You Can Thank a Pirate for Your Bottle Of Wine
The scoundrel used medical quackery to bottle wine — so it won’t spoil
10 Truths You Must Know About Squanto: The Indian Who Saved the Pilgrims
The real story
The Truth Behind the Blinking Mummy
Rosalia Lombardo’s perfectly preserved body
3000-Year-Old City Found Buried Under Sand in Egypt
The second most important discovery in archeological history
The Mysterious Death of Mozart
A premature death that even to this day cannot be explained
The Tortured History of Chocolate
Slavery, abuse, murder are tied to the sweet treat’s history
The First Gold Coin
How a Turkish invention changed the world’s monetary system
Hugo Boss: Hitler’s Tailor
How Hugo Boss produced the uniforms of the German army
The Story of the Highest-Paid Athlete in History
It’s not who you think
What Were the Chances of Survival as a Roman Gladiator?
Most gladiators would not see their 30s
American Children Were Sold for As Low as $2 After WWII
Child trafficking as a result of poverty and high unemployment
A Million Ways To Die In Antiquity
Ancient Roof Tiles: The Unlikely Killer
The Extraordinary Story of Chardonnay’s Humble Beginnings
Wine’s history stretches back to 1330, a French monastery
The Cold War Doctor Who Cut Out His Own Appendix
The doctor who beat all the odds
Jack Daniels Was Not Created by Jack, but by His Slave
The 150-year-old lie behind the world’s most famous whisky brand
No Dumb Blonde: Marilyn Monroe’s Bold Battle With Fox Studios
How the world’s greatest sex symbol proved she was no pushover
Who Actually Discovered America?
Columbus wasn’t the first European to step foot on America
How a Cow Started the Great Chicago Fire of 1871
One of the biggest fires in history