The Bath curse tablets are a collection of ~130 Roman era tablets discovered in 1979 in Bath, England.

The Chrysler Turbine is incredibly rare; Only 55 were produced during its test runs, 46 of which were melted into scrap.

Nine countries currently have nuclear weapons: the US, UK, Russia, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea.

He just wanted a fair fight.

Jesus commonly appears on ancient Christian sarcophagi in the role of a magician.

In 2019, Russia's Education Ministry published a set of methodological guidelines again calling for nationwide lessons on the AK-47 to foster patriotism.

A surrender allowed the women to leave with whatever they could carry, so the women lifted their husbands onto their shoulders.

A trencher is a type of tableware, commonly used in medieval cuisine. It was originally a flat round of bread used as a plate, upon which the food could be placed to eat.

On November 6, 1869, what many consider to be the first collegiate football game was played between Rutgers College and College of New Jersey.

Paris's Musée du Louvre was originally a fortress, built in 1190, to protect Parisians against Viking attacks.

The Sacred Band of Thebes was an elite troop of select Theban soldiers, consisting of 150 pairs of male lovers, in the century BC.

Percy Spencer was working on radar technology at Raytheon when a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. That gave him an idea for an invention.