Barbers in the Middle Ages were excellent multi-taskers. It’s true: a lot of surgery in the Middle Ages was done by so-called ...

The movie posters for George Lucas’ original Star Wars trilogy remain the most beloved movie posters of all time. And there were a lot of them. Each film in the original trilogy had different posters ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In fashion parlance, a “grail” usually means something far removed from the days of King Arthur. But this ...

(CNN) — A soaking wet George Bailey and Clarence, warming up by the fire in the toll house on the bridge, discuss why Clarence jumped into the freezing water. It was to help George, Clarence tells him ...

Many Christmas staples feel timeless, but historians note they often began as games, folk customs or practical rituals. What we now call Christmas is a patchwork of theology, folklore, economics and ...

The history of the Elk Horn Barber Shop began long before it opened. Local banker Jack Bates used to take annual hunting trips to Colorado. He had his trophies mounted and hung them in a small back ...

It’s a common scene in many films set in medieval Europe: a wooden cart wheeling its way through a jeering crowd of townsfolk ...

Scientists in Paris discovered two new substances with incredible radioactivity. It earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics but would ultimately kill one of them. When you purchase through links on our ...

The dig might have uncovered some of the earliest victims of the Black Death, and other tantalizing clues about medieval life in the citadel. The Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula at the Tower of ...