Stories

In the midst of World War II, Soviet engineers attempted something extraordinary: turning a light tank into a glider capable of landing directly on the battlefield.

By the 17th century, Paris faced a growing crisis beneath its bustling streets. Cemeteries were overflowing, leaving corpses exposed and creating unbearable odors across entire neighborhoods.

In the quiet village of Shingō, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, a remarkable claim stands among the hills: that Jesus Christ lived, died, and was buried there.

On April 1, 1898, William James Sidis was born in Boston to Boris and Sarah Sidis, Ukrainian Jewish immigrants who fled antisemitic violence in the Russian Empire.

In the early 1630s a potent arsenic based poison known as Aqua Tofana appeared in Sicily. The first recorded cases date to 1632–33, when Francesca la Sarda and Teofania di Adamo used it.

Francesco A. Lentini was born on May 18, 1881, in Rosolino, Italy, with a third full-sized leg extending from the right side of his body.

From the 1830s to the 1880s, P. T. Barnum drew large audiences by promoting performers and attractions billed as “human curiosities.”

In late summer 1989, construction workers renovating a 150-year-old building in Augusta, Georgia, uncovered thousands of human bones buried in its basement.

You’d hardly imagine that two villages separated by barely 2.2 kilometers would hold such different fates.

In 1797, after leaving the presidency, George Washington planned to enjoy a quiet retirement at his Mount Vernon estate.