In this week’s episode of The List Show, Mental Floss editor-in-chief Erin McCarthy is covering a number fascinating—yet largely overlooked—historical figures, from the first woman to ...

An Instagram account @timeless_snaps uses AI to reimagine historical figures with a modern twist. The viral reel series, "If Snapchat Existed Back Then," shows Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and ...

The campaign, titled “Context Matters”, features a compelling new video encouraging Canadians to engage in thoughtful reflection on the legacies of key historical figures. It cautions against ...

At a meeting Thursday, the Denver Public Library Commission approved changing the name of the Ross-Barnum Branch Library in ...

Though Hugh Jackman put on an endearing performance as P.T. Barnum in the hit movie The Greatest Showman, you should never ...

Clay Beyersdorfer is a writer, stand-up comedian, and Army veteran. When he’s not battling bugs and robots in “Helldivers 2,” he’s on stage or writing satire, news, and sports for outlets ...

During the Great Depression, Americans again cast their eyes toward Hawaii, co-opting another piece of Hawaiian culture: the aloha shirt. Though its precise origins are lost to history ...

Growing up in the Bahamas, Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. learned a lot about baseball from his maternal grandmother. A shortstop for the Bahamian national softball team in the 1980s ...

Also, when Barnum let his clowns out of the car every night under the big top, at least they were entertaining.