In 1993, a group of artists and activists vaulted into the media spotlight after they performed "operations" on dozens of Barbie and G.I. Joe dolls, switching the voice boxes and returning the dolls to stores. Girls playing with their Teen Talk Barbies found the dolls saying phrases like "Vengeance is mine" and "Eat lead, Cobra!"

Donald Trump can maybe make that claim once Jared Kushner joins up with 60 of his frenemies to stab him to death, but not before.

This particular find gives Alice a run for her money: the underground caverns are rumored to have been used by the medieval Knights Templar, and were sealed up to keep out practitioners of "Black Magic." O RLY?

Labor union leader Rose Schneiderman (1882-1972) was a firebrand of organizing and advocacy within the women's movement. She originated the phrase "bread and roses" in a speech rallying women to fight for more than just the bare necessities. The phrase would go on to inspire a poem and one of the most famous songs in American history.

The title of the movie Lady Macbeth might lead you to believe it's inspired by one of the meatiest and best roles in Shakespeare's Scottish play—but actually, it tells a very different story.

I know, I know--we're not supposed to talk about Fight Club. But this "Superhero Fight Club" video is too adorable not to share, okay? Here's Melissa Benoist's Supergirl getting willingly "kidnapped" by the other DC heroes from Arrow and The Flash, then learning about their super-secret training grounds.

A new app which encourages users to "catch" historical figures related to the city of Moscow is hoping to make people more engaged with the history of the city.

Kansai Electric celebrated their 65th anniversary by creating a video montage of all the different technological advances that have come and gone over the decades, since their founding in 1951.

Mount Stuart, a massive Victorian mansion in Scotland's Isle of Bute, has just received confirmation that one of the books in their library is one of Shakespeare's First Folios. There are only 234 surviving copies of this tome, including this newly discovered copy.

Mississippi has now joined the "elite pantheon" of states that celebrate April as Confederate Heritage Month.

A hiker in Norway has apparently stumbled upon a 1,200 year old Viking blade while hiking across a mountain plateau. Reports of lightning and thunder and shouts of "THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE" could allegedly be heard across the land, but not confirmed. I'm kidding about that last part.

No matter what your field, there are sources of inspiration among the winners of this year's MacArthur Genius Grant.

A not so small part of me still thinks this is a joke, because seriously, how perfect is a name like "Fuckebythenavele"?

Why didn't we learn about this in school? WTF history, indeed.

The history nerds among you already know all this. This video is for the rest of us. Actually, this video is for anyone who's a fan of Game of Thrones, history, adorable animation, and TED Talks. Check out this mini-tutorial on the historical, real-world wars that inspired the crazy, bloody politics of Game of Thrones (or the title of a Michael Douglas/Kathleen Turner movie).

In the 21st century, there are a few ways we can turn green. In addition to being hit by too much gamma radiation, we can also get kind of greenish from nausea (I'm looking at you, Taco Bell waffle taco) and become “green with envy” (like how I feel when I see pictures of people who visit the Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica).

One if by land, two if by sea! (Is a history thing I have heard people say.) According to IFLScience, a time capsule buried in 1795 by Paul Revere, Col. William Scollay and then-Massachusetts Governor Sam Adams has been unearthed in Boston.