On a sunlit day in 1905, in the Premier No. 2 mine near Pretoria, South Africa, an unsuspecting surface manager named Frederick Wells made a discovery that would dazzle the world.

Captain Nieves Fernandez was once an ordinary schoolteacher in the Philippines, educating young minds and shaping the future

Weeks after the explosion, workers stumbled upon a highly radioactive mass in the basement of the destroyed reactor.

At just 19 years old, Conrad Schumann was among the East German troops assigned the grim task of securing this new barrier.

In the late 19th century, a man named Prince Randian was born in Demerara, British Guiana, with a rare condition. He had no arms or legs.

The Enigmatic Wooden Relic at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

When Fiction Meets Reality.

Simon Stevin’s Ingenious Creation.

From “Friends” to Facing Personal Battles.

Defiance in the Face of Tyranny.