Modern History

A field full of students graduating from high school wearing red and blue robes and hats. They’ve just thrown their hats into the air.

Everything the High School History Books Got Wrong

Chris Gorrie · March 23, 2024

A photograph taken at Ski Arlberg in Austria/A rescue helicopter is pictured flying over snowy mountains

Snowboarder Survives an Avalanche for 20 Hours

Ben Campbell · March 23, 2024

A composite image featuring two sections; on the left, a close-up of the American flag with a focus on the stars and stripes, and on the right, a group of individuals raising their right hands and holding folders during a naturalization ceremony

Do Americans Really Understand Immigration Law?

Georgia McKoy · March 22, 2024

A black and white photo of Frank and Jesse James wearing suits and holding the jacket with their hand.

The Mystery of Jesse James' Lost Gold

Beth Moreton · March 22, 2024

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo’s painting The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy, depicting the Trojan horse being drawn into the city by ropes as well as pushed from the hind legs.

Was the Trojan Horse Trick Real?

Chris Gorrie · March 21, 2024

Black-and-white photo of landing ships putting cargo ashore on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France at low tide during the early days of the Allied invasion, mid-June 1944.

The Biggest Myths and Misconceptions About World War II

Chris Gorrie · March 20, 2024

An aged ivory sculpture of a man lowering Jesus from the cross

The U.S. and England Are Fighting Over One of Britain’s Most Important and Historic Art Pieces

Alyssa Miller · March 19, 2024

An 1800s painting by Schell and Hogan of many steamboats in a river by a large Missouri town back in the 1800s, with smoke in the air.

The Unique Story Of The 19th-Century Shipwrecks Buried Beneath Kansas Cornfields

Sam Watanuki · March 19, 2024

Red cows in field

Deux Face The Rare 2-Faced Calf Born in Louisiana is Defying The Odds

Sam Watanuki · March 19, 2024

Photograph of a blue dragon floating in the water

Officials Warn Spring Breakers Not to Touch Extraterrestrial-Looking Blue Creatures Washing Up on Texas Beaches

Lauren Folkas · March 18, 2024

Trucks dump trash at a landfill while birds fly around.

How ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Threatening Low-Income Communities

Alex Trent · March 17, 2024

1889 painting Woman at her Toilette by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

The Most Dangerous Cosmetics Used Until the 20th Century

Sam Watanuki · March 17, 2024

Silhouette of a person kneeling in prayer before a cross during sunrise or sunset. The cross and individual are outlined against a vibrant blue sky with wispy clouds

Common Reasons People Choose to Leave Christianity

Georgia McKoy · March 16, 2024

A U.S. Union solider holding an American flag and a sword

Put Your American Civil War Knowledge to the Test

Alyssa Miller · March 15, 2024

A nuclear power plant located in Cattenom, France.

Uranium Recycling is Set to See a Revival 47 Years After It Was Banned By the Jimmy Carter Administration

Alex Trent · March 14, 2024

A black and white photo of the real U.S. Constitution.

Activists Who Threw Red Powder on the U.S. Constitution Now Face Felony Charges

Julia Mehalko · March 12, 2024

A nuclear bomb testing seen in Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands in 1946.

Nuclear Waste From Cold War Times Will Come Back to Haunt Humans

Julia Mehalko · March 12, 2024

Portrait of Grover Cleveland from 1950/Painting of Jackson based on an 1824 portrait, c. 1857, attributed to Thomas Sully, now housed at the U. S. Senate Collection/Three-quarter length portrait of Abraham Lincoln

The Notorious Last Words of U.S. Presidents

Lauren Folkas · March 12, 2024

A periodic cicada resting on a finger.

Rare Double Brood Cicacda Event Happening for the First Time Since Thomas Jefferson Was President

Alex Trent · March 11, 2024

A portrait photo of Noor Inayat Khan in 1943.

This WW2 Princess Spy Was Instrumental In Winning the War Against the Nazis

Julia Mehalko · March 10, 2024

A statue of William Wallace.

What Do We Know About the Real ‘Braveheart’ William Wallace?

Georgia McKoy · March 9, 2024

A full-side view of a jaguar standing on rocks next to a body of water, with a backdrop of green grass and a few scattered rocks

New Images Reveal the Exciting Return of the Wild Jaguar in the U.S.

Georgia McKoy · March 9, 2024

A US Marine Corps plane from World War Two.

Missing World War Two Era Plane Finally Found After 80 Years

Alex Trent · March 8, 2024

The HMS Hood sailing in 1937.

In 1941 Bismarck, Germany's “Unsinkable” Ship Ended Up on the Ocean Floor

Chris Gorrie · March 7, 2024