Before the Marlboro Man came to life in the 1950s, the cigarette was advertised with the slogan “Mild as May” in effort to target society ladies
Conquistadors chopped off his hands, so this Native Chilean fastened knives to both of his wrists and went back for revenge
The cloth corset worn in 1603 by the funeral effigy of Queen Elizabeth I will be displayed this year at Westminster Abbey
The 19th century Hindu ascetic Sadhu Haridas was revived after allegedly being buried for 40 days
In Ancient Greece, prostitutes wore special sandals that printed a message in the ground reading, “Follow me”
The Little Drummer Boy: Sergeant John Clem was 12 years old when he became a Civil War hero
In 1885, a Victorian barmaid’s suicide attempt was thwarted by her own crinoline
Digital Reconstruction Reveals the “Kind” Face of Woman Condemned as a Witch
One of the strangest geological formations on Earth: the Devil’s Slide in Utah
The remains of the Winchester Palace: once one of the largest and most important buildings in all of medieval England
