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Discover how colored caps and knickerbockers gave way to today’s traditional numbered jerseys and shorts.

In ancient China, the goal was a hole in a net. In ancient Rome, it was the gates of a fort. Discover how the soccer goal has evolved over the centuries in this brief history of goalposts.

Although arenas have existed since ancient Greece and Rome, soccer stadiums were not yet a thing when the sport became popular in the 1880s.

King Henry VIII of England wore the first pair of soccer boots, but the footwear didn’t take off until several centuries later.

Find out more about how we make soccer balls, from the early days using inflated pig bladders to today’s vulcanized rubber balls.

Each year, government estimates suggest roughly 200,000 Americans are involved in cults—often in secret and largely by choice. Who are they? And what can we learn from the tragic story of Heaven’s Gate?

The famous Earthrise photo, taken during the 1968 Apollo 8 mission, is an image that very nearly didn’t exist. The circumstances that led to it were a feat of invention, innovation and human ingenuity.

From Renaissance predictors like Nostradamus, who wrote of the death of kings and the rise of evil, to 20th-century mystics like Rasputin, who foresaw the fall of a dynasty, are some predictions more than lucky guesses?

Long before it became synonymous with theater, Broadway was a 13-mile trail used by Indigenous tribes for hunting, trade and travel.

In the 1960s, Danny Thomas was a household name. His family sitcom, The Danny Thomas Show, was a smash hit, running for over 10 years. Thomas—who struggled for years before his big break—always attributed his success to St. Jude.

Rachel Louise Carson was an author and marine biologist who wrote the book Silent Spring, which sparked the modern environmentalist movement by calling out the pesticide and chemical industry.

Could the Cyclops myth be rooted in real science? Discover how ancient fossils may have inspired the legend of the one-eyed giant.

A single miscommunicated announcement set history in motion. Discover how confusion at a press conference helped bring down the Berlin Wall.

Live battlefield reports and real-time broadcasts transformed television forever. Discover how the Gulf War reshaped news into a 24-hour cycle.

Surprising parallels link an ancient Greek epic to one of the earliest Christian narratives.

Explore the enduring mystery behind Odysseus' legendary island home.