Stories

Yet, at the turn of the 20th century, this simple competition was a highly competitive spectacle that frequently devolved into brutal brawls.

Back in 1973, the British Patent Office officially approved a highly unusual design for a nuclear-powered flying saucer.

A saber strike to the chest during the American Civil War nearly killed John Stith Pemberton.

Imagine receiving a fine or facing jail time simply because a family member passed away.

On May 8, 1993, a New York City transit dispatcher handed the controls of an eight-car subway train to a man he believed was a 25-year-old motorman.

If you were a pickpocket working the crowded sidewalks of New York City in the 1930s, your worst nightmare didn’t wear a police uniform.

On March 17, 1953, the United States broadcast a live nuclear explosion on national television for the very first time.

On a cold Friday morning in January 2007, one of the most famous classical musicians on the planet stood next to a trash can inside a busy Washington, D.C. subway station.

In 1140, an army surrounded a German fortress with orders to crush the town and lock up every man inside.

On 25 January 2006, bailiffs forced entry into a bedsit flat above Wood Green Shopping City in North London to repossess the property over £2,400 in unpaid rent.