In the late 1800s, post-War of Currents America was a place of emerging electricity and circus entertainment. A product of this intersection was Topsy, a captured female elephant from Southeast Asia, ...

The elephant in the room, is, well, in this case, the elephant in the room. The room in question is National Statuary Hall, the old House chamber in the U.S. Capitol. The elephant is a dead circus ...

Teslelephant time! In 1903, Topsy the elephant died of electrocution on Coney Island. Topsy had killed a man, and after being proved to be unmanageable, Topsy was ordered to be executed. Originally ...

Thomas Edison, celebrating his 81st birthday, sits at the telegraph key at Fort Myers, Florida, Feb. 25, 1928,which turned on the new lighting system in Bellingham, Washington (AP photo). The myth is ...