The craze for animal furniture came from the work of Rowland Ward, who was a talented taxidermist whose work popularized the trend.

In 14th-century England, no crime was worse than trying to betray the crown. So as a warning to those who would commit treason, being hanged, drawn, and quartered was born.

Vin Mariani was advertised to reduce your hunger, aid digestion, cure the flu, and best of all, fill you with energy.

The grisly story of Jack the Stripper reveals that his murders may have been more gruesome than even those of the infamous killer who inspired his name.

In 1961, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. However, some conspiracy theorists speculate that the Soviets reached the cosmos on an earlier mission but covered it up because they lost cosmonauts.

The history of the Google name can be traced back to a typo, an incredibly large number, and a nine-year-old boy.

The Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab was one of the more bizarre toys of all time.

According to the interviews with Secret Service agents and White House insiders, JFK's women were often prostitutes supplied by organized crime figures.

Revisiting the crack-smoking, drunk-driving, inexplicable political career of Rob Ford.

Given the genetics of Iceland and the nature of the people who settled it, it’s possible that a large percentage of the first women on Iceland were taken there as slaves.

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, a Japanese newspaper reported on the barbaric killing competition as though it were a sporting event.