Conclave, the new Pope is elected: it is Robert Francis Prevost. His name will be Leone XIV Habemus Papam! These two Latin words echo across the Vatican every time a new leader of the Catholic Church is chosen. But behind this short...
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In North Pole, Alaska, the holiday spirit is a year-round affair. Streets have festive names like Santa Claus Lane, and residents often decorate their homes with Christmas lights regardless...
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Studies have revealed that a significant percentage of U.S. dollar bills are contaminated with trace amounts of cocaine. This contamination occurs primarily through cross-contamination in cu...
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The Statue of Liberty, a symbol of freedom and democracy, once had a brief stint as a lighthouse. After its dedication in 1886, the U.S. Lighthouse Board attempted to use Lady Liberty's torc...
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Imagine a town where your daily commute doesn’t involve traffic lights—but a bush plane. In remote corners of Alaska and the U.S., several communities exist without any road access. One of t...
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It sounds like sci-fi, but it’s 100% real. In the late 1950s, during the height of the Cold War, the United States developed Project A119, a top-secret plan to detonate a nuclear bomb on the...
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One of the longest-running myths in American history is that George Washington had wooden teeth. It’s a fun image—revolutionary dentures, colonial oak—but completely false. In reality, Wa...
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Before there were alien abductions and Area 51 memes, there were the Contactees. These were people—mostly in the 1950s—who claimed not only to see UFOs, but to have had face-to-face chats wi...
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A “Skynwalker” isn’t just a typo of "Skywalker"—though don’t tell that to Star Wars fans. The term actually comes from Skinwalker Ranch, a real place in Utah that has become a hotbed for par...
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“Demmel Sims” might sound like the name of your new favorite jazz bassist or a long-lost Marvel character, but in reality, it’s... no one. Or at least, no one definitively identifiable. Go a...
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