Stuff You Missed in History Class

Al Capone was a king among criminals, and ‘kept his hands clean,’ maintaining plausible deniability by avoiding direct connections to illegal activity. He never paid [Read more]

When the Spanish Coast Guard caught English Captain Jenkins smuggling, they cut off his ear as punishment. Could this insult have sent two countries to [Read more]

In A.D. 64, a great fire consumed Rome for six days and seven nights. Some rumors speculated that Nero set the fire, and even played [Read more]

Davy Crockett is one of America’s great real-life legends. With a little help from Walt Disney, Crockett experienced a resurgence in popularity more than 100 [Read more]

Amid the bloodshed of World War I, the Pope pled for a truce on Christmas Day. The commanding powers refused the truce, but soldiers across [Read more]

The first Olympics took place in the sixth century in order to build diplomacy across the Greek world. Learn more about the history of the [Read more]

Peter the Great was a feared leader but also an intellectual. Learn about Peter the Great and Peter the Great’s love of academia and collectibles [Read more]

An inscription above King Tutankhamen’s burial chamber reads: ‘Death will come on swift pinions to those who disturb the rest of the Pharaoh.’ This was [Read more]

Some researchers allege that ergot poisoning may have been responsible for triggering the Salem witchcraft trials — but is this fact, or fiction? Learn more [Read more]

The D.B. Cooper mystery involves the case of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, which was hijacked by a lone man. Learn more about the D.B. Cooper [Read more]