Pictures of children with toys from the 1860s
One of the oldest pieces of British pornographic art has just been discovered beside the river Thames.
A film documenting the standoff between Gov. George Wallace and President John F.
`From why he wears a red suit to when he got hitched to Mrs. Claus, a look at the mythmaking behind jolly old St. Nick.' -- The Week
Nothing makes one's heart flutter quite like a good love story.
Nearly 450 years ago, when England was tearing itself apart over religion, a Catholic woman named Lady Elizabeth Dacre wrote an elegant but at times erotic Latin love poem to Sir Anthony Cooke, a Protestant and tutor to King Edward VI, the successor of Henry VIII. That poem wa …
The Civil War ended slavery in America.
Bomb disposal experts in the German city of Koblenz have successfully defused two bombs from World War II found in the riverbed of the Rhine. They were discovered when water levels fell because of a prolonged dry spell. The bigger of the two bombs weighed 1.8 tonnes and was d …
Divers have discovered what is believed to be the 17th century royal warship Svärdet off the coast of the Baltic island of Öland, researchers revealed on Wednesday.
Crime writer Lindsay Ashford bases claim on reading of author's letters and claims murder cannot be ruled out
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