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.
Rudolf Abel was a Soviet spy, living in America for eight years, before an informer (his own assistant) blew Abel's cover when the informer defected i...
Rudolf Abel lived in a studio apartment at 252 Fulton Street in Brooklyn, New York. This image depicts an interior view of his home. Several of Abel�...
When scientists created the hybrid dinosaur Indominus Rex, in the Hammond Lab at Jurassic World, they used DNA from Rugops. Meet a recreated Rugops in...
For more than 700 years Russia, a nation rich in natural resources, has defended herself against invaders from other countries.
While "witch hunts" frequently took place in parts of Europe between the 14th and 16th centuries - resulting in the deaths of up to 50,000 people - th...
The first witch trial, in Massachusetts, occurred soon after the Puritans arrived in America. In 1648, Margaret Jones was accused - and hanged - in Ch...
After Tituba—accused of being a witch in 1692—testified that she saw the names of other people in the “Devil’s book,” th...
On January 6, 1838, Samuel Morse successfully tests an electrical telegraph. So why did it take years longer to send the first message?
Sgt. Matt Eversmann is portrayed by Josh Hartnett in the movie Black Hawk Down. He is a hero from the Battle for Mogadishu.
C.S. ("Jack") Lewis found love late in life, but his marriage to Joy Gresham did not last long.
Sid Phillips describes what it was like to be a young Marine fighting in "The Pacific" during WWII.
In the fall of 1187, Saladin and his forces besieged the city of Jerusalem. It was not the first time the ancient city was subjected to a siege by for...
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