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This Week In History, Mar. 26 – Apr. 1

Low WWII awareness in Japan, Egyptian mummy unearthed, JFK diary for sale, FDR's ghostwriter, 8,000-year-old art vandalized.

By All That's Interesting • Mar 31, 2017

This Week In History, Mar. 26 – Apr. 1

Low WWII awareness in Japan, Egyptian mummy unearthed, JFK diary for sale, FDR's ghostwriter, 8,000-year-old art vandalized.

By All That's Interesting • March 31, 2017

50 Photos Celebrating Women’s History

Telling women that they can’t do things seems to be one of man’s most beloved pastimes. You can’t eat that apple, you can’t vote, you can’t play sports, you can’t run for office, you can’t serve in the military, you can’t be a scientist, you can’t go to space, you...

By All That's Interesting • Mar 30, 2017

50 Photos Celebrating Women’s History

Telling women that they can’t do things seems to be one of man’s most beloved pastimes. You can’t eat that apple, you can’t vote, you can’t play sports, you can’t run for office, you can’t serve in the military, you can’t be a scientist, you can’t go to space, you...

By All That's Interesting • March 30, 2017

The Incredible Stories Of The First Animals In Space, In 40 Photos

Before Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space in 1961, there were the animals. The first astronauts to break through Earth’s atmosphere had no understanding of what they were doing. They were dogs and monkeys, strapped into rockets and blasted out of the world they knew –...

By Mark Oliver • Mar 29, 2017

The Incredible Stories Of The First Animals In Space, In 40 Photos

Before Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space in 1961, there were the animals. The first astronauts to break through Earth’s atmosphere had no understanding of what they were doing. They were dogs and monkeys, strapped into rockets and blasted out of the world they knew –...

By Mark Oliver • March 29, 2017

Newly Discovered Human-Sized Dinosaur Footprint Is The Largest Ever Found

At 5'9" in length, this enormous Australian specimen has topped the record books.

By All That's Interesting • Mar 28, 2017

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Newly Discovered Human-Sized Dinosaur Footprint Is The Largest Ever Found

At 5'9" in length, this enormous Australian specimen has topped the record books.

By All That's Interesting • March 28, 2017

Early 1900s Photos Of “The Old Paris” Just Before It Was Lost To Modernization

Eugène Atget was what the French call a flâneur: an urban adventurer who finds great pleasure in the simple act of strolling through streets and parks, taking in the sights. But Atget wasn’t idle in his flânerie. He had an all-consuming appetite for the ambulatory hobby that Honoré de Balzac...

By Kellen Perry • Mar 28, 2017

Early 1900s Photos Of “The Old Paris” Just Before It Was Lost To Modernization

Eugène Atget was what the French call a flâneur: an urban adventurer who finds great pleasure in the simple act of strolling through streets and parks, taking in the sights. But Atget wasn’t idle in his flânerie. He had an all-consuming appetite for the ambulatory hobby that Honoré de Balzac...

By Kellen Perry • March 28, 2017

“Girl Baseball Players” Cigarette Pack Cards Of The 1880s

In 1886, Virginia tobacco manufacturer Allen & Ginter created two unusual series of baseball cards to promote their Virginia Brights brand. Virginia Brights, according to the firm, were “unexceptionably fine” and “unusually mild” cigarettes from the state’s “Bright Districts” that offered “great comfort and satisfaction to those who inhale the...

By Kellen Perry • Mar 28, 2017

“Girl Baseball Players” Cigarette Pack Cards Of The 1880s

In 1886, Virginia tobacco manufacturer Allen & Ginter created two unusual series of baseball cards to promote their Virginia Brights brand. Virginia Brights, according to the firm, were “unexceptionably fine” and “unusually mild” cigarettes from the state’s “Bright Districts” that offered “great comfort and satisfaction to those who inhale the...

By Kellen Perry • March 28, 2017

What Did People Actually Eat In Medieval Times?

Medieval people drank almond milk before it was trendy.

By Krissy Howard • Mar 27, 2017

What Did People Actually Eat In Medieval Times?

Medieval people drank almond milk before it was trendy.

By Krissy Howard • March 27, 2017

Why Andrew Robinson Stoney May Have Been England’s Worst Husband Ever

Andrew Stoney lied and cheated his way into becoming the husband of Mary Bowes, an heiress who would endure decades of abuse at his hand.

By Krissy Howard • Mar 27, 2017

Why Andrew Robinson Stoney May Have Been England’s Worst Husband Ever

Andrew Stoney lied and cheated his way into becoming the husband of Mary Bowes, an heiress who would endure decades of abuse at his hand.

By Krissy Howard • March 27, 2017

Inside Colma, California’s City Of The Dead

Just south of San Francisco, there lies a little town called Colma where the dead outnumber the living 1,000 to 1.

By Richard Stockton • Mar 26, 2017

Inside Colma, California’s City Of The Dead

Just south of San Francisco, there lies a little town called Colma where the dead outnumber the living 1,000 to 1.

By Richard Stockton • March 26, 2017

Historical Selfies Taken Long Before Selfies Were Even A Thing

Selfies weren’t pioneered by the MySpace generation, Generation X, the Greatest Generation — or any generation, in fact — this side of the Civil War. Just over a decade after Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took history’s first-ever photograph in 1826 or 1827, American photographer Robert Cornelius turned the lens upon himself,...

By Kellen Perry • Mar 25, 2017

Historical Selfies Taken Long Before Selfies Were Even A Thing

Selfies weren’t pioneered by the MySpace generation, Generation X, the Greatest Generation — or any generation, in fact — this side of the Civil War. Just over a decade after Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took history’s first-ever photograph in 1826 or 1827, American photographer Robert Cornelius turned the lens upon himself,...

By Kellen Perry • March 25, 2017