During the production of the historical crime drama Peaky Blinders, lead actor Cillian Murphy portrayed Thomas Shelby, a character rarely seen without a lit cigarette.

When an ancient language completely vanishes, centuries of knowledge disappear with it.

In October 1918, hundreds of American soldiers found themselves trapped behind enemy lines while their own artillery rained down upon them.

Hollywood is an industry built on the back of influential representation, where a powerful agent can secure a career-defining role or a massive payday.

Hidden off the coast of Finland lies an 8.4-acre (3.4-hectare) private island that once enforced a strict and highly publicized entry requirement: no men allowed.

In 2018, environmental planners drafted a comprehensive revitalization project to retain water in the Brdy Protected Landscape Area in Czechia.

In 1934, a dead jackrabbit sliding across a floor in Wyoming accidentally collided with a pair of deer antlers, sparking one of the most widespread animal phenomena in American history.

In the fifteenth century, a highly decorated military commander fought alongside Joan of Arc to lift the English siege of Orléans.

In the late summer of 1944, the town of Mattoon, Illinois, became the center of a baffling series of events.

In the late 17th century, a financially desperate and politically isolated Scotland decided to risk an astounding one-fifth of its entire wealth on a massive gamble: establishing an ambitious trading colony in the unforgiving jungles of Panama.