In 536, The Sun Seemed To Lose Its Light. Then The World Turned Cold
In the year 536, people across parts of Europe and Asia looked toward the Sun and noticed something was wrong. Contemporary writers described a strange, persistent haze…
Three Lighthouse Keepers Disappeared From A Scottish Island In 1900. The Lighthouse Was Still Running
In December 1900, three lighthouse keepers disappeared from a remote Scottish island without leaving an obvious explanation behind. When a relief vessel finally reached Eilean Mòr on…
An Ancient Civilization Built Thousands Of Earthworks In The Amazon. Most Were Hidden Beneath The Trees
For centuries, the Amazon rainforest looked to outsiders like one of the world’s great untouched wildernesses. Then scientists began flying laser-scanning equipment over the trees. Beneath the…
This 15th-Century Manuscript Is Filled With Strange Plants And An Unknown Script
For more than a century, scholars have studied a medieval manuscript filled with strange plants, astronomical diagrams, human figures and hundreds of lines of unfamiliar writing. The…
In 1971, Alan Shepard Took A Golf Club To The Moon. NASA Almost Said No
In February 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard stood on the Moon in a bulky pressure suit, reached into a tube sock and pulled out something nobody…
In 1859, A Solar Storm Set Telegraph Wires On Fire. Today, We Depend On Much More
On September 1, 1859, British astronomer Richard Carrington was studying a cluster of dark sunspots when he suddenly saw two brilliant patches of white light erupt across…
Victor Lustig Sold The Eiffel Tower To A Scrap Dealer. Then He Tried To Do It Again
In 1925, a well-dressed man arrived in Paris and quietly told several scrap-metal dealers that the French government was preparing to sell the Eiffel Tower for demolition….
These Giant Arrows Once Guided Drivers Along Route 66. Then The Road Changed
For decades, two enormous arrows stood beside Route 66 in Arizona, pointing travelers toward a roadside trading post in the middle of the desert. They were impossible…
Nadine Mirada Was Told She Was Too Curvy For Modeling. Then Guess Came Calling
Nadine Mirada did not enter the international fashion world by fitting neatly into the traditional model mold. Born in Linz, Austria, she grew up dreaming of becoming…
Rhian Sugden Became One Of Britain’s Most Recognizable Glamour Models
In the 2000s, Rhian Sugden became one of the most recognizable faces of Britain’s glamour-modeling era. Her appearances in The Sun and other men’s magazines turned her…