The Deepest Places on Earth
Mankind has long been fascinated by achieving new heights. It’s literally a cliche statement that…
Author Ian Fortey
Fascinating Exoplanets From Throughout the Universe
NASA is always looking to the stars as are many amateur astronomers around the world.…
10 Incredible Facts About Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, didn’t get his nickname for…
10 Times Soldiers Went Rogue
Armies have existed for about as long as civilization has. When a group of people…
10 Terrifying Native American Monsters
There are 570 recognized native tribes currently living in the United States, with more in…
Ancient Places of Myth That Might Have Actually Existed
Myth and legend are full of wondrous places that capture the imagination and have inspired…
Invention Myths People Still Believe
There’s something mythical about inventors throughout history. People who were able to see the need…
World Leaders with Incredible (and Unexpected) Backstories
A lot of career politicians seem to have fairly boring backstories, at least as far…
10 More Movies That Were Box Office Disasters
Despite what Disney and Marvel would have us believe with the MCU, there’s no magic…
Insulting Taxonomy: Living Things Named Out of Spite
Every organism in the world has a common name and a scientific name. You have…
Marketing Campaigns That Went Horribly Wrong
Marketing is definitely not a science. They can teach it in school, people can claim…
10 Things You Might Not Know About Vikings
The Norsemen that we call Vikings in the modern parlance ranged across much of Scandinavia…
10 International Cousins of Bigfoot
The history of Bigfoot in North America is a mishmash of regional legends, some Native…
Incredible Airplane Boneyards From Around the World
Every once in a while when you’re driving down the street you’ll see one of…
Shocking Facts About the Empire of Japan
Most of us in the Western World aren’t as familiar with the history of other…
10 Things You Should Know About Dinosaurs
If all you know about dinosaurs comes from Jurassic Park and Jurassic World you’d be…
Obscure Facts About Russia You Really Need to Know
Russia is more than just dancing bears, vodka, and oligarchs. It has those things in…
10 “Secret” Military Bases
World militaries have a strange function in society these days, having to be both present…
The Strangest Superstitions From Around the World
A superstition is essentially anything you believe with no actual good reason to believe it.…
Terrible Examples of Human Experimentation
When’s the last time you heard of any good human experimentation? It’s probably been a…
Incredible Prototype Planes (That Were Actually Built)
The Wright Brothers didn’t exactly create an immutable set of design instructions for the world…