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Decades before Coca-Cola, Texans were sipping a fruity fizz called “Waco.” Its inventor was a quiet pharmacist who trade...
11/14/2025

Decades before Coca-Cola, Texans were sipping a fruity fizz called “Waco.” Its inventor was a quiet pharmacist who traded potential fame for a life mixing medicines, leaving others to build an empire on his creation. The story behind America's oldest major soft drink is one of humble beginnings and a little bit of heartbreak.

11/14/2025

Queen Tiye was shown as her husbands equal, but can you name another powerful queen from history?

She raced a fictional character around the world... and won.
11/14/2025

She raced a fictional character around the world... and won.

The famous discovery of the Titanic in 1985 wasn't just about solving a maritime mystery. The entire search was a cover ...
11/14/2025

The famous discovery of the Titanic in 1985 wasn't just about solving a maritime mystery. The entire search was a cover story for a top-secret U.S. Navy mission to survey sunken nuclear submarines from the Cold War. The tactics used to find those subs were the key to locating the world's most famous shipwreck.

11/14/2025

Did ancient Egyptians fly helicopters, or is there another explanation for these carvings?

11/14/2025

Was the knights famous code of honor little more than a well-told story?

You've likely heard the story that Christopher Columbus sailed to prove the Earth wasn't flat. That story is actually a ...
11/14/2025

You've likely heard the story that Christopher Columbus sailed to prove the Earth wasn't flat. That story is actually a myth created by a famous American author almost 350 years after the voyage.

11/14/2025

How did Amundsen conquer the Antarctic while his well-equipped rivals perished?

11/14/2025

300 Roman gold coins found in a jar. What other treasures lie hidden beneath modern cities?

In 1901, a discovery off a Greek island would rewrite what we thought we knew about the ancient world. What sponge diver...
11/14/2025

In 1901, a discovery off a Greek island would rewrite what we thought we knew about the ancient world. What sponge divers found in a 2,000-year-old shipwreck showed a level of technological genius not seen again for over a thousand years.

11/14/2025

The real-life expedition that inspired The Lost World was as amazing as the fiction it spawned!

Before it was in every hospital and home, the world's most famous hand sanitizer was born from a devoted Ohio couple sel...
11/13/2025

Before it was in every hospital and home, the world's most famous hand sanitizer was born from a devoted Ohio couple selling their invention out of repurposed pickle jars. In 1946, Goldie and Jerry Lippman saw factory workers using harsh chemicals and knew there had to be a better way. Their simple, brilliant solution would eventually lead to the creation of Purell.

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