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History Won’t Prove Trump Wrong On Trans Ban — It Already Did 150 Years Ago

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

By Savannah Cox • Jul 26, 2017

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History Won’t Prove Trump Wrong On Trans Ban — It Already Did 150 Years Ago

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

By Savannah Cox • July 26, 2017

Famed 19th Century British Doctor James Barry Kept A Lifelong Secret That LGBT Activists Are Now Celebrating

The acclaimed surgeon concealed his biological identity from his colleagues as long as he lived.

By Kara Goldfarb • Jul 25, 2017

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Famed 19th Century British Doctor James Barry Kept A Lifelong Secret That LGBT Activists Are Now Celebrating

The acclaimed surgeon concealed his biological identity from his colleagues as long as he lived.

By Kara Goldfarb • July 25, 2017

Salvador Dalí’s Body Was Just Dug Up, And His Mustache Is Still Intact

Death is no match for the surrealist painter's famous 'stache.

By All That's Interesting • Jul 21, 2017

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Salvador Dalí’s Body Was Just Dug Up, And His Mustache Is Still Intact

Death is no match for the surrealist painter's famous 'stache.

By All That's Interesting • July 21, 2017

30 Photos That Changed How We Thought About The AIDS Epidemic

In the 1980s, the AIDS epidemic reached a fever pitch, but these photographs helped change the way the world saw the disease.

By Mark Oliver • Jul 20, 2017

30 Photos That Changed How We Thought About The AIDS Epidemic

In the 1980s, the AIDS epidemic reached a fever pitch, but these photographs helped change the way the world saw the disease.

By Mark Oliver • July 20, 2017

Stunning Photos Of The Crow Tribe Taken Just Before Their Culture Was All But Stamped Out

These one-of-a-kind early 20th-century photos depict the Crow tribe as their way of life was on the verge of changing forever.

By Mark Oliver • Jul 20, 2017

Stunning Photos Of The Crow Tribe Taken Just Before Their Culture Was All But Stamped Out

These one-of-a-kind early 20th-century photos depict the Crow tribe as their way of life was on the verge of changing forever.

By Mark Oliver • July 20, 2017

The Collyer Brothers: The Original Hoarders Of The 1930s

The Collyer brothers holed up inside their house for more than a decade, amassing 120 tons of junk that ultimately killed them.

By Gabe Paoletti • Jul 18, 2017

The Collyer Brothers: The Original Hoarders Of The 1930s

The Collyer brothers holed up inside their house for more than a decade, amassing 120 tons of junk that ultimately killed them.

By Gabe Paoletti • July 18, 2017

Settling Alaska: 47 Photographs From When Americans Moved Up North

When the first Americans settled into Alaska, the land and the natives who lived in it went through some profound changes.

By Mark Oliver • Jul 16, 2017

Settling Alaska: 47 Photographs From When Americans Moved Up North

When the first Americans settled into Alaska, the land and the natives who lived in it went through some profound changes.

By Mark Oliver • July 16, 2017

12 Deranged Rulers Too Outlandish For The History Textbooks

With great power comes great responsibility — and, it turns out, great cruelty, sadism, violence, delusion, and sexual deviancy.

By All That's Interesting • Jul 14, 2017

12 Deranged Rulers Too Outlandish For The History Textbooks

With great power comes great responsibility — and, it turns out, great cruelty, sadism, violence, delusion, and sexual deviancy.

By All That's Interesting • July 14, 2017

Read James Joyce’s Absolutely Filthy Letters To His Wife Nora Barnacle

These are the last thing you would expect from the author of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses.

By Wyatt Redd • Jul 14, 2017

Read James Joyce’s Absolutely Filthy Letters To His Wife Nora Barnacle

These are the last thing you would expect from the author of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses.

By Wyatt Redd • July 14, 2017

The Bizarre But True Story Of Béla Kiss, Hungary’s “Vampire” Serial Killer

The true story of Béla Kiss, the Hungarian serial killer who killed at least 23 women and drained their blood.

By Gabe Paoletti • Jul 13, 2017

The Bizarre But True Story Of Béla Kiss, Hungary’s “Vampire” Serial Killer

The true story of Béla Kiss, the Hungarian serial killer who killed at least 23 women and drained their blood.

By Gabe Paoletti • July 13, 2017