Enrico Fermi made important discoveries about the atom, which led to the splitting of the atom (atomic bombs) and the harnessing of its heat into an energy source (nuclear energy). ... Read More

After years of dreaming about it and seven weeks of climbing, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mt. Everest, the highest mountain in the ... Read More

I'm sure you've seen it somewhere. It is the line drawing of a little, bald man with a long nose, peering over the edge of a wall. This image, along ... Read More

Scientists seem to think so. After getting approval from his grandchildren, scientists decided to dig up the body of Sir Mark Sykes. Sykes, who had died of the Spanish flu ... Read More

The Beatles shaped not only music but also an entire generation. People mimicked all that they did, including haircuts, clothing, and outlook. Their style and innovative music set the standard ... Read More

Though invented in 1943 by James Wright, Silly Putty was not placed onto the market as a toy until Peter Hodgson packaged the goo in plastic eggs and sold them ... Read More

On September 12, 1908, Winston Churchill married Clementine at St. Margaret's Church in Westminster, London. The two remained married for 56 years (until Winston Churchill's death in 1965) and they ... Read More

In 1953, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed for espionage against the United States. Although there has been plenty of evidence to confirm that Julius Rosenberg was a spy, many ... Read More

Many people know that Ronald Reagan was the oldest U.S. president in history; however, did you know that Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest president? Where on the lists of oldest ... Read More

Henry Ford became an icon of a self-made man. He began life as a farmer's son and quickly became rich and famous. Although an industrialist, Ford remembered the common man. ... Read More

For researchers and historians, newspapers can offer a wealth of information about the past. However, until recently, old copies of newspapers have either been locked away in special collections or ... Read More

Did Elvis Presley have an arch, loop, or whorl in his fingerprints? Most likely the only certified copy of Elvis' fingerprints went on sale at auction on September 4, 2008. ... Read More

Josef Mengele, the notorious Nazi doctor who made selections on the ramp at Auschwitz and experimented on twins and dwarves, escaped to Argentina at the end of World War II ... Read More

During World War II, the large estate of Bletchley Park in England was turned into a secret British code-breaking facility. The mansion and surrounding buildings were transformed into offices and ... Read More

After Charles and Diana's royal wedding in 1981, Moyra Smith (a staff member at the Queen Mother's Clarence House) wrapped up a piece of cake in plastic wrap and placed ... Read More