21 Weird Facts About King Tut
More than almost any other ancient ruler, facts about King Tut, the boy who led an empire and was buried in a tomb stuffed with… Read More »21 Weird Facts About King Tut
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19 Strange and Startling Facts About Hitler
Adolf Hitler is one of the most studied and written-about figures in history. But that doesn’t mean new facts aren’t constantly being found out about… Read More »19 Strange and Startling Facts About Hitler
Fort Knox Is So Mysterious And Heavily Guarded, Only One US President Has Ever Been Inside
What is Fort Knox? Located in Kentucky, Fort Knox is a United States Army base that’s home to most of the US’s gold reserves. It’s… Read More »Fort Knox Is So Mysterious And Heavily Guarded, Only One US President Has Ever Been Inside
10 Facts You Didn’t Know About Corsets
Corsets became popular in the 16th century allegedly because Catherine de’ Medici, wife of French King Henry II, banned women with thick waists from attending court. She… Read More »10 Facts You Didn’t Know About Corsets
12 Times Women Disguised as Men Made History
It’s a man’s world, or so the old saying goes. Though women in history haven’t always been able to fight in wars, publish books, or… Read More »12 Times Women Disguised as Men Made History
14 Stomach-Churning Facts About Being Held Prisoner In The Soviet Gulags
What are Soviet Gulags? What happened in Gulags? And what did they accomplish? The word ‘Gulag’ is actually an acronym of it’s official bureaucratic name, Glavnoe Upravlenie Ispravitel’no-trudovykh LAGerei. When translated from Russian it… Read More »14 Stomach-Churning Facts About Being Held Prisoner In The Soviet Gulags
Horrifying Ways of Punishing Kids
Gone are the days of old-fashioned school punishments like dunce caps and hickory-stick beatings: methods used to punish children have evolved with the times. As comparatively benevolent penalties like time-outs… Read More »Horrifying Ways of Punishing Kids
10 Laughably Unscientific Historical Theories Attempting To Explain The Universe
For as long as humans have been able to communicate, they have been trying to figure out exactly what is going on “up there.” This… Read More »10 Laughably Unscientific Historical Theories Attempting To Explain The Universe
13 Horrifying True Facts About Warren Jeffs
If you’ve never heard about the horrible things now-incarcerated FLDS church leader Warren Jeffs has done, prepare yourself: this is deeply unsettling stuff. The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus… Read More »13 Horrifying True Facts About Warren Jeffs
18 Eye-Opening Photos of Children Throughout History
Before the ’80s and the emergence of childhood as modern culture recognizes it, kids experienced lives and situations that would warrant more than just an… Read More »18 Eye-Opening Photos of Children Throughout History
13 Creepy, Unsettling Photos That Show The Dark Side of the Wild West
There’s already something inherently creepy about early photography, so when the subject is the violent old American West, the fear factor ticks up a few notches. A largely lawless,… Read More »13 Creepy, Unsettling Photos That Show The Dark Side of the Wild West
30 Athletes Who Are Military Heroes
Athletes who were military heroes represent some of the bravest men and women to ever play professional sports. These Americans gave up the fame and… Read More »30 Athletes Who Are Military Heroes
14 Hardcore Ancient Olympic Athletes Who Would Easily Smoke Modern Athletes
We like to think we’ve made a lot of social, scientific, and technological progress throughout the last few centuries, but that’s not always the case.… Read More »14 Hardcore Ancient Olympic Athletes Who Would Easily Smoke Modern Athletes
The Most Hardcore WWII Spy Stories You'll Ever Read
It is not surprising that a global conflict like World War II generated so many amazing spy stories. Espionage has always been a business marked… Read More »The Most Hardcore WWII Spy Stories You'll Ever Read
27 Times People Recreated Their Grandparents' Photos
With the advent of social media, recreating vintage photos to share with the world has become a popular pastime. Recreating old photos is a great way to shed light on… Read More »27 Times People Recreated Their Grandparents' Photos
We Found Photos of Creepy Fake American Towns Built By The Soviets To “Understand America”
Imagine Fords and Chevrolets, parked with the windows down, in a drive-in movie theater advertising Western previews; imagine poodle-skirted girls sipping milkshakes at their local… Read More »We Found Photos of Creepy Fake American Towns Built By The Soviets To “Understand America”
35 Rare Photos From World War II
Even decades after its end, World War 2 still strikes a chord in the hearts of people from all corners of the globe. For some,… Read More »35 Rare Photos From World War II
The Craziest Things That Have Ever Happened on the Floor of Congress
While it’s easy to point to the House of Commons as the craziest legislative body in the western world, the US Congress is no slouch. Brawls, filibusters,… Read More »The Craziest Things That Have Ever Happened on the Floor of Congress
30 Things You Didn't Know About Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan remains one of the most feared and respected conquerors of all time. His biography is shrouded in mystery and contradiction, but the facts… Read More »30 Things You Didn't Know About Genghis Khan
10 Mysterious Ancient Inventions Science Still Can't Explain
Googling “mysterious ancient discoveries” or “unexplained ancient inventions” leads to dozens of sites listing artifacts supposedly so baffling the only possible answer could be aliens, time… Read More »10 Mysterious Ancient Inventions Science Still Can't Explain