A deaf, middle-aged divorcee founded the Girl Scouts to help young women forge their own paths in life
A group of women at Harvard in the late 1800s catalogued the entire universe but weren’t allowed to vote
“Baby airing”: To make sure they had fresh air, new mothers put their infants into baby cages on the windowsills
“Game of Thrones” star Kit Harington has a noble ancestor but not King of the North–John Harington invented the flush toilet in 1596
Astronauts on Apollo missions left on the Moon five U.S. flags, two golf balls, and a startling amount of refuse
Greetings! The high five and the fist bump are 20th century, but the first handshake dates to 5th century B.C. Greece, as way to prove you were weapon free
Only 10 men finished the first Boston Marathon in 1897, an homage to a legendary Greek soldier who ran 24.5 miles—and died