A Google Earth add-on helps you understand the strength of the world's nuclear arsenal
A large, fortified building was found outside Jerusalem. Some archaeologists claim it to be the palace of the biblical King David
The young woman was either poisoned or strangled with a cord, then dumped into a pit
Thousands crammed into India's telegram offices on Sunday as the 163 year old service shuts down for good
Replacing racially charged and aggressive World War II imagery, Smokey the Bear is an iconic character
The first recruit to the Women in the Air Force (known as WAF) was Esther Blake who enlisted on the first day it was even possible for women to do so
Though Engelbart revolutionized computing in 1967 with the invention of the mouse, he never received any royalties from his creation
The advent of open fire cooking began with Homo erectus
Three hundred and fifteen years ago today James Savery's patented the steam engine
Polish archaeologist Milosz Giersz was terrified that looters would make their way to the site, so he and his colleagues excavated the site in secrecy
Libya’s civil war might be over, but the aftershocks of the revolution are still reverberating through the country
For as long as anyone can remember, the safe box - marked simply "Woman Suffrage Party" has sat in the council's New York City office
Dogs and cats have been with us for centuries, and so has our habit of giving them affectionate names
The ancient Mayan city of Chactun was once a metropolis with around 35,000 inhabitants. It was abandoned 1,000 years ago, and lost to scholars until now
Engineers and music experts in New Zealand tinkered with the concepts behind Thomas Edison's original phonograph to make a beer bottle sing
Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften, or an insurance company that provides legal protection, is now the language's longest word
Through decades of excavation near their cottage Anton and Maria Chobot unearthed artifacts of the Clovis people
Called a Howell torpedo, the old military relic was a marvel in its day, and only 50 were ever made
A forensic art team reconstructed Richard III's face
The construction company building the road appears to have extracted crushed rocks from the pyramid to use as road fill
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