The famous Berlin specimen of Archaeopteryx, a transition between dinosaur and bird, was found by a farmer who sold it to buy a cow
The 2-mile-long Marree Man is the second largest geoglyph in the world but nobody knows who made it
The wooden churches on the wind-swept island off Chiloe are the churches at the end of the world
Napoleon responsible for a great many turning points in history, including … Nutella
The Great Gustav: The largest Nazi gun in the world, designed by Krupp, could penetrate a 23-foot concrete wall
After his father committed suicide, Ernest Hemingway wrote: “I’ll probably go the same way”
Until 1915, U.S. parents could legally “mail” their children through the Postal Service
Dresses from the sky: WW2 wedding gowns made from silk and nylon parachutes
War Plan Red: In a hypothetical war between the United States and Britain approved in 1930, the first step was to attack Canada
“Hanging coffins” are remnants of an extinct funeral ritual of Asia, intended to keep the dead safe
