(Links to videos are green; links to text are blue. The number after each link indicates how long the webpage or video is--1=brief, 2=medium, 3=lengthy.)
The horse who could (supposedly) do math 1
A com artist who "sold" the Eiffel Tower 1
How Otto von Bismarck used a card game to gain an edge in international politics 1
How Jon Stewart Took Over The Daily Show and Revolutionized Late-Night TV 3
Learning From Everyone, and Learning From Specific People 1
How Edward House Manipulated the Mind of William Jennings Bryan 1
Cameron Craig - What I Learned From 10 Years of Doing PR for Apple 1
The excessively luxurious chateau of Nicolas Fouquet 2
Thomas Edison headed an organization that invented a great deal of the modern world. 3
A fashion trend among chimps 1
Two examples of complete determination, and what they meant to insurance salesman RU Darby 1
Michelangelo created a forged sculpture in order to get his career started. 1
The time Michelangelo appeared to take someone's advice, without actually taking it 1
Henry Ford tried to build a Brazillian city in which he controlled every aspect the of residents' lives. The city, then known as Fordlandia, is now a ghost town. - Part Two 1
Ariel Knutson describes what she learned by working at a high end restaurant 2
The New South China Mall is the largest mall in the worlde--and yet, for years it was 99% vacant. 2
Roberto Acuna describes life as a farm worker decades ago. 1
Arabian Prince on His Music Career and the History of Electro Funk 2
Actor / comedian Nick Kroll describes his experiences on the sitcom Caveman 1
The Sega and Nintendo video game war 2
Oscar Hartzell kept up the same successful con for decades. Even after being convicted of fraud, he continued to run the scheme and generate lots of money. Part Two 2
The Development of Street Fighter 2 the Video Game 2
Mistakes Indonesians make when trying to speak English 1
Apple Cofounder Steve Wozniak talks about computing and the Mac 3
Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduce the world to the iPod 1 and the iPhone 1 3
Saburo Sochi was a very active man into his late 90s and even past the age of 100
In 1947, Major League Baseball was 0.2% African-American. That 0.2% was one man: Jackie Robinson. 2
Madam C.J. Walker was the first black American woman to become a self-made millionaire. 2
George Westinghouse was not only an accomplished inventor and businessman, but also a good person. 2
John Murray Spear led an electricity-based religion. 1
Wang Lei overcame his extreme gambling addiction 2
Twins June and Jennifer Gibbons developed their own language. 1
Oprah Winfrey is one of the most influential people in world history 2
American soldier James Joseph Dresnok defected to North Korea 2
Economist Thomas Sowell on Basic Economics 3
Jeff Bezos explains how he started up the most successful online retailer in America 3
Currency on the Island of Yap - Second Link
How Roland Macy started up the retail chain Macy's 1
The 80 year marriage of Ashraf and Mohammed Mohyeddin 1
The completely out of control 1976 Republican convention 2
A day in the life of a Congressman, a Senator, and a Presidential candidate
A summary of the United States Constitution 2
All about Richard Nixon's resignaton as President amidst the Watergate scandal 2
Here's what we know about the ancient and extremely violent ball game ulama. 2
A poem containing one of the world's earliest and most popular diet plans. 1
In 1518, a "dancing plague" overtook a certain region. 1
Honda Motor Corporation had humble beginnings, and went on to become an international powerhouse. 2
The History of Walmart, 1945-1995 3
Get a sense of what TV was like decades ago 2
The story of how NASA landed on the moon in 1969 3
In 1973, a Lakota Indian group took over the city of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. 2
Farmer Cliff Young Wins the Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon 1
A History of the Sitcom Friends 3
Morocco 3
On Divorce Attorney Bob Cohen 2
Liam McEneaney describes how he put together his first comedy album 3
Oranges 1
The Greatest Sitcom Episodes, Comedy Movies, & Stand Up Comedy Albums of All Time 3
F. Lee Bailey Questioning Mark Fuhrman 3
Direct arguments don't directly influence people 1
Placebos Work Even if You Know They're Fake: But How? 2
Ego Depletion Theory, Debunked 3
Thin underwater cables hold the internet. See a map of them all. 1
Thomas Edison headed an organization that invented a great deal of the modern world. 3
The Celebration of Christmas in Japan 1
The City of Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica 2
Tristan da Cunha: Life on the World's Most Remote Island 1
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech 2
An Oral History of the Steelers-Ravens Football Rivalry 3