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Meet The Suffragettes Who Defended Women’s Rights With Jujutsu

Recognizing that the right to vote wouldn't come without a fight, these women looked to the martial arts as a guide.

By All That's Interesting • Apr 23, 2017

Meet The Suffragettes Who Defended Women’s Rights With Jujutsu

Recognizing that the right to vote wouldn't come without a fight, these women looked to the martial arts as a guide.

By All That's Interesting • April 23, 2017

27 Raw Images That Document The Birth Of The Blues

No one person created the blues. It was a sound born from slaves on plantations, shaped in prison chain gangs, and turned into a new style of music on the back porches of poor, African-American homes in the late 1800s. In the 1930s, folklorists John, Alan, and Ruby Lomax traveled...

By Mark Oliver • Apr 22, 2017

27 Raw Images That Document The Birth Of The Blues

No one person created the blues. It was a sound born from slaves on plantations, shaped in prison chain gangs, and turned into a new style of music on the back porches of poor, African-American homes in the late 1800s. In the 1930s, folklorists John, Alan, and Ruby Lomax traveled...

By Mark Oliver • April 22, 2017

47 Photos Of Queen Elizabeth II Way Before She Looked Like Your Grandmother

From her World War 2 service to her coronation, these photos of a young Queen Elizabeth II capture her transformation from princess to queen.

By John Kuroski • Apr 21, 2017

47 Photos Of Queen Elizabeth II Way Before She Looked Like Your Grandmother

From her World War 2 service to her coronation, these photos of a young Queen Elizabeth II capture her transformation from princess to queen.

By John Kuroski • April 21, 2017

“Hobbits” May Actually Be Early Human Ancestor, New Research Shows

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

By Savannah Cox • Apr 21, 2017

Science News

“Hobbits” May Actually Be Early Human Ancestor, New Research Shows

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

By Savannah Cox • April 21, 2017

This Man Has Decided To Call A Rock His “Sovereign Nation” — And He Might Not Be Totally Crazy

Where you see a jagged rock, Stuart Hill sees opportunity called the country of Forvik.

By All That's Interesting • Apr 20, 2017

Weird News

This Man Has Decided To Call A Rock His “Sovereign Nation” — And He Might Not Be Totally Crazy

Where you see a jagged rock, Stuart Hill sees opportunity called the country of Forvik.

By All That's Interesting • April 20, 2017

These Candid Shots Of 1960s Soviet Youth Might Surprise You

In the 1960s, many Americans imagined life behind the Iron Curtain as drab and depressing. But when LIFE magazine photographer Bill Eppridge photographed young people for an issue on the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, he found that simmering with the Soviets was actually a pretty great time. It...

By All That's Interesting • Apr 20, 2017

These Candid Shots Of 1960s Soviet Youth Might Surprise You

In the 1960s, many Americans imagined life behind the Iron Curtain as drab and depressing. But when LIFE magazine photographer Bill Eppridge photographed young people for an issue on the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, he found that simmering with the Soviets was actually a pretty great time. It...

By All That's Interesting • April 20, 2017

Domestic Spying, Blackmail, And Murder: Inside The FBI’s COINTELPRO

How the Cold War-era FBI took down countless U.S. citizens deemed to be enemies of the state and got away with it.

By Richard Stockton • Apr 18, 2017

Domestic Spying, Blackmail, And Murder: Inside The FBI’s COINTELPRO

How the Cold War-era FBI took down countless U.S. citizens deemed to be enemies of the state and got away with it.

By Richard Stockton • April 18, 2017

The Dark Side Of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., The Patriarch Of The Kennedy Family

Joseph Kennedy Sr., JFK's father and the patriarch of "America's Royal Family," left behind a complicated legacy, including anti-Semitism and Nazi sympathies.

By Kellen Perry • Apr 17, 2017

The Dark Side Of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., The Patriarch Of The Kennedy Family

Joseph Kennedy Sr., JFK's father and the patriarch of "America's Royal Family," left behind a complicated legacy, including anti-Semitism and Nazi sympathies.

By Kellen Perry • April 17, 2017

What The World’s Former Olympic Sites Looked Like After We Abandoned Them

A great deal of preparation and construction go into hosting the Olympic Games — but in many instances, the structures built only await dilapidation following the events’ close. Given the competition, cost, and sacrifices involved in creating and preparing spaces for the elite athletic ritual, the sight of since-abandoned Olympic...

By Erin Kelly • Apr 17, 2017

What The World’s Former Olympic Sites Looked Like After We Abandoned Them

A great deal of preparation and construction go into hosting the Olympic Games — but in many instances, the structures built only await dilapidation following the events’ close. Given the competition, cost, and sacrifices involved in creating and preparing spaces for the elite athletic ritual, the sight of since-abandoned Olympic...

By Erin Kelly • April 17, 2017

27 Scathing H.L. Mencken Quotes On Politics, Religion, And The American Public

Famed for his rapier wit as much as his ill-temperament, Henry Louis (H.L.) Mencken rose to national prominence as a journalist and correspondent for the Baltimore Sun. A student of Friedrich Nietzsche and Mark Twain, Mencken was a detractor of representative democracy, religion, and social norms, and thus stood in...

By Alexander Baldwin • Apr 16, 2017

27 Scathing H.L. Mencken Quotes On Politics, Religion, And The American Public

Famed for his rapier wit as much as his ill-temperament, Henry Louis (H.L.) Mencken rose to national prominence as a journalist and correspondent for the Baltimore Sun. A student of Friedrich Nietzsche and Mark Twain, Mencken was a detractor of representative democracy, religion, and social norms, and thus stood in...

By Alexander Baldwin • April 16, 2017