The location of this tree is, for obvious reasons, a secret, and its discovery led to the creation of the Great Basin National Park in order to protect it and other trees from the species.
Her life in the famously pricey villa came to an end as part of a legal dispute with the children of her late husband, Prince Nicolo Boncompagni.
Jada Pinkett Smith just released a compelling Netflix docuseries that finally gives African female leaders their due.
We have this cocktail because it was basically medicine for sailors back in the day.
Merriam-Webster’s word of the year was introduced to the world in a 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton, but has been thrown into the spotlight once again.
Eagle-eyed Facebook sleuths have pinpointed an odd-looking fellow appearing as though he is talking on a cellphone in a 1940s photograph.
A word of advice for if you ever find yourself visiting the ancient Mayan Temple of Kukulcán at the Chichén Itzá archaeological site in Yucatán, Mexico.
When France unveiled the two triangular red mascots for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, they wholly expected that everyone would be impressed with their iconic choice.
KFC Germany made it across thin ice by legitimately being able to blame an automated system and not get totally cancelled.
Lord Lucan is said to have bludgeoned the nanny of his kids to death and somehow managed to disappear into thin air ever since.
Richard John Bingham, known as Lord Lucan, a gambling aristocrat, murder-accused, and once presumed dead fugitive, has apparently been found alive and not so well.
Fans of Julia Roberts have been recirculating a seemingly unbelievable historical fact that connects her to a famous figure.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Stirling, a legend from the Second World War and founder of the Special Air Service (SAS), had one hell of a story to tell.
Mansa Musa wasn’t afraid to show off his wealth, even embarking on a lavish pilgrimage to Mecca with a flurry of decorated fans.
No footage of this quality has ever been captured since the British passenger liner hit an iceberg on the night of April 15, 1912.
The University of Bath has declared that Nessie’s existence is “plausible” after finding that some plesiosaurs may have lived in freshwater.
Aldrin stepped onto the lunar surface after Neil Armstrong, with the duo becoming the first astronauts to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969.
She was chanced upon by a gold miner named Travis Mudry, astoundingly preserved over all those years thanks to the muddy permafrost tomb that she lay in.
In 2016, a mysterious aircraft was discovered underwater at a depth of 85 metres off the coast of a tiny island south of Sicily.
Explorers were excited to find the US vessel famed for a heroic final stand against the Japanese.
As the Colombian navy was monitoring the secret site recently, they chanced upon two new historical shipwrecks in the area with tons of treasures to be found.
The Clooney Foundation for Justice, which highlights “brave justice activism”, has its inaugural awards ceremony coming up on September 29.
Incredible discoveries made at a unique North Dakota fossil site have been stacking up, including something that NASA described as “mind-blowing”.
The combination of new research and stunning special effects makes this a must-watch for those with an interest in dinosaurs.
These small leather-bound notebooks that Darwin used in 1837 to keep track of his big ideas were stored at the University of Cambridge until they went missing in 2000.
Finding Shackleton’s historic shipwreck is the highlight of Mensun Bound’s career, with successes that have earned him the nickname ‘the Indiana Jones of the Deep’.
It is a very proud moment for the SA Agulhas II icebreaker ship that left Cape Town in early February for the Endurance22 expedition.
Over time, people have come up with some wild theories about the strange structure.
There has been much conjecture over who alerted the Nazi search team to Anne Frank and her family’s hiding place back in 1944.
When Rod Ansell headed off into the Australian outback in May 1977, he had no idea what he was setting into motion.