Knowing when ice cream was invented, how ice cream sundaes came about, and where the idea for the ice cream cone came from ...

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Times Insider editors scour the newspaper for the most interesting facts to appear in articles. This year, tidbits about ...

Cleopatra, the famed Queen of Egypt, is remembered for various things including being unrolled from carpets (though it was more of a duvet), bathing in milk (unconfirmed) and using a snake to kill ...

Perhaps you, like me, were raised essentially to think of the slave experience primarily in terms of our black ancestors here in the United States. In other words, slavery was primarily about us ...

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Crackers came about because confectioner Tom Smith needed a way to market French-style sweets wrapped in paper. The story goes that he was inspired to add an explosive element by the sight of a ...

Tucked into the city’s southwest, it offers an escape from urban life and a chance to connect with nature. Here are five noteworthy facts about its history and significance.

I have a confession to make: I collect racist memorabilia. Perhaps it is because my mother seems to have as well. She kept a very small ashtray on a table in our living room featuring a Black ...