King Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, miscarried during her fourth month of pregnancy. She did produce Henry an illegitimate daughter, Elizabeth (born before they were married), who would rule England for 45 years.

The Dieri tribe in Australia has strict laws regarding who can marry whom. For example, a man can legally marry his mother's mother's brother's daughter's daughter. He can also marry his mother's father's sister's daughter...Read More

Sigurd and Regin dug pits outside the creature's lair, covered it with branches and waited for the beast to return home. Once it was over the covered pit, Sigurd rose up and stabbed the dragon through its tender underbelly...Read More

Sweet onions, which include Vidalias and Maui varieties, must be at least 6 percent sugar to be called "sweet."

In 1931, Lili de Alvarez was the first woman to wear shorts at Wimbledon.

The human eyes can perceive more than 1 million simultaneous visual impressions and are able to discriminate among nearly 8 million gradations of color.