Stuff You Missed in History Class

Just about a year ago, the FBI informed the press about new developments in the case of the massive art theft in the Isabella Stewart [Read more]

Algebra doesn’t have one single origin point — it developed over time and in multiple places, with many mathematicians contributing. One of those contributors was [Read more]

While most of the survivors of the Batavia were scattered on a few tiny islands off the coast of Australia, a small group went all [Read more]

The story of the Batavia is a perfect storm of nautical carnage: There’s a shipwreck, a mutiny and a massacre. This first of two parts [Read more]

It was the biggest shipping disaster in Cayman Islands history — 10 ships went down together one night in 1794. Why would so many ships [Read more]

Accounts of teleportation, alchemy and even immortality swirl around the legend of Count of Saint-Germain. Was he a spy? A concealed royal? A skilled con [Read more]

In 1859, the United States and Great Britain nearly went to war over an issue that seems more likely to spark a feud between Hatfields [Read more]

A handsome playboy who once courted Queen Elizabeth I, Eric started his time as king with focus and ambition. But his paranoia led him to [Read more]

While the crucifixion of Jesus is the most most well-known instance of this type of execution, crucifixion was a practice that was both common and [Read more]

The legendary wardrobe of Marie-Antoinette has been criticized, envied and discussed to no end. But where did all those glorious clothes come from? In large [Read more]