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The rise and fall of XFL — Vince McMahon's wild, sexualized, exaggerated...
In 2001, WWF chairman Vince McMahon and then-NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol created XFL, a violent and sexualized version of the NFL.McMahon, who successfully turned wrestling into a global...
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Can you guess the original names of these 14 iconic US cities?
US cities like New York and Los Angeles have long and storied histories. Before they were the iconic cities everyone knows, they had different names. A penny toss determined the name of Portland,...
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15 of the oldest cities in the US
Some cities in the US are so old they were founded by settlers before the Revolutionary War. The oldest US city founded by settlers is St. Augustine, Florida.In the 1600s, Newport, Rhode Island, and...
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19 incredible things you never knew Thomas Edison invented
Thomas Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors of all time. He produced 1,093 patents and a trove of creations that helped shape modern history.That being said, he was falsely credited...
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How cheerleading evolved from one man yelling in Minnesota to 4.5 million...
Cheerleading has had a spurt of popularity due to "Cheer" a popular Netflix documentary, about a college team's dramatic cheerleading season in Navarro, Texas.There are about 4.5 million cheerleaders...
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15 African Americans you might not have heard of but should definitely know
There some African-American people from black history you may not know about. During the civil rights movement, Ella Baker, Bayard Rustin, and Hosea Williams all worked closely with Martin Luther King,...
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Can you guess what these 20 old-fashioned terms of endearment mean?
Lovers, partners, and significant others have been calling each other pet names for centuries."Bully" was the "bae" of the 1500s. While some names have remained popular, others like "tomato" or...
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What happened when US presidents Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill...
On December 18, President Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives.On February 5, he was acquitted on both charges after a Senate trial.Only three US presidents have faced impeachment...
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10 incredible things you didn't know about Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore is a national monument in South Dakota, but there are some things that you may not know about it. For instance, there is a secret room behind President Lincoln's head that was supposed...
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20 products you won't believe were created the same year
Mickey Mouse made his first appearance in 1928, the same year that sliced bread was invented.The internet and glue sticks were both invented in 1969.The Soviet Union's first satellite is the same age...
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A Maryland school district apologized after a 'clearly visible' Nazi flag in...
A Nazi flag hanging in the classroom window of a Maryland high school was visible to everyone at a basketball game Friday.Frederick County Public Schools staff took down the flag as soon as it was...
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Squirrel stew, jelly beans, and hoecakes: Here are all 44 presidents'...
Presidents of the United States have had some eccentric choices for favorite foods.From squirrel stew to cheeseburger pizza, these commanders in chief didn't let their time at America's most famous...
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Cigars, painting, and crosswords: the surprising hobbies of 17 presidents
The lesser-known habits among past American presidents range from athletic to creative, and even to the delicious.John Quincy Adams liked to go skinny dipping while Ronald Reagan enjoyed horseback...
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15 rooms in the White House you probably never knew existed, from a chocolate...
The White House has 132 rooms.Everyone knows about the Oval Office, but not everyone knows about rooms like the Solarium, which was formerly a kindergarten.Business Insider rounded up a number of...
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How SARS terrified the world in 2003, infecting more than 8,000 people and...
In the first half of 2003, a deadly disease known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome spread from China into 28 other countries.SARS infected a little more than 8,000 people, and killed 774 people....
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Steve Jobs would have been 65 on Monday. Here's how the late Apple CEO saved...
When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1996, the company was in dire straits. He quickly staged a boardroom coup, becoming CEO once again and working to turn the company around via new products and an...
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The Smithsonian just released 2.8 million free digital images of its...
The Smithsonian Institution is putting 2.8 million images online for anyone to access for the first time ever.The online open-access platform has images from all 19 Smithsonian museums, plus research...
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11 historic events that happened on February 29, also known as 'Leap Day'
Every four years an additional day is added to the end of February known as "Leap Day."Though February 29 occurs infrequently, leap days have seen their share of famous events, births, and deaths.Leap...
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See how the phone has changed since Alexander Graham Bell's 1876 invention...
Alexander Graham Bell patented the first phone in 1876.In the nearly 150 years since phones have evolved from the bulky earliest models to the smartphones of today. Phones have gone from a strange new...
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Photos show how the 1918 flu pandemic brought the world to its knees
The 1918 influenza pandemic killed at least 50 million people, and infected one-third of the world's population.In the US, the virus forced public meetings, schools, churches, and theaters to shut...
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