Today, more than a dozen of the moontowers stand, 130 years after they were first constructed. Those lights represent a slice ...

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Many cakes have stood the test of time. From the deceivingly-named German chocolate cake to classic angel food, these bakes ...

Remember when the first player piano hit the saloons in the 1800s? Folks were unsettled, even spooked. Some swore it was the ...

Most stories trace the dish to San Francisco in the late 1800s, when Chinese cooks working near the railroads ... fortune ...

If you graph the history of economic growth, it looks a lot like a hockey stick laid on the ground with its blade sticking up ...

There's something satisfying about outsmarting life by accident. You didn't Google, you didn't ask... You just figured out ...

Chocolate chips were invented after chocolate chip cookies. The chocolate chip cookie is the most popular kind of cookie in ...

Back in the late 1700s, doctors created a hand-operated medical instrument for cutting through bone. They discovered they ...

They were used to scare away evil spirits, and large animals. See how fireworks were born, and why we might want to replace ...

As GPF Chairman George Friedman has written about in recent months, the United States is trying to reduce its exposure in foreign conflicts. With the US now entering its third week of a government ...