Adrian Carton de Wiart earned the moniker “the unkillable soldier”. And, given his record, it’s easy to see why. Carton de Wiart survived shots to the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip and ear. Not to mention, a couple of plane crashes, a harrowing escape from a POW camp and a self-inflicted amputation (sans anesthesia). And that’s just the short version.
In 2025, Israeli archaeologists unearthed an incredible Early Bronze Age flint blade production workshop from 5,500 years ago, the first of its kind ever found in southern Israel.
Some things are passed down from parent to child—and when your mother is the ultra-scandalous Catherine de Medici, odds are that life isn’t going to be tranquil.
In 2025, archaeologists found traces of Scotland’s biggest and oldest Neolithic timber hall. Dated at roughly 4000 BC, it was built a thousand years before Stonehenge existed.
Tsar Alexander II of Russia stood at the crossroads of history—after all, his reign paved the way to the fall of the Romanov empire. And when you look at his scandalous life, it’s no wonder why it ended in tragedy. From secret, explosive letters to his utterly violent and shocking end, Alexander makes the mad, power-hungry Tsars that came before and after him look downright innocent.
Bobby Allison was a famous car racer from the early 60s through the late 80s—until a series of accidents brought a career wrought with controversy to an end. After his passing in November 2024, we figure it’s a good time to take a retrospective look at the not-so-mundane life of this NASCAR legend.
Imagine a world where burly Norse warriors discover a new continent—and then just... walk away. Wild, right? Get ready for a story into why the Vikings pulled the ultimate “not interested” move on North America. But first, an introduction.
It started as a mundane environmental cleanup along the Congaree River in Columbia, South Carolina, and ended as a trip back in time to the last days of the Civil War. Archaeologists uncovered a buried cache of Civil War-era weapons blanketed by the sediment and silt of history.
Brazil’s Valley of the Dinosaurs in Paraíba state is best known for its extensive fossilized dinosaur tracks. But a recent archaeological find revealed prehistoric human artwork.
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