A faintly stained 14-foot, 3-inch (4.34-meter) linen cloth kept in Italy bears the image of a crucified man.

Earth has seven continents, but massive tectonic forces are actively tearing one apart. Africa is slowly splitting in two, a geological event that will eventually birth a new ocean.

Before becoming an e-commerce giant with billions of dollars in yearly revenue, a young delivery company faced immediate bankruptcy.

Before the American Civil War erupted, a complex and largely unknown economic reality existed in the United States.

Philip Zimbardo is a name etched into the annals of 20th-century psychology, best known for a six-day prison simulation that shattered societal assumptions about human character.

In the eighteenth century, Roman Catholics formed a clandestine society centered around small dogs.

A single tree blossoms into a patchwork of pink, crimson, and white flowers every spring.

In October 1766, the streets of Nottingham, England, transformed into a battlefield where the weapons of choice were massive wheels of cheese.

In 1946, the United States military dispatched 70 ships and over 4,700 personnel to the most unforgiving environment on Earth, carrying both official objectives and highly classified orders.

In the spring of 1605, the highest-ranking officials of the Catholic Church engaged in a physical brawl that left one cardinal with broken bones.