Unearthing The Secrets Of History's Oldest Totem Pole, The Disturbing Story Of "America's Most Evil Mom," And More From History Uncovered

[History Uncovered]( [This 12,500-Year-Old Totem Pole Unearthed In Russia Could Upend Our Understanding Of Human History]( [Not only is this the oldest piece of ritual art in human history, but new analysis shows that it's almost a millennium older than previously thought.]( [Meet 'America's Most Evil Mom,' Sadistic Serial Killer Shelly Knotek]( [William Wallace Fought For Scotland's Independence — And Paid A Gory Price]( [When William Wallace was tried for treason against the English king, he said, "I could not be a traitor to Edward, for I was never his subject."]( [Rabbits Burrowing On A Remote Welsh Island Just Unearthed A Cache Of 9,000-Year-Old Artifacts]( [The Story Of Belle Gunness, The Meat Cleaver-Wielding Serial Killer Of Early-1900s Indiana]( [In 1902, her second husband died when a meat grinder fell off a kitchen shelf and onto his head. Belle Gunness's daughter told schoolmates, “My mama killed my papa. She hit him with a meat cleaver and he died. Don’t tell a soul.” Years later, the child's body would be found buried in a hog pen.]( [Meet Mary Anning, The 19th-Century Fossil Hunter Denied Credit By Prominent Male Paleontologists]( [She Was The First Black Woman To Bike Across America — And She Did It At The Height Of Jim Crow]( [When Miami police wouldn't let her get a motorcycle license, she demanded a meeting with the department's white chief. He took her to a park and asked her to perform a number of difficult motorcycle tricks — and she nailed them all. “From that day on, I didn’t have any trouble from the police, and I got my license too.”]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [All That's Interesting On Twitter]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](