History

You don't have to walk around proclaiming "to be or not to be" to bring Shakespeare into everyday conversation. Here's...

That knight in shining armour from your favourite childhood fairy tale may play a part.

Hailed internationally as a violin virtuoso, chamber musician, concertmaster and teacher, Canada’s Steven Staryk remains largely unknown at home.

It's time to celebrate Canada's love-hate relationship with winter! Beat the chill with these 10 cool facts about the Great...

Who knew it would be this many?

A Dutchman calls it the monkey’s tail, an Israeli insists it’s a strudel. They aren’t bantering about some new simian-themed...

This record was held for well over ten decades and it took Prince Charles close to sixty years to finally...

No two snowflakes are alike? Well, maybe not.

Did you know that one of the most iconic lines in movie history was improvised? We're making you an offer...

Part of an ongoing tribute to honour Canada's war veterans.

Trekkies and Star Wars fans have nothing on book lovers.

Not all cultural pioneers walk on two legs. These famous animals have played an important role in our history and...

Animals we think of as prehistoric lived long enough to have their picture drawn and some "modern" inventions are older...

Ancient cultures had a sweet reasoning behind it.

Part of a continuing special tribute to help mark Canada's 150th anniversary.

The world's "lost continent" is 94 per cent underwater. Here's how to see it.

You'll never forget his simple words.

Winning isn't everything... except actually, it is.

In the 1930s, literary legend Ernest Hemingway became the owner of a six-toed cat. Decades later, his old house has...

We’ve long accepted green and red as the official colours of Christmas, but the real reason behind that association dates...

There's no such thing as a harmless typo.

To mark the 70th anniversary of Reader's Digest Canada, we selected four inspiring stories that show the amazing ways our...

They say there's no such thing as a stupid question, but we couldn't help but wonder, "Did poodles ever exist...

Ever wonder why you can find grape ice pops, but not grape ice cream?

In 1987, Vancouver doctors Jean and Alastair Carruthers accidentally discovered cosmetic properties in a toxin normally used by ophthalmologists. The...

Everyone has a story about Reader's Digest. Over the decades, our iconic magazine has touched the lived of so many—across...

This classic novel did win the Pulitzer Prize—but it was also in the right place at the right time.

The 300 artists who protested it, the woman who married it, the man who really designed it, and more

Whether you have one, want one, or wish they'd all disappear, the Mo has made its comeback. Just in time...