Established in 2010, All That's Interesting brings together a dedicated staff of digital publishing veterans and subject-level experts in history, true crime, and science. From the lesser-known byways ...

It’s incredible what just a little bit of DNA can do. Scientists have successfully reconstructed, for the first time, what one of our archaic human ancestors may have looked like — using only ...

On the remote Norwegian island of Senja, archaeologists have unearthed a Viking boat grave that dates back to 900 C.E. and holds the remains of an elite woman and her canine companion. The burial was ...

As the British army advanced in April 1775, a brave rider raced through the countryside to warn American colonists that “the British were coming.” His name was Paul Revere, and he’s been celebrated in ...

Archaeologists in Spain recently unearthed a rock that somewhat resembled a human face, especially because of a small red dot where the nose would be. Now, the story behind that dot has left ...

In the 1970s and ’80s, Burmese pythons were introduced to Florida via the exotic pet trade. Released into the wild by overwhelmed pet owners, the massive snakes have since wreaked havoc on the local ...

At that point, anger in Paris had reached a pinnacle. After years of supporting the American Revolution, France was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Bad harvests, droughts, and rising food prices ...

China’s Terracotta Army, a remarkable collection of 8,000 clay sculptures of life-sized warriors, was constructed more than 2,000 years ago on the order of Emperor Qin Shi Huang. But it took a tourist ...

In 1903, a strange mix-up occurred at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. When a man named Will West arrived at the prison, the clerk on duty was certain he had processed him before.

Some 73 million years ago, dinosaurs roamed across present-day Alaska. But they weren’t alone. A recent study has confirmed that birds lived and nested alongside the dinosaurs, proving that early ...

Many Americans can trace their lineage back to a United States president, but most of them are several generations removed from their ancestor. Harrison Ruffin Tyler, who died last month at the age of ...

The American Civil War marked a major turning point in the history of the United States. Less than a century after it was officially founded, the U.S. was at risk of becoming two different countries, ...