Barefoot and starved, Spartan boys underwent grueling combat training to join the most formidable army of all time
The Quirky Fighting Style of Bartitsu – The Art of Gentlemen’s Defense
The “lethal beauty” of Evelyn Nesbit and the very first “trial of the century”
A college archivist cataloging old books found an almanac with strands of George Washington’s gray hair tucked in an envelope
After almost 80 years, 31 rolls of film discovered showing World War II through the lens of an unknown American soldier
Neanderthal artists believed responsible for 65,000-year-old paintings in Spain, which leads to new thinking about Neanderthals’ sophistication
“Blind Tom” – Born a Slave, at Age 10 Became the Highest Paid Pianist of his Time
How Sequoyah, inspired by “talking leaves,” invented the Cherokee writing system
Monks with expertise: Lindores Abbey in Scotland is the spiritual cradle of whisky
Why America fell in love with joke-filled burlesque in the 19th century, long before it transformed into striptease
