What Was The "Boring Billion" Really Like?

Taken from 1997 VHS of "Sleeping Beauty"

Go explore what makes Earth so unique by visiting one of the 400 parks protected by the National Park Foundation.

Could megalithic structures of the ancient world have once been used as data storage units? And could the high crystal content of certain megaliths have facilitated such date storage? Here we examine the controversial claims of those researchers who suppo...

A group of modern shopkeepers and their families are on the journey of a lifetime - they're taking over empty shops in a neglected market square in Shepton Mallet to see if they can turn back time for the British High Street. They'll live and trade throug...

Descendants of ANU and the Seven Judges of the Underworld. 450,000 years ago our ancestors descended from the heavens to engineer the first human beings. To us they were Giants that ruled as Gods over mankind. Now new evidence and scientific research ackn...

Learn about the life of the controversial Hollywood columnist who became one of the first queens of gossip.

Imagine a system of law so ancient, so just, and so polycentric that the kings and queens of the land had to obey it! This system existed for 1000s of years in Ancient Ireland.

While this isn't a "positive" topic you can't deny it's interesting. These criminals were brought to justice. Prison justice, that is. For this list, we’ll be looking at convicted murderers who died at the hands of another inmate. Our countdown includes...

Oct 18, 1953 with commercials

Jan 27, 1957 with commercials

The popular Georgian "Health Retreat" on the Brighton seaside was blooming into a full-blown resort town in the Victorian era. Millions flocked to this small coastal village every year seeking fresh sea air. But "Dr. Brighton" was secretly serving up heav...

In this landmark living history series, a late 1800s Victorian arts and crafts commune in the Welsh hills has been painstakingly brought back to life as a group of 21st-century crafters move in to experience the highs and lows of living and working togeth...

In this landmark living history series, a late 1800s Victorian arts and crafts commune in the Welsh hills has been painstakingly brought back to life as a group of 21st-century crafters move in to experience the highs and lows of living and working togeth...

Survival during war is often about more than just time spent on the front lines. During the Civil War, finding sufficient, edible food was challenging on account of a devastated landscape, insufficient labor after farmers went off to fight, as well as blo...