The World War II Army fitness test pushed recruits to their limits with timed push-ups, sit-ups, running, and obstacle challenges. This piece explores what it took to pass, how standards compared to ...

The Nebraska-USC game this weekend features two of the most legendary programs in college football history. Both teams rank ...

For decades, there have been reports about UFOs, or UAPs as the government now refers to them, causing problems around nuclear power plants and missile ...

The 1940s were a unique time with a lot of history packed into them, and it turns out that some items from that decade are ...

At the Hot Club of New York, patrons revisit the music’s past by spinning shellac 78 RPM discs of recordings made in the ...

From 1940s-style dancing to an event dedicated to destroying pumpkins, there's a wide variety of ways to spend your weekend ...

From silent sensations like Sherlock Jr. to screwball rom-coms like His Girl Friday, these hilarious pre-1950 hits still ...

The White House says it is working to protect and preserve the historical artifacts found in the East Wing, the structure that has housed the Office of the First Lady since the 1940s. And First lady ...

“Lit” dates back to the early 1900s, when it meant being drunk. These days, it’s used by rappers to describe something exciting. Rapper Nas used the term in his 1996 song “The Message,” in which he ...

After decades of stagnating reading performance, American literacy levels have begun to drop, according to the National ...

Gene Salomon has been playing chess since the 1940s. Now, in the 2020s, he is helping his retirement community pick up the ...

Laurie Ezzell Brown, the seventy-three-year-old editor and publisher of the Canadian Record, the local newspaper, spent most ...