John VIII (died 882) was the first Pope to be murdered -- he was poisoned and then clubbed to death.

Thirteen popes were named Leo, including Leo the Great, who prevented the Huns from sacking Rome. Six emperors of Constantinople were also called Leo. The continuing popularity of the name probably stems for it association...Read More

By 1982 G.I. Joe was back on store shelves, albeit in a downsized version produced at the size of the wildly popular Star Wars action figures. The "Adventure Team" idea was modified and combined with the original military ...Read More

There are more people in New York City (7,895,563) than there are in the states of Alaska, Vermont, Wyoming, South Dakota, New Hampshire, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Hawaii, Delaware, and New Mexico combined.

In the 1990's, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center was the unofficial "hospital to the stars." All 850 rooms at the center were private, and the 16 deluxe rooms on the hospital's 8th floor cost $1,324 per night in 1994. The deluxe...Read More

The fighting conditions World War I prompted the British Army to begin research into a self-propelled vehicle which could cross trenches, crush barbed wire, and would be impervious to fire from machine-guns. Having already...Read More