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.
Concerned that Dr. Jekyll has willed his fortune to an unknown man called Hyde, Gabriel Utterson visits his friend and client, the doctor, to make sur...
Now that Henry Jekyll has disappeared, or died, Gabriel Utterson is cleared to read a letter which Dr. Lanyon has given him. He is stunned at its cont...
In 1951, the U.S. makes a film called "Duck and Cover" so children will know what to do if an atomic bomb falls.
The Great Depression is a time of despair with Americans literally starving.
New discoveries of known and unknown dinosaurs continue to provide new information about Earth's past.
Earthquakes typically occur along a fault line and Port Royal is located on top of one.
In the 1600s, the East India Company becomes one of the most powerful businesses in the world.
Ed Viesturs is an expert climber who reaches the summit of all the world's 14 mountains higher than 8,000 feet.
The eldest of Edward III's children, Edward, the Black Prince, was the most famous medieval warrior of the day.
Mother spiders lay their eggs inside a silken egg sac which resembles a cocoon; they may carry it with them or attach it somewhere else.
In 1939, Einstein writes a letter to FDR about his theory of creating power from splitting atoms and his concerns that Germany can develop nuclear bom...
Alexander and his army come face to face with Asian elephants in India.
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