Black History Month, which began Feb. 1, marks 100 years since historian Carter G. Woodson helped launch a national effort to ...

Also, Black History Month tends to be observed to focus on great men and women of history, or a time for emphasizing ...

Black History Month was made an official holiday by President Gerald Ford in 1976. Find out who started it, why it is ...

Each day, Times Insider editors scour the newspaper for the most interesting facts to appear on our pages. This year, tidbits about plastic recycling, whale sharks and crab Rangoon enlightened and ...

Remember that Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' song about New York being a city of dreams where anything is possible? They weren’t exaggerating. New York is packed with oddities you won’t find anywhere else.

What's that? You don't know who Mike Spohr is? You never bother to look at the byline to see who wrote what? You mainly read BuzzFeed while on the toilet and barely skim the actual post let alone the ...

Poodles aren’t just fancy haircuts—they’re brilliant working dogs with a globe-trotting past. From duck-retrieving origins and royal courts to WWII service, circus stardom, Parisian fashion, and space ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Every family has their own winter holiday traditions. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, the New Year, or any other holiday, there are a lot of customs and interesting trivia surrounding each ...

Among the many songs of the season that can be heard non-stop during this time of year is “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Few songs have as rich a history as this popular holiday classic. Although the ...

Although there are different interpretations of him all over the world, the modern Santa Claus is a legendary figure who brings gifts to the homes of well-behaved children on Christmas Eve. In Western ...

They believed what about brown cows? The first thing sold online was… hold on, am I reading that right? Here are 25 fun facts about history… ...