Stories

Isaac W. Sprague, born in Massachusetts in 1841, lost weight relentlessly from the age of 12 despite eating well.

In 1895, readers of The Boston Post encountered a story unlike any other. It described Edward Mordake, a young English nobleman said to have been born with a second face on the back of his head.

In Cancún, Mexico, a non-profit underwater museum holds 500 submerged sculptures between three and six meters deep. Planned to reduce pressure on nearby coral reefs, the site draws about 200,000 visitors a year and opened in November 2010 after work began in 2009.

Every day, New York City’s subway shuttles millions of commuters through crowded tunnels. But in 2015, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine discovered that these stations carried more than just passengers.

In southern Brazil, near the Argentine border, lies a small municipality that has puzzled scientists for decades. Cândido Godói, with just over 6,000 inhabitants, is no ordinary town.

In 1847, tragedy struck when Semmelweis’s friend Jakob Kolletschka died after being cut by a student’s scalpel during an autopsy.

Carrie Edwards of Midlothian, Virginia, matched four of the first five numbers plus the Powerball in the September 8, 2025, Virginia Lottery drawing.

Wu Zetian’s rise to power was as dramatic as it was controversial. Married first to Emperor Taizong as a concubine and later to his son Emperor Gaozong, she became empress in 655.

Ota Benga was born around 1883 among the Mbuti people of the Congo Free State.

On July 12, 1979, Comiskey Park in Chicago became the site of one of the most infamous promotions in Major League Baseball history.