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BEFORE THE CRASH: Here's What It Was Like When 'Everyone' In America Was Rich
Looking back on it now, the years leading up to the Lehman collapse seem like a dream.This was the era when:-- Your friend who had majored in English went to work for an investment bank.-- Your parents...
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13 Everyday Phrases That Actually Came From Shakespeare
Just the mention of William Shakespeare makes some people cringe. Even I'll admit his writing seems daunting at times.Whether a fan or not though, you probably use many of Shakespeare's phrases on a...
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Here's The Map That Lincoln Used To See The Reach Of Slavery
The Vault is Slate's history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here.This map, made by the U.S. Coast...
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The True Story Of The Lower East Side Pickle Wars
Food History 101, we're hitting the books -- to explore the who, what, when, where, and why of what we eat today.Today: Jealousy, revenge, betrayal, intrigue: the history of the pickle wars of New York...
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UVA PROFESSOR: We Cannot Rule Out A Conspiracy To Kill John F. Kennedy
It's not just crackpots who question the conventional wisdom that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone when he killed President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963.University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato,...
View ArticleJP Morgan Tweeted This 1925 Letter From Winston Churchill To The Bank
JP Morgan's twitter handle is awesome at #ThrowbackThursday — they always tweet out historical artifacts from the bank's history.Today it's a 1925 letter from Winston Churchill to the bank, asking for...
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15 Chemists Whose Discoveries Changed Our Lives
Ever gotten a vaccine shot? Do you drink caffeinated soda or wear blue jeans?Most of us take for granted the breakthrough science and technology that gave us these everyday luxuries. If you've ever...
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This Photo From 1900 Might Be The Oldest Selfie Ever Taken
Selfies have become so popular, the word was added to the Oxford dictionary in August.(A selfie is defined as "a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or...
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Several Of Blackbeard's Cannons Were Just Recovered From The Bottom Of The Ocean
In 1718, legendary Caribbean pirate Blackbeard sank his ship, Queen Anne's Revenge, after it got stuck on too-shallow land outside the coastal city of Beaufort, N.C.For almost three centuries, the...
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How A Radio Actor Host Pulled Off The Greatest Media Hoax Of All Time
Seventy-five years ago today, millions of Americans tuned in to their regular nighttime broadcast and got some rather shocking news. A panicked newscaster informed the masses that Martians had landed...
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13 Southern Sayings That The Rest Of America Won't Understand
Language discrepancies naturally arise in different geographic regions, like the raging “pop” vs. “soda” debate.But the South undoubtedly takes the cake.Conversations south of the Mason-Dixon line will...
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200 Years Ago, Davy Crockett And Andrew Jackson Won A Battle At Tallushatchee
Two hundred years ago, in the middle of America's 32-month military conflict against Great Britain and its Indian allies, General Andrew Jackson and an army of 2,500 Tennessee militia launched a...
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How Guy Fawkes Inadvertently Created The Word 'Guy'
Four hundred and eight years ago, a Catholic plot to blow up the British Houses of Lords and with it the King of England failed completely.Although a non-event, the attempted bombing had a huge legacy....
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Here's Guy Fawkes' Signature Before And After He Was Tortured
Today is Guy Fawkes Day, a day where the U.K. celebrates the foiling of a plot to kill King James I in 1605. The country celebrates this by lighting fireworks and, in a morbid twist, burning an effigy...
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Everything You Think You Know About Thomas Edison Might Be Wrong
Thomas Edison did not try 10,000 times before inventing the light bulb, nor did he labor in a dusty workshop by himself.That's according to David Burkus, author of "The Myths of Creativity," who says...
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The Rise And Fall Of The Largest Corporation In History
The Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), or the United East India Company, was not only the first multinational corporation to exist, but also probably the largest corporation in size in history....
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20 Pictures Of London Street Life In The 1870s
In 1877, journalist Adolphe Smith and photographer John Thomson co-published a book about London's street life.The rarely seen, Victorian-era images are like something out of a Charles Dickens...
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31 Powerful Pictures Of The US Marines Through History
The Marine Corps, 238-years-old Sunday, has served a role in every conflict in the history of the United States.That's because the Marines operate on sea, air, and land and — unlike the other services...
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11 Racist And Offensive Phrases That People Still Use All The Time
As language evolves, we sometimes forget the offensive origins of certain words and phrases.Or we never knew them in the first place.Many of these began in racist, sexist, or generally distasteful...
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23 Recent Works Of Art That Shook History
There is no denying the power of a work of art, which can evoke certain feelings or even manipulate the viewer's emotions beyond his control.But there are also works that rattle the very infrastructure...
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