Established in 2010, All That's Interesting brings together a dedicated staff of digital publishing veterans and subject-level experts in history, true crime, and science. From the lesser-known byways ...

Now, the resulting DNA-based reconstruction reveals the first-ever portrait of a Denisovan hominin. “I was expecting Denisovan traits to be similar to Neanderthals, just because Neanderthals are their ...

Archaeologists in Spain recently unearthed a rock that somewhat resembled a human face, especially because of a small red dot where the nose would be. Now, the story behind that dot has left ...

But the king wasn’t happy with the National Constituent Assembly, and he quietly began to call in troops around Paris in early July. Rumors soon spread that Louis XVI would forcibly shut the assembly ...

China’s Terracotta Army, a remarkable collection of 8,000 clay sculptures of life-sized warriors, was constructed more than 2,000 years ago on the order of Emperor Qin Shi Huang. But it took a tourist ...

According to a new study published in Science, birds have been nesting in the Arctic for far longer than previously known.Though places like Alaska are rife with birds and their young today, this ...

In 1903, a strange mix-up occurred at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. When a man named Will West arrived at the prison, the clerk on duty was certain he had processed him before.

Many Americans can trace their lineage back to a United States president, but most of them are several generations removed from their ancestor. Harrison Ruffin Tyler, who died last month at the age of ...

The American Civil War marked a major turning point in the history of the United States. Less than a century after it was officially founded, the U.S. was at risk of becoming two different countries, ...

Archaeologists are used to finding ancient relics or human remains during their excavations, but organic objects like food, for instance, are far more rare. So it was a special thrill for ...

America’s involvement in the Vietnam War was contentious, to say the least. Despite U.S. President Richard Nixon calling on the so-called “silent majority” who supported the country’s actions in ...

Mandy Smith was just 13 years old when she caught the eye of Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman — a man who was 34 years her senior. Their controversial relationship eventually made headlines across ...