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The History of the Wishbone Suggests That It Might Be a Sex Thing

Is Pulling Apart the Wishbone a Sex Thing?

The most American of holiday traditions owes to ancient Italy and also … bawdy jokes about female anatomy, maybe?

Blue skies over Grand Canyon national park

Popular Grand Canyon Stop Renamed to Reflect Indigenous Heritage

German Resistance Memorial Center in the Bendlerblock

Revisiting the Artists Who Worked to Resist the Nazis in 1940s Germany

Pigeon

The U.S. Military Once Experimented With Pigeon-Guided Missiles

Jeopardy!

Historians Spar Over Contentious "Jeopardy!" Question

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A Henry VI quarter noble, minted in London between 1422 and 1427, which was recently found in Newfoundland by an amateur historian

Amateur Historian Finds 15th Century English Coin in Canada

The discovery sparks new questions about English exploration in Newfoundland

Up close shot of crispy Kentucky fried chicken

Restaurants & Bars

KFC Apologizes After Telling People to “Treat Yourself” on Kristallnacht

A push notification encouraged app users to indulge in cheesy chicken on the anniversary of the horrid night

Mount Katahdin

Maine's Tallest Mountain Has a Supernatural History

That history, in turn, has inspired a beer

Miniature by Pierart dou Tielt depicting the burial of plague victims.

Scientists Discover the Advantages (and Disadvantages) of Surviving the Black Death

Genetics can be paradoxical

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Turns Out Montana Has Cryptids of Its Own

26th August 1946: Former British prime minister Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874 - 1965) and his wife Clementine make a toast upon their arrival in Switzerland.

“Churchill: A Drinking Life” Is a Booze-Soaked Tour Through History

Bats flying in an orange sky with purple clouds at dusk. We take a look at the history of vampire autopsies.

Unearthing the Strange History of Vampire Autopsies

Newport, Oregon

Unexploded Grenades Wash Up on Oregon Beach

Rosetta Stone

Numerous Archaeologists Endorse Returning the Rosetta Stone to Egypt

A neon sign spelling out Tokyo shot in Japan by photographer Greg Girard

A New Book Features Otherworldly Photographs of Japan in the 1970s

Philippi

Archaeologists Unearth Hercules Statue From Ancient Philippi

Coffee beans

Turns Out Coffee Is a Useful Ally in Wartime

Ancient vessels

Archaeological Dig Turns Up Evidence of Ancient Opium Use

A black and white photo of the 1963 Porsche 901, the prototype of the Porsche 911

Who Designed the Porsche 911? 60 Years Later, It's Still Not Clear.

Tools

Home Renovation Yields Gold Coins Valued at Over $250K

A row of Neanderthal skulls in a glass case at a museum in London.

At What Point Did We Officially Become Smarter Than Neanderthals?

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