Shocking Facts About the Roman Empire
Pop culture loves to depict the Romans as an extremely serious, organized, and warlike culture.…
Incredible Inventions of Ancient Civilizations
There’s a common impression that people in the past were less intelligent than they are…
Fascinating Mysteries of Ancient Civilizations
Archaeology has uncovered many secrets from the ancient world. But the Earth has a bad…
History’s Scariest Improvised Weapons
Some people say that when life gives you lemons you can make lemonade. And if…
Incredible Ways We Could Explore the Universe
Humans have dreamed of traveling the stars since the early days of science fiction, and…
History’s Most Important Archaeological Sites
There’s something inherently mystical about wandering among ruins of ancient places that held significant value…
Fascinating Facts About the Industrial Age
The Industrial Age saw the formation of many new technologies that would change the face…
More of History’s Strangest Punishments
If there’s one thing mankind has mastered during its history it’s punishing those who break…
Shocking and Forgotten Historical Sex Scandals
You’re probably familiar with the old expression – “sex sells.” Well, that applies here, as…
The Most Unfair Battles in History
John Lyly’s proverb “All’s fair in love and war” hasn’t resonated so much since he…
Even More Incredibly Bizarre Historical Coincidences
Scientifically speaking, coincidences aren’t that peculiar, as we live in a world full of so…
Fascinating Relics from Ancient History
We all come in touch or are familiarized with religious relics from an early age,…
Crazy Facts You Might Not Know About the Stuarts
All families, so it is said, have closeted skeletons, crazy uncles, less than savory in-laws,…
The Most Unexpected Grounds for Divorce
There’s a popular adage that 50% of marriages end in divorce. That statistic may have…
Maps That Will Change How You See the World
Our mental image of world geography is derived from many subjective factors, like where we…
Weird and Unexplained Archaeological Discoveries
Archaeology represents a constant search for answers. The information we uncover about our ancestors is…
These Jobs Pay Shockingly Well
One way to get a better job than the one you’re doing right now is…
Fascinating Facts About the Apollo 13 Mission
When Apollo 13 lifted off from the John F. Kennedy Space Center on April 11,…
Are We Living in a Cyberpunk Dystopia?
Along with the rush of ’80s nostalgia which has taken the United States by storm,…
The Most Baffling Schemes Concocted by the Nazis
Pop culture has done a good job of tempering the real life horror of the…
Weapons That Changed the Way War is Fought
Humanity fought its earliest wars using fists, clubs, and rocks. At some unknown point in…
Foods That Are Banned in Europe, But Not the US
The European Union is as suspicious as ever when it comes to food stuffs containing…
Popular Foods That No Longer Exist
Crowd-pleasing grub often creates a cult-like following only to suddenly disappear faster than you can…
10 Facts You Might Not Know About the Victorians
In 1839 Queen Victoria took the throne and ushered in the Victorian era that bears…