List of All Articles with Tag 'history'

Precursors to the story about the girl with the green ribbon were written by Washington Irving, Alexandre Dumas, and more famous authors.

The history of pizza is a large pie—half Margherita and half lies. Let’s take a bite out of pizza’s past, covering styles from Neapolitan and New York to Sicilian and St. Louis and beyond.

Anyone with a cat will probably argue that their feline is the coolest—but there have been at least a few other candidates through the ages, from Able Seacat Simon to Abraham Lincoln’s kitties to the feline that inspired Nikola Tesla.

These daring dames ventured into the underworld of contraband liquor.

Here’s what a typical American household ate for dinner during the 20th century.

9. Dogs have a sweet tooth, but cats don't.

Ideas for your next road trip!

Russian dressing and Thousand Island dressing are two creamy sauces that are often confused for one another. So what’s the story?

We don’t know how these Victorian slang terms ever fell out of fashion, but we propose bringing them back, as soon as possible.

Despite what people often claim, the Gros Michel isn't to blame.

Black cats do not bring bad luck, and they aren’t necessarily harder to adopt than other cats. Here are more facts about these adorably dark furballs.

Historians were struck by the tantalizing possibility that this library might contain missing works of some of history’s greatest writers—works thought to have been lost forever.