• Did Bernie Sanders March in Selma with MLK?

    A photo allegedly shows a young Bernie Sanders participating in a march with Martin Luther King, Jr. in March 1965.

  • 10 Fun Facts About Christmas

    Christmas is the favorite time of year for many people, and on Christmas Day we offer 10 fun and random facts about the holiday.

  • Miscaption: This Wasn’t Susan B. Anthony’s 1872 Arrest

    A vintage photo shows police apparently beating a woman, which one caption states was Susan B. Anthony during her historic arrest in New York. The caption, however, is incorrect.

  • Unlikely a Lincoln: The Improbable Progeny of Honest Abe

    October 14, 1968, was a day like any other in Williamsburg, Virginia. It was a rough year nationally for the Civil Rights Movement as the country still reeled from the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. in April and Robert Francis Kennedy in June. The Civil Rights Movement, arguably set in motion...

  • 7 Great Hoaxes of the 1990s

    The 1990s was the decade of grunge, Bill Clinton, and the “information super highway.” And, it turns out, a fair share of notable hoaxes. Today we look back at seven of the most notable hoaxes of the 1990s.

  • Viral: Queen Elizabeth II Childhood Nazi Salute

    A 1930’s home movie released in July 2015 shows Edward VIII apparently teaching Queen Elizabeth II how to perform a Nazi salute when she was a child.

  • Odd History: 21-Year Old Man Marries 77-Year Old Step-Grandmother in 1978

    Today we look back at the 1978 news story about a 21-year old man who married his 77-year old step-grandmother.

  • American Folklore: Did Betsy Ross Really Create the First American Flag?

    Almost every nation has a Flag Day, and for the United States of America, the 14th of June marks the anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777 where the “Stars and Stripes” was adopted as the official flag of this independent nation. The U.S. flag is rich in symbolism, with a stripe...