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 ...

Now, the resulting DNA-based reconstruction reveals the first-ever portrait of a Denisovan hominin. “I was expecting Denisovan traits to be similar to Neanderthals, just because Neanderthals are their ...

The first artifact of its kind ever unearthed in Poland, this five-inch fertility symbol known as the "Venus of Kołobrzeg" was carved from limestone that's flecked with the shells of mussels and ...

The man had seemingly died “painlessly,” and the electric chair thus seemed like a new, more humane method of execution. “The sentence of the court,” the judge told Kemmler, according to court ...

Marie Antoinette was no stranger to luxury. Considered today as an icon of style, she was constantly adorned in a variety of jewels, from rubies to pearls to diamonds. Now, a pink, 10.38-carat diamond ...

Zack Snyder’s 2006 film 300 was a major box office success and a cultural touchstone, largely thanks to the film’s iconic line, “This is Sparta!” While the real King Leonidas never shouted those words ...

Archaeologists have now fully unearthed the remains of one of the largest Roman villas that ever stood in ancient Gaul. This comes decades after a portion of the site, near Auxerre in central France, ...

Empress Elisabeth of Austria lived a rich but tragic life. Obsessed with her weight and appearance, Elisabeth used corsets to achieve a 16-inch waist — even after four pregnancies. She also refused to ...

During excavations in Caesarea, Israel, archaeologists uncovered a stone object buried deep in the sand. To their surprise and delight, it was a sarcophagus adorned with Roman-era depictions, ...

Archeologists have discovered the remains of an Ancient Egyptian woman that likely died just before childbirth. The discovery was announced by Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities via Facebook on ...

Carlee Russell made national headlines in July 2023 when she was seemingly abducted after calling 911 about a toddler on the side of the road. When the 25-year-old Alabama nursing student returned ...

Between 1899 and 1951, J. C. Leyendecker drew 322 covers for the Saturday Evening Post, created thousands of advertisements for companies like Kellogg's and Ivory Soap, and invented the idealized ...