In the true story behind "50 First Dates," Michelle Philpots of Lincolnshire, England developed a rare form of amnesia due to two vehicle crashes, preventing her from forming long-term memories.

By far Gustave Eiffel’s most well-known work, the Eiffel Tower was designed for the 1889 World’s Fair to celebrate the 100th ...

From temples and monuments to cities and settlements, these magnificent ruins help unlock the mysteries of humanity's shared past. Empires rise and fall, but even when the last people of any culture ...

Despite having both xanthism and albinism, this Caribbean nurse shark survived well into adulthood, raising new questions about the conditions and the species' adaptability. During a sport fishing ...

In 2023, a group of archaeologists climbed inside a cliffside cave overlooking the Dead Sea to investigate an ancient carving on a stalactite, a previously-documented 2,700-year-old inscription from ...

Metal detectorists found 600 silver and gold medieval coins, likely buried in the 15th century, in a forest outside Bochnia, Poland.

In 2019, a joke Facebook event titled "Storm Area 51" went viral, attracting millions of RSVPs and widespread concerns that a massive crowd would try to breach the secretive U.S. government facility.

Ted Hughes was Britain's Poet Laureate for years, but his reputation was damaged after the suicide of his wife, Sylvia Plath, in 1963.

A submerged bathhouse discovered among the ruins of Baiae may have been part of the villa that belonged to the famous orator Cicero.

Sometimes called the "Venice of the Pacific," Nan Madol is an abandoned city that was built from basalt stones atop a coral reef off the Micronesian island of Pohnpei around 1200 C.E.

Hanoi Hannah, whose real name was Trinh Thi Ngo, used her propaganda radio show during the Vietnam War to encourage American soldiers to defect.

The remains of at least seven infant children were discovered during the latest archaeological campaign at Uşaklı Höyük in Turkey. The infant remains, found near a mysterious Hittite structure, were ...