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The U.S. celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month each fall. Here’s how the holiday came about—and the stories behind its most iconic figures. Performers dance to traditional music from Bolivia during 2012...

”Keep it hidden, keep it warm“ was the instruction for these capsules of anti-evil from 17th century England. The reasons why are creepy—but often misunderstood. This pale, reptilian-patterned jug was...

Whether we’re exchanging locks of hair or bright plastic beads, humans have been finding ways to honor our friends for millennia. Mariale and Paula Nuñez, sisters from Peru, show off...

Celebrated with trumpet blasts, prayers, and symbolic foods, this holiday marks the start of the Jewish high holy days. Rosh Hashanah doesn’t just mark the beginning of the Jewish New...

The Salem witch trials are more than just a historical curiosity. Explore how this chilling history teaches us about fear, power, and the consequences of mass paranoia. This 1855 oil...

The famed poet died in ‘delirium’, wearing someone else’s clothes. Over 170 years later, we’re still searching for answers. “Edgar Allan Poe is dead,” the New-York Daily Tribune declared. “This announcement will...

New rules should prevent it from happening again, though. I’ve always wondered if it was possible. If someone had the balls to do it. It turns out someone did. Someone...

The Catholic Church in Malestroit is coming up with strange new ways of luring nonbelievers into the flock. Every year, the owners of hundreds of camper vans from all over...

A new study suggests the ergonomics of an Egyptian scribe’s working life may be revealed in their bones. Statues from Abusir, Egypt depict the scribe Nefer and his wife. New...

One of the 20th-century's biggest quests was to find the “missing link,” a being who connected humans to their pre-historic ancestors. It was also the height of scientific racism. Discovered...