World History

Deep in the Amazon rainforest there lives a tribe most people have never seen. They’re called the Massaco, and until very recently, not a single outsider had laid eyes on them.

The Hindenburg disaster was an infamous tragedy—but recently discovered documents reveal the untold, chilling truth about that fateful evening.

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the 4,400-year-old tomb of Prince Userefre behind a pink granite false door at the Saqqara necropolis. The richly decorated site includes rare statues, hieroglyphs, and offerings that shed new light on Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty and royal burial practices. The discovery is considered one of the most significant finds in the region in recent years.

When the Lenape chose sides in the American Revolutionary War, they didn’t just change the fate of their own people, they shaped the history of the entire country.

Chief Pontiac made history as the leader of the brutal Pontiac’s War against the British Empire, but according to modern historians, new evidence reveals he wasn’t as powerful as we were made to believe.

We once thought the Neanderthals to be more primitive than us Homo sapiens—now, these cave drawings are making scientists rethink that.

In fear of their children being left abandoned, Choctaw mothers on their perilous journey through the Trail of Tears were forced to make a decision no mother should ever have to make—and it was utterly disturbing.

Concert's are supposed to rock, right? Well, unfortunately, a few concerts throughout history have rocked a little too hard, with some truly tragic results.

Here are 42 facts about the machines that have smashed, shot, burned, and gone bang throughout history.

Turns out the vending machine is one of the world’s oldest forms of technology, originating all the way back in ancient Greece—but can you guess what it used to dispense?

In 1863, the Native American Ho-Chunk tribe were targeted by a hate group who surrounded their farmlands and threatened to shoot any Ho-Chunk who crossed the line—and the results were devastating.