Mainstream media has grossly misrepresented the history of ninjas (shinobi) and the weapons that they used. While pop culture has built up many myths over generations, the actual shinobi were highly ...

After the atomic bombs were dropped in Japan in 1945, Japan developed one of the strongest diplomatic relationships with the ...

Italian American sculptor Bruno Lucchesi (1926 to 2026) was a classical master known for preserving Renaissance figurative ...

During the Golden Age of Piracy, from about 1650 to 1730, pirates roamed much of the world’s seas, stealing valuable cargo ...

In the 16th century, ruthless Cossack mercenaries spearheaded Imperial Russia's bloody conquest of Siberia, driven by the ...

Challenging the popular belief about where the words “crap” and “crapper” come from, reality holds a few surprises!

The Taiping Rebellion resulted in an estimated 30 to 70 million deaths, surpassing the death toll of WWI of roughly 15 to 20 ...

The C-47 Skytrain featured intelligent design features that made it an integral part of World War II’s Allied military ...

Debunking the myths about Japan’s shadow warriors is easy, but changing the century-old stereotype certainly isn’t.

The Old English epic poem Beowulf is a classic story of darkness and light. Sinister, inhuman forces are portrayed as locked in battle with the forces of humanity and virtue. Yet, the monsters are ...

Albert Camus was born in Algiers in 1913. A year later, his father, Lucien Camus, died from wounds received fighting in WWI. Camus grew up in poverty, living in a cramped three-bedroom apartment with ...

Youth Pursuing Maiden (Possibly Peleus and Thetis), attributed to the Achilles Painter, c. 450-440 BCE. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art The Cypria is commonly attributed to Stasinus of Cyprus, ...