The day the Mississippi River completely froze over
Chang and Eng Bunker: The first-known Siamese twins in world history
The secret horror house of Madame LaLaurie in New Orleans during the 1800s
Ubre Blanca, Fidel Castro’s propaganda cow project that made it into Guinness World Record
Order of the Pug: A Catholic secret society that wears dog collars
Care for a spot of tea? British Tanks double as tea-making facilities
Mansa Musa I of Mali was the richest man of all time
The (first) assassination attempt on Queen Victoria in the 1840s
The history of peanut butter and Dr. John Harvey Kellogg’s patented process
Boston’s catastrophic toffee-apple tsunami of 1919
The Mithridatium: A Persian king’s weapon against assassination by poison
Cool 1920s dance moves we wouldn’t be surprised if they came back
The real story behind Lewis Carroll and Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland
