Despite early 1900s discrimination, an African American woman founded a bank in Virginia, becoming the first female bank president of any race in the U.S.
The remains of a leprosy victim from 5th century Britain leads to new research findings, including the role of red squirrels
A remarkable pair of letters from Tolkien to Mary Fairburn, an artist who sent him several scenes from “Lord of the Rings,” sold at an auctionÂ
Youthful President JFK relied on old-fashioned rocking chairs to relieve back pain, and one just sold for $90,000
J. Marion Sims, the controversial “father of modern gynecology,” conducted experiments on slaves and did not use anesthesia
Codex Leicester: Bill Gates paid $30.8 million for Leonardo da Vinci’s book of ideas and theories, including that of “planetshine”
Civil War females in combat: How they hid their gender and made their way to the fight
Barbara Jane Mackle – Kidnap Victim Spent more than 3 days in a Box Underground
From boxing gloves to bath clogs, one Roman’s trash is a museum’s treasure centuries later
An ancient bird with sharp teeth inherited from dinosaurs sheds new details on how our avian friends evolvedÂ
