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Archaeologists Discover Hair Dye Bottles Used By Civil War Soldiers Posing For Portraits

Even soldiers fighting in the deadliest conflict in U.S. history had superficial urges in mind when it was time to take their portraits.

By Marco Margaritoff • Dec 9, 2019

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Archaeologists Discover Hair Dye Bottles Used By Civil War Soldiers Posing For Portraits

Even soldiers fighting in the deadliest conflict in U.S. history had superficial urges in mind when it was time to take their portraits.

By Marco Margaritoff • December 9, 2019

Rod Stewart Spent 23 Years Building An Elaborate Model Train World — And It’s Unbelievable

Classic rock icon Rod Stewart would take his trains on tour with him, requesting an extra room so he could build while staying in hotels.

By Erin Kelly • Dec 6, 2019

Rod Stewart Spent 23 Years Building An Elaborate Model Train World — And It’s Unbelievable

Classic rock icon Rod Stewart would take his trains on tour with him, requesting an extra room so he could build while staying in hotels.

By Erin Kelly • December 6, 2019

The ‘Confession Killer’ Claimed He Killed 600 Women — Was Tammy Jo Alexander One Of Them?

As serial killer Henry Lee Lucas’ confessions began to unravel, police became less confident that he was responsible for most of his alleged crimes — including the 1979 murder of Tammy Jo Alexander.

By Katie Serena • Dec 4, 2019

The ‘Confession Killer’ Claimed He Killed 600 Women — Was Tammy Jo Alexander One Of Them?

As serial killer Henry Lee Lucas’ confessions began to unravel, police became less confident that he was responsible for most of his alleged crimes — including the 1979 murder of Tammy Jo Alexander.

By Katie Serena • December 4, 2019

Meet Frank Lentini, The Sideshow Performer With Three Legs, 16 Fingers, And Two Penises

Frank Lentini, the "Three-Legged Man," went on to have a successful career thanks to his parasitic twin.

By Leah Silverman • Dec 4, 2019

Meet Frank Lentini, The Sideshow Performer With Three Legs, 16 Fingers, And Two Penises

Frank Lentini, the "Three-Legged Man," went on to have a successful career thanks to his parasitic twin.

By Leah Silverman • December 4, 2019

How New York’s Deadly Astor Place Riot Was Sparked By A Performance Of Macbeth

When an aristocratic Englishman came to New York to perform Shakespeare's Macbeth in 1849, anti-English and anti-elite rioters clashed with militia, leaving 22 dead.

By Joseph Williams • Dec 1, 2019

How New York’s Deadly Astor Place Riot Was Sparked By A Performance Of Macbeth

When an aristocratic Englishman came to New York to perform Shakespeare's Macbeth in 1849, anti-English and anti-elite rioters clashed with militia, leaving 22 dead.

By Joseph Williams • December 1, 2019

How Your Favorite Rock Stars Would Look Today If They Hadn’t Died Young

From Jimi Hendrix to Kurt Cobain, some of history's most iconic rock stars left this world far too soon thanks to addiction, suicide, and other tragedies. But these revealing mock-ups give us a glimpse of how they'd look if they'd lived.

By Marco Margaritoff • Nov 28, 2019

How Your Favorite Rock Stars Would Look Today If They Hadn’t Died Young

From Jimi Hendrix to Kurt Cobain, some of history's most iconic rock stars left this world far too soon thanks to addiction, suicide, and other tragedies. But these revealing mock-ups give us a glimpse of how they'd look if they'd lived.

By Marco Margaritoff • November 28, 2019

When He Was 95 Years Old, Former President Jimmy Carter Was Still Building Homes For The Needy

Even after a cancer diagnosis, hip surgery, and 14 stitches to the head, Jimmy Carter didn't let age or illness keep him from building houses with Habitat for Humanity.

By Katie Serena • Nov 27, 2019

When He Was 95 Years Old, Former President Jimmy Carter Was Still Building Homes For The Needy

Even after a cancer diagnosis, hip surgery, and 14 stitches to the head, Jimmy Carter didn't let age or illness keep him from building houses with Habitat for Humanity.

By Katie Serena • November 27, 2019

Louisa May Alcott: The Free-Thinking Abolitionist Who Overcame Poverty And Depression To Write ‘Little Women’

Louisa May Alcott infused Little Women with her personal trials and tribulations of growing up in an impoverished and unconventional family.

By Natasha Ishak • Nov 24, 2019

Louisa May Alcott: The Free-Thinking Abolitionist Who Overcame Poverty And Depression To Write ‘Little Women’

Louisa May Alcott infused Little Women with her personal trials and tribulations of growing up in an impoverished and unconventional family.

By Natasha Ishak • November 24, 2019

23 Facts You Didn’t Know About Jimmy Carter, From UFOs To Elvis Presley

Brush up on your knowledge of the 39th president of the United States with these little-known Jimmy Carter facts.

By Katie Serena • Nov 22, 2019

23 Facts You Didn’t Know About Jimmy Carter, From UFOs To Elvis Presley

Brush up on your knowledge of the 39th president of the United States with these little-known Jimmy Carter facts.

By Katie Serena • November 22, 2019

How A Criminal Underworld Of Body-Snatching Corpse Robbers Galvanized Modern Medicine

Body snatching at the dawn of the Scientific Revolution was so lucrative that some career graverobbers actually murdered people to satisfy the market.

By Andrew Lenoir • Nov 15, 2019

How A Criminal Underworld Of Body-Snatching Corpse Robbers Galvanized Modern Medicine

Body snatching at the dawn of the Scientific Revolution was so lucrative that some career graverobbers actually murdered people to satisfy the market.

By Andrew Lenoir • November 15, 2019

Meet Robert Todd Lincoln, The Estranged Son Of The 16th President Who Had His Mother Committed

After his father was assassinated, Robert Todd Lincoln kept an insanity file on his mother that he later used to have her committed to an asylum.

By Leah Silverman • Nov 13, 2019

Meet Robert Todd Lincoln, The Estranged Son Of The 16th President Who Had His Mother Committed

After his father was assassinated, Robert Todd Lincoln kept an insanity file on his mother that he later used to have her committed to an asylum.

By Leah Silverman • November 13, 2019

7 Unbelievable Origin Stories Of Our Most Mundane Household Items

From the tissue that began as a World War I gas mask to the disinfectant that became a feminine hygiene product, learn the shocking, little-known histories of our everyday products.

By Natasha Ishak • Nov 13, 2019

7 Unbelievable Origin Stories Of Our Most Mundane Household Items

From the tissue that began as a World War I gas mask to the disinfectant that became a feminine hygiene product, learn the shocking, little-known histories of our everyday products.

By Natasha Ishak • November 13, 2019