Some moments in history make you wonder whether the universe is just playing tricks on us. There are events so bizarre, so perfectly timed, that even the most skeptical scientists find themselves ...

Ever wonder why raspberry-flavored candy is almost always bright blue? It's a strange choice, isn't it? Real raspberries are red, pink, or maybe purple at best. Yet somehow, we've all accepted this ...

Kellogg’s Corn Flakes might seem like the simplest breakfast choice, yet their origin story is anything but ordinary. The cereal came from a doctor whose ideas about health shaped an entire food ...

It is interesting to observe in these days as we argue about the best way to pay for healthcare that there was another time in the United States when our forefathers attacked the problem in a simpler ...

The War of 1812, more accurately described as the war of 1812, 1813, 1814 and 1815, was referred to by at least one chronicler as the war that few people at the time understood why it happened in the ...