It is believed the Saltmen were working in a mine over 1700 years ago when it collapsed on them.

Founded in 1766, the Musée Fragonard houses the works and collections of medical artist and anatomist Honoré Fragonard.

How the H.L. Hunley, history's first combat sub, changed warfare forever — then vanished for over a century.

Due to a loophole in Hitler's laws, Hans Massaquoi was able to survive as a black child in Nazi Germany. However, it wasn't easy.

Celebrities, artists, and political leaders you'd never guess were on this Earth together.

According to the Phantom Time Hypothesis, Charlemagne never existed along with 297 years that were just made up.

Despite being known as the fastest surgeon of his time, Dr. Robert Liston is famous for performing the only operation with a 300 percent mortality rate.

In the early 1900s, guests at the California Alligator Farm were encouraged to enter the pens and play with the gators.

The mysterious deaths of those who unearthed his tomb have long been attributed to the infamous King Tut curse.

Long before Advil, people would willingly consume human blood and bone powder to cure ailments.

From cocaine to heroin and beyond, here's what we once considered medicine.