The widely used eating utensil was once seen as offensive to God when it was first introduced in Italy in the 11th century. Oddly enough, people used to eat with their fingers. The number of fingers ...

In 1955, a young woman in Montgomery, Alabama, caused a stir when she refused to give her bus seat to a White passenger. She was the first person arrested for protesting Montgomery’s racist busing ...

You might associate history with excessive homework and endless hours in class, but it can offer windows to earlier times. These short nuggets, below, tell some of the most extraordinary stories of ...

History is littered with countless tales and amazing facts that have become common knowledge today. Ranging from ancient times to modern day, strange, macabre and even the most unexpected occurrences ...