At the 1972 Olympic Games, members of Black September took 11 Israeli athletes hostage, only to execute them when a German rescue plan went wrong.

Marita Lorenz was one of the more unique ways the United States government attempted to assassinate Fidel Castro.

Much of what is known about Khutulun comes from the written historical accounts of Marco Polo and the Persian historian Rashad al-Din.

See the evidence that Chrysippus and other historical figures may have succumbed to death from laughter.

From rigged elections to using the muscle of the city's gangs, Tammany Hall's Boss Tweed was the state's most corrupt politician in history.

In 267 A.D., Zenobia took over the Palmyrene Empire as the queen regent. Just a few years later, she had Egypt, Asia Minor, and the Levant under her control.

Alexander Selkirk was a Scottish sailor and Royal Navy officer who many people believe to be the real-life inspiration for the novel by Daniel Defoe.

This picture of Boulevard du Temple, taken by inventor and artist Louis Daguerre, is the oldest known photo of a human being.

In Pentecost Land diving, a traditional community ritual, men leap from massive wooden towers with just tree vines tied around their legs.

White ball gowns, updos, fancy dinners, and father-daughter dances – all these things typically bring to mind a wedding, but that’s not the only place you might encounter them. They are also common fixtures at Purity Balls, a formal gala young women attend with their fathers that is intended to...

Rather than keeping their waste on the submarine in septic tanks, German engineers devised a method for the U-1206 to discharge waste directly into the water.

Project Habakkuk was an ill-fated projected designed to harness natural resources into weapons of war. It did not go well.