Tag: People

Today, Amazon rakes in $386 billion yearly as Earth’s most valuable retailer. But 20 years back, critics called it “Amazon.bomb” - certain the company would crumble.

Glancing at the treadmills lined up in your gym, you’d never guess the sinister backstory behind this popular workout machine. Before treadmills built athletes, they brutally punished prisoners.

Buried within the genes of modern Melanesians, scientists recently uncovered clues of an extinct human relative lost to history. Studying their DNA reveals traces of surprising ancestry beyond the Neanderthal and Denisovan ancestors scientists expected.

When America entered World War I in 1917, few units compiled a more courageous record than New York’s 369th Infantry Regiment. Made up mostly of African Americans and Puerto Ricans from Harlem, they quickly proved their skill and bravery on the battlefield.

In the late 1970s, a crew of thrill-seeking Oxford University students grew bored of rigid, bureaucratic sports and formed their own club seeking adventure.

Picture a typical French scene in your mind's eye. Perhaps you envision the iconic Eiffel Tower piercing the Parisian skyline. You may also imagine strolling through the lavender fields of Provence. While these images are quintessentially French, they only scratch the surface of what truly constitutes the French Republic.