Forgotten History

Color Photography Technology Has Existed For About 150 Years

When people think history, they all too often think in black and white when events before, say, the 1970s are ...

Pink Wasn’t Always Considered a Feminine Color and Blue Wasn’t Always Masculine

Any expectant mother or father these days is doubtless aware that items designed for baby girls are commonly pink, ...

The Publisher of a “Hitman Manual” Was Once Sued for Aiding & Abetting Murder

In 1999, an insurance company paid out a multi-million dollar settlement to family members of the victims in a triple ...

FBI Agents Once Secretly Tried to Convince Rev Martin Luther King to Kill Himself

FBI Agents Once Secretly Tried to Convince Rev Martin Luther King to Kill Himself

Although it's hard to contextualize today, during the 1950s, '60s and '70s, the FBI was secretly engaged in a ...

During the 1990s, the Clintons Were a Constant Target of Conservative Hoaxes

It's not unusual for politicians to bend the truth when making accusations about opposing candidates' records, but what ...

The “States’ Rights” Term Conservatives Frequently Use Has a Dark, Racist Origin

During the 2008 presidential election, both members of the Republican ticket, John McCain Sarah Palin, said that they ...