Evan Andrews

From time immemorial, floods have wreaked havoc and made their mark on history.

It has to do with seating arrangements.

From a 'bear lunch counter' to a less-than-faithful Old Faithful, here are some surprising things to know about America’s first national park.

Learn the stories behind five vessels whose watery graves remain unknown.

The internet was the work of dozens of pioneering scientists

In 1911, a former Louvre employee perpetrated one of the greatest art heists in history.

Explore 10 surprising facts about the man often called the “King of the Wild Frontier.”

Explore 10 surprising facts about one of America’s first and greatest expeditions of discovery.

Check out nine surprising facts about the route that once served as the gateway to the American West.

Thomas Blood bluffed his way into the Tower of London and nearly made off with the British crown jewels.

Find out more about the fascinating history behind one of antiquity’s most important legal codes.

Get the facts about one of the most legendary Native Americans of the 19th century.

Hostility toward minority communities fueled the L.A. Zoot Suit riots during the wartime summer of 1943.

Explore 11 little-known facts about the man who integrated baseball.

Below, some surprising facts about the short and infamous life of the man the authorities branded 'Public Enemy No. 1.'

The ritual suicide originated in Japan's ancient warrior class.

Explore eight reasons why this remarkable transit system helped unite the ancient world.

The Romans were prodigious builders and expert civil engineers, and their thriving civilization produced advances in technology, culture and architecture that remained unequaled for centuries.

Explore eight surprising facts about the life of Rome’s fourth emperor.

Ancient Rome waged many campaigns of conquest during its history, but its most influential wars may have been the ones it fought against itself.

For nearly 30 years, a guide called the “Negro Motorist Green Book” provided African Americans with advice on safe places to eat and sleep when they traveled through the Jim Crow-era United States.

The term traces back to a derogatory minstrel routine from the 1830s.

In 1969, a group of rebel activists took over America’s most notorious prison for more than 19 months.

From the infamous nuclear disaster zone near Chernobyl to Henry Ford’s doomed jungle paradise, learn the stories behind six of the world’s most famous vacant towns and villages.

From river pirates to knife-wielding adolescents, get the facts on seven of 19th century New York’s most notorious street gangs.

From high profile capers by the likes of Jesse James and Butch Cassidy to a raid by a gang of Indian political dissidents, find out more about six of history’s most audacious rail heists.

Explore eight surprising facts about one of weirdest and wildest Summer Games in Olympic history.

Check out these facts about one of baseball’s most legendary showmen.

In 1919, Chicago White Sox players allegedly threw the World Series. It remains one of professional baseball’s most notorious scandals.

Explore 10 fascinating facts about the medieval empire that bridged the gap between the classical world and the Renaissance.

On March 9, 1862, the ironclad warships USS Monitor and CSS Virginia squared off in the most influential naval battle of the Civil War.

Bear-baiting, dog fights and gladiatorial combat involving chimps were just a few of the popular—and grisly—animal blood sports in 16th and 17th century England.

Between September 2 and September 6, 1666, a massive inferno ripped through London, reducing much of the city center to a smoldering ruin.

1962’s Cuban Missile Crisis was not the only time the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union almost went hot.

Find out how table tennis became an unlikely tool in international relations.

Multiple people have been suspected of informing the Nazis of the Franks' hiding place, while one theory suggests it may have simply been bad luck.

In the early 1910s, explorers Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott engaged in a frantic, and ultimately tragic, race to be the first man to reach the South Pole.

Learn 10 surprising facts about the heroic and controversial life of the aviator known as “The Lone Eagle.”

Find out about seven groups of enslaved people who risked everything for a chance at freedom.

From fitness tests for infants to state-sponsored hazing, find out why these ancient Greek warriors had a rough go of it.

Check out nine little-known facts about the jazz legend nicknamed “Satchmo.”

It's been the site of mysterious disappearances and other bizarre activity.

From an 11,000-year-old temple complex to a mystifying Irish megalith, here are seven lesser-known world wonders that stand as a testament to the engineering prowess of the ancients.

In 1968, an American tycoon bought London Bridge—all 10,000 tons of it—and moved it brick-by-brick to the desert town of Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

The term “Gordian knot,” commonly used to describe a complex or unsolvable problem, can be traced back to a legendary chapter in the life of Alexander the Great. As the story goes, in 333 B.C. the Macedonian conqueror marched his army into the Phrygian capital of Gordium in modern day Turkey. Upon arriving in the […]

Explore 10 surprising facts about the most ambitious project in the history of the space program.

By the time he was inaugurated as president, Washington only had a single natural tooth left.

An attack by President Nixon on his own Justice Department came with grave consequences.

Find out more about this much-maligned investigation into the murder of America’s 35th president.

From Martin Luther King’s immortal jailhouse letter to a classic of philosophy completed on death row, get the facts on eight of the most influential and incendiary works written from behind bars.