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13 American presidents who escaped attempts on their lives
Four out of 45 US presidents have been assassinated over the course of American history.But many more chief executives escaped assassination attempts thanks to heroic bystanders, diligent guards,...
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Here's how US trade policy has changed over the last century
President Trump made the debate over free trade one of the central topics of his campaign, and since his election has continued to argue that the US is in a "very unfair" position when it comes to...
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Before-and-after GIFs reveal how New York City has changed in 100 years
New York City has transformed dramatically in the last century.Andrew Farris, a photographer from Vancouver, documents this evolution by snapping photos today at spots that he's also found in archive...
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Egypt just uncovered an ancient burial site containing at least 17 mummies
Egypt has unearthed an ancient burial site replete with at least 17 mummies, most fully intact, the latest in a string of discoveries that the country's antiquities minister described as a helping hand...
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14 'facts' you learned in school that have since been proven wrong
When you're trying to teach dozens of students the finer points of history and science, sometimes it's just easier to provide a simpler narrative.But as James Loewen chronicles in his classic book...
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The Polish embassy gave Jim Cramer a history lesson after the CNBC host...
The Polish embassy in the US gave Jim Cramer a history lesson on Tuesday after the CNBC host compared the department store Macy's to the Polish army in WWII.In a tweeted statement, the embassy quotes...
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How African-Americans disappeared from the Kentucky Derby
When the horses enter the gate for the 143rd Kentucky Derby, their jockeys will hail from Louisiana, Mexico, Nebraska and France.None will be African-American. That’s been the norm for quite a while....
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Our obsession with calories can be traced back 100 years — and it hides a...
A little-known Los Angeles physician named Lulu Hunt Peters played a major role in popularizing the use of calorie counting for weight lossHer 1918 book, "Diet and Health with a Key to the Calories,"...
View ArticleAnimated timeline shows how Silicon Valley became a $2.8 trillion neighborhood
Silicon Valley is a name that is synonymous with the technology industry, but when and how did this small area of California become the center of the tech world? The area's transformation happened...
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Genetic tests of mummies are revealing surprises about the ancestry of...
DNA from mummies found at a site once known for its cult to the Egyptian god of the afterlife is unwrapping intriguing insight into the people of ancient Egypt, including a surprise discovery that they...
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Here's why men's and women's shirts button up on different sides
The INSIDER Summary: • Men's shirts have buttons on the right, women's on the left. No one's sure why.• For men: probably because it was easier to reach a weapon inside.• For women: probably because...
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The story behind the random century-old barn on Apple's futuristic $5 billion...
Tucked away in a corner of Apple Park, the company's new futuristic, custom-designed $5 billion campus in Cupertino, California, is a particularly low-tech building. It stands out in a campus of...
View ArticleThis ancient Greek mechanism may be the world's first computer
The Antikythera Mechanism is a mysterious ancient device used to calculate lunar cycles, planet motions, and more. Over 2,000-years-old, it was far more advanced than any other technology of its...
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One of WWII's most iconic battles happened 75 years ago — Here's the video of it
On June 4, 1942, the Battle of Midway kicked off between the US and Japan. When it was all over on June 7, it was hailed as a decisive American victory — and much of it was captured on film.That’s all...
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The little-known German bad guy who inspired a terrifying 'Wonder Woman' villain
“Wonder Woman” hit theaters last weekend and has been a massive critical and box-office success. It’s a comic book/superhero movie, but it also happens to be a historical movie taking place in Europe...
View ArticleApple’s original logo looks nothing like it does today — here’s how it’s changed
Apple has one of the most recognizable logos in the world. This video shows how Apple's logo has changed throughout the company's history.Follow Tech Insider: On FacebookJoin the conversation about...
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Why people say 'bless you' after a sneeze
Everyone sneezes — the average healthy person does so up to four times per day, in fact.Sneezing can be caused by a lot of things besides allergies and illness; being too full, seeing a bright light,...
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Proudly claiming foreign ancestry used to be the key to gaining political power
From the long view of European history, nationalist myths about indigenous peoples are a recent invention.For much of Western history, claiming foreign ancestry was the key to political legitimacy.From...
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A LOOK BACK: 50 years ago, the Lovings won interracial couples the right to...
MILFORD, Va. (AP) — EDITOR'S NOTE: On June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down as unconstitutional 16 state bans on interracial marriage. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by...
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America is in for a rude awakening
The ancient Greeks took tragedy seriously.At the very height of Athenian power in the 5th century B.C., in fact, citizens of the world's first democracy gathered annually to experience tragedy. Great...
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