64 years ago, an American soldier made a promise to his Japanese hostage to keep his family photographs safe, and return them to his family one day if possible. The soldier never managed to locate the family—but decades later, his son finally fulfilled the promise. More »
In honor of her recent death, we'd like to share the story of Dr. Jerri Nielsen, a doctor who discovered she had breast cancer while working in the remote South Pole, and was forced to treat her own disease in order to survive. More »
Archaeologists recently discovered bone flutes that are at least 35,000 years old, proving that music truly is timeless. More »
More than 40 years after the brutal Ku Klux Klan lynching that made it famous, a Mississippi town has elected its first African-American mayor. More »
Archaeologists' new dating techniques reveal a shocking fact about cave paintings: many of the paintings were done over a period of 20,000 years or so. More »
This Thanksgiving, try some 600-year-old recipes created by King Richard II's chefs. More »
It’s rare that we discover new works of art from 19th century masters - but it seems that the late Dutch master Vincent Van Gogh still has some tricks under his dusty sleeve. More »
Baseball may not be Canada's best-known sport – but one player, Kiyoshi Suga, deserves a spot in the hall of fame alongside other barrier-breaking greats like America's Jackie Robinson. More »
A lightbulb at a firefighters' station in Livermore, California, has been running for more than 107 years. More »
Most of us have run across a backpacker or two. But there’s one small group of German backpackers who might make even the most jaded adventurer raise an eyebrow: The journeymen. More »
A group of former slaves started a singing group to keep their school from shutting down - and more than a century later, America's first all-black hit singing group is still going strong. More »
During World War II, a small group of Native American tribesmen were entrusted with translating the Allied troops' secret messages into a secret code based on their own native languages. More »
Iran's first female judge lost her title after the Iranian Revolution -- but now, this Nobel Prize-winner is fighting for women's equality in her country. And she hopes one million others will join her. More »
She may weigh only 100 pounds and wear flowers in her hair, but the remarkable Aung San Suu Kyi could be Myanmar's greatest hope for peace. More »