Stuff You Missed in History Class

Even as his career in comics was at its zenith, Winsor McCay continued to explore other business ventures for his art. He added vaudeville performances [Read more]

McCay is credited as a pioneer in early animation. But before he made drawings come to life, he worked as a billboard artist, an artist-journalist, [Read more]

Today we revisit an episode on the technology of yesteryear. Long before Czech playwright Karel Capek coined the term “robot” in his 1920 play “R.U.R.,” [Read more]

James Whale created iconic films in the early half of the 20th century. He’s one of the main reasons that Universal Pictures became synonymous with [Read more]

“Defenestrate” just means “to throw out of a window.” And apart from sounding like the punch line to a joke about Daleks … there has [Read more]

We’re revisiting another episode from Sarah and Deblina., in which they talk about how the Brontë sisters quickly rose from obscurity to notoriety after their [Read more]

In the 1890s, Frank Lenz started a bicycle tour around the world. He never finished, and his ultimate fate remains uncertain, though there are pretty [Read more]

The 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team were segregated units for soldiers of Japanese descent that were created during WWII. The story [Read more]

This classic revisits the Brontë sisters. They’re considered some of the best writers of the 19th century but their past may surprise you. Join Sarah [Read more]

Every carried out what’s been described as the most profitable and brutal pirate raid in history. It became a massive international incident, and Britain tried [Read more]