Facts About the Papal Conclave and Its History
The famously secretive papal conclave, with its ceremonies and traditions, is informed by hundreds of years of history.
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A Secret Knights Templar Treasure Tunnel
A Secret Knights Templar Treasure Tunnel
A Secret Knights Templar Treasure Tunnel
A secret underground tunnel was discovered in Acre, Israel, in 1994. Built by the city's powerful medieval residents—the Knights Templar—its purpose remains a mystery. Could it have once concealed their legendary treasure?
Who Said It?
Who Said It?
Life is a great adventure…accept it in such a spirit.-Theodore Roosevelt
It is not how much we do, but how much love we put into what we do.-Mother Teresa
Fashionistas
Fashionistas
For the Black Dandy, Fine Clothes Asserted Dignity
Stylish attire became a potent form of cultural defiance.
5 Over-the-Top Fashion Trends From the Victorian Era
As clothing became cheaper and faster to make amid the Industrial Revolution, new, sometimes outrageous fashion designs became chic.
Amelia Earhart’s Forgotten Fashion Line
Aviatrix. Pioneer. Record breaker. Fashion entrepreneur?
How Beachwear Helped Pave the Way for Women Wearing Pants
Some of the earliest versions of socially acceptable women's pants were worn by women vacationing on the beach.
In the 1800s, department stores offered women a space where they could purchase clothing and other wares apart from the men in their lives.
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HISTORY Shorts
Take a look at the animals (and one fungus!) that have had a huge effect on the human race.
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Dorothea Lange captured the reality of the Great Depression in the faces of those who struggled most.
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A lone wolf inmate with dreams of writing crime novels becomes the star of his own breakout from a historic Mississippi prison farm.
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Who's Making History
Who's Making History
Jack Black
Black's 34-second song from ‘A Minecraft Movie’ is the shortest to ever chart the Billboard Hot 100.
Audra McDonald
With 11 Tony nominations, McDonald is now the most-nominated performer in Broadway history. She is nominated for her role in 'Gypsy.'
Lucy Guo
The AI Founder is now considered the world's youngest self-made woman billionaire.
Kevin Costner's The West
Kevin Costner's The West
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Delve into the epic history of the American West and how the desperate struggle for the land still shapes the America we know today. The series premieres Memorial Day at 9/8c and streams the next day.
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