Along with a history of racist wartime propaganda, other forms of hateful posters and political flyers were persistent throughout the 20th century. The infamous white supremacist group Ku Klux Klan ...

In 1946, Bobby Troup released the hit song " (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66." The catchy tune cemented the famed route, with its 2,400 miles of roads across North America, as a place of adventure, fun, ...

The two owners of Baladna Bakery in Paterson, New Jersey, were recently attacked by a “knife-wielding customer,” allegedly over an eggplant sandwich they mistakenly served four years ago. The suspect, ...

Annie Malone invented hair care and beauty products for Black women in the early 20th century, and become a self-made millionaire.

Scientists found this "big-butt starfish" on the South Atlantic seafloor at Argentina's Mar del Plata submarine canyon.

In August 1945, the world changed forever with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The first use of atomic bombs in war, the attack brought hell to both Japanese cities, killing tens of ...

New evidence regarding the Shroud of Turin suggests that it could not have been placed atop a human body, but only a statue instead.

Scientists have long known that the blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived. What hasn’t been known until now, however, is that the ocean giant roamed the planet far earlier than ...

Known as nijū hibakusha, or "double survivor," Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived the atomic bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

In 1954, archaeologists working in southern Italy uncovered a number of bronze jars left at an ancient Greek shrine. The jars were filled with a sticky orange substance, though researchers were ...

Alfonso de Portago was the son of a Spanish nobleman who died in a Ferrari crash during Italy's Mille Miglia race on May 12, 1957 at age 28.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Diana Davies was one of the most well-known photojournalists documenting early LGBTQ rights activism in New York.