American-born Robert Prevost was elected as the 267th pope in history and chose to be known as Pope Leo XIV. But who is he ...

In March 2025, claims circulated that a vast underground city had long sat hidden under the Giza pyramids. What does the ...

After hiding treasure valued at $2 million somewhere in the American wilderness, former art dealer Forrest Fenn sparked off a ...

Fanta came to be in Germany in 1941, during the turbulent times of World War II. Despite the difficult time, life continued, ...

The famous Borgia family produced two popes, Callixtus III (1378-1458) and Alexander VI (1431-1503), Lucrezia (1480-1519), a duchess famed for her beauty and learning, and Cesare (1475-1507), a ...

One Small Step For Pac-Man, One Giant Leap For Pac-Man-KindHappy birthday to Pac-Man, who was first released in Japan on this day in 1980. Or should I say ‘Puck Man’ which was the character’s original ...

In the 1930s, Heinrich Himmler was on the lookout for something suitably grand and impressive to house a retreat and training school for SS members. After failing to negotiate the lease on a castle ...

Ambition, displacement and architectural innovation. These ideas take centre stage in the Oscar-nominated film The Brutalist. The most intriguing part? László Tóth, brought to life by Academy ...

Centuries before homosexuality was made legal between consenting adults in 1967, the ‘love that dare not speak its name’ was viewed as a sin in England, particularly by the church, and technically ...

Is there a massive treasure hoard buried on Oak Island, off the coast of Canada’s Nova Scotia province? That’s what the cast of long-running Sky HISTORY reality series The Curse of Oak Island have ...

In London, in the summer of 1858, there was something rotten in the air. Something terrible, corrupting the largest and wealthiest city on Earth – the river! Yes, the mighty and majestic River Thames ...

One Small Step For Pac-Man, One Giant Leap For Pac-Man-KindHappy birthday to Pac-Man, who was first released in Japan on this day in 1980. Or should I say ‘Puck Man’ which was the character’s original ...