months Before Pearl Harbor, Churchill and Roosevelt Held a Secret Meeting of Alliance
The two leaders met in a warship off the coast of northern Canada to talk strategy
WWII Anti-Fascist Film Goes Viral After Charlottesville
“Don’t Be A Sucker,” which was released in 1943, urged viewers to take a stand against divisive, prejudicial rhetoric
‘Casey at the Bat’ Leaves a Lot of Unanswered Questions
Was there a Casey? Where did he strike out? Does it really matter?
A Brief History of Trans-Atlantic Balloon Crossings
Fifteenth time’s the charm, evidently
Alcatraz Wasn’t Always ‘Uncle Sam’s Devil’s Island’
Though it was a prison for more than a century, it didn’t become the famous maximum-security penitentiary until 1934
New Analysis Indicates Early Britons Engaged in Ritualistic Cannibalism
A zigzag pattern on an arm bone indicates around 15,000 years ago, humans in Britain may have consumed others as part of a funeral rite
The Bizarre Story of ‘Vasa,’ the Ship That Keeps On Giving
‘Vasa’ sunk in front of horrified onlookers on this day in 1628, claiming 30 lives
Three Things to Know About the Louvre’s History
The home of the Mona Lisa has a history that’s almost 1000 years long
Aspirin’s Four-Thousand-Year History
It’s 2000 B.C. and you have a headache. Grab the willow bark
U.S. Army To Return Remains of Three Native Boys Who Died at Assimilation School
The Carlisle Indian Industrial School was founded by a military officer who wanted to “kill the Indian … [and] save the man in him”
This Obscure Fishing Book is One of the Most Reprinted English Books Ever
‘The Compleat Angler’ is much more than an instruction manual on fishing. It’s a Walden-like meditation on nature and friendship
Eighty Years Later, Two Exhibits Confront the “Degenerate Art” Purge
In 1937, the Nazis confiscated modernist art from museums and put it up for ridicule in an exhibit that still reverberates today
This Is What Global Dissent Sounds Like
A new project maps almost 200 recordings taken in 27 different countries over the past 26 years
The CIA Experimented On Animals in the 1960s Too. Just Ask ‘Acoustic Kitty’
Turns out that cats really don’t take direction well
Is One A Number? According to ‘Mathematicks Made Easie,’ Yes
The ancient Greeks, and people for almost 2,000 years after them, argued over whether one was a number
This Taiwanese Museum Just Digitized Its Massive Collection of Chinese Art
70,000 images are available for download via the National Palace Museum’s website
America’s Oldest Coal-Powered Steamboat Chugs Along
After a two-year restoration, the 109-year-old Sabino is ready to sail for many years to come
William R. Maples Popularized Forensic Anthropology Long Before CSI
Maples worked on a number of high-profile cases that helped to bring the field of forensic anthropology to prominence
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