Trial by Ordeal: Submitting the accused to combat or burning or boiling saved the need for trials, witnesses, or evidence
19th Century Slave to Beauty: Empress Sissi’s Bizarre Hair, Cosmetics and Diet Rituals
A 69-year-old double amputee achieves lifelong dream of climbing the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest
Panic at MI5: When a newspaper’s crossword puzzle started leaking vital information about the D-Day invasion
New research: Water may have arrived on planet Earth by way of asteroids
Multi-million restoration of York Minster’s stained glass windows restores the beauty of the 15th century creation
The Hallucinatory Effect of Damp Rye Bread is why Witches are on Broomsticks
The Crazy Brave Man who Removed his own Bladder Stone with a Kitchen Knife
The Rise and Fall of the Last King of Hawaii
Celestia, Pennsylvania― a 600-acre property deeded as God’s land was home to a doomsday group and auctioned by the government when divine intervention failed to pay the taxes
