Mysteries

PLACES

We may be standing on the shoulders of giants—and, if some legends are believed, that phrase might be shockingly literal.

THINGS

When the lost Da Vinci painting Salvator Mundi sold for an astonishing $450.3 million, it set a record—and set off a debate about who really painted it.

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Many of history's biggest events were accompanied by uncanny coincidences.

THINGS

History harbors a surprising number of coincidences that seem almost impossible to believe.

THINGS

Some mysteries of the Wild West still flummox historians even after decades of research.

THINGS

Phar Lap was a living legend as one of the greatest race horses of all time when a mysterious tragedy struck