Since the era of "silent films," moving pictures are an important part of worldwide culture. How did movies get their start? What are the stories behind the movies? Enjoy hundreds of stories in this Collection.
Clara Barton raises money for the homeless and sends strawberry plants to farmers.
Clarissa Vaughan, a character from The Hours, shares her first name and her love of a man who commits suicide with Woolf's title character.
Albert Nieman discovers how to separate the alkaloid base of the coca plant. Thereafter, many products now contain small amounts of cocaine.
Cocaine and chocolate are from different plants; cocaine is from the coca plant, chocolate is from the cacao plant.
In France, some wine contains cocaine. Because of Atlanta's early experiment with prohibition, however, John S. Pemberton uses fruit oils instead of c...
Navajo code talkers prevent a massacre of Marines on Saipan, although the Japanese continue to fight.
Color photos of the Great Depression provide a glimpse into the lives of people enduring hardship while still keeping love in their lives.
After his father's death, Commodus becomes the emperor of Rome but is not a good ruler.
After his father's death, Commodus becomes the emperor of Rome but is not a good ruler.
Spectators in the Colosseum often decide if a gladiator will live or die.
Spectators in the Colosseum often decide if a gladiator will live or die with a thumbs up or down.
Although he cannot hear all the notes with his ears, Beethoven writes some of the best-known symphonies of all times.
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