Albert Cashier was born Jennie Hodgers and would become a top-notch private for the Union Army during the American Civil War.

After France was liberated from German occupation, many within the country borrowed Nazi tactics to publicly shame women.

Hollywood's "Gentle Giant" shocked the world in 1985—and this shock would continue to make waves well after his death.

The Netherlands' Giethoorn is an astounding town with canals instead of streets - step into the town known as the Venice of the North.

At the height of the Holocaust, 23 Jews arrived at Julian Bilecki's home seeking shelter. He didn't have the room, so he made it.

A successful experiment on fetal lambs may revolutionize the ways we care for premature infants through the use of artificial wombs.

New research upends the theory that hobbits were more closely related to non-human species.

Kate Warne was so good at her job that barely anyone knows her name today.

These vintage Soviet propaganda posters represent the peak of Cold War iconography and state-sponsored manipulation.

New research reveals that fangblenny venom is meant to numb instead of harm predators.