You know the routine by now. Ten more people have shuffled off their mortal coil in strange and unexpected ways and we are here to raise a quizzical eyebrow as we take a look at their final moments. 10. One Last Drink We start off with the unique execution method of George Plantagenet, Duke of…
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They say that “timing is everything.” It’s not just what you do, but when you do it, and you are about to see ten examples where this little truism has applied. On almost any other day, the following noteworthy events would have dominated public attention. But, as it happened, they occurred around the same time…
In the past, we have examined some of the mysterious questions that keep historians up at night. And today, we are ready to take a look at 10 more… 10. Who Fired the Shot Heard ‘Round the World? April 19, 1775, is a date that forever changed the world. It was the day of the…
Language can be a tricky thing. For all intensive purposes, it is always evolving, and you need to stay on top of all the changes if you do not want to be treated as an escape goat. After all, it’s a doggie-dog world out there, and you need to be careful not to make any…
Was the Vatican involved in the disappearances of two young girls? Why was a film director murdered just weeks before the release of his last movie? Did 10,000 football fans witness a UFO flying over them? These are some of the questions we will be exploring today as we take a look at the strangest…
Major historical events are always analyzed under a magnifying glass. People ponder why they ended as they did and if anything should have been done differently. If you look close enough, you will see that even the most impactful moments in history were changed or, at least, influenced by tiny, seemingly insignificant events. Of course,…
Hollywood loves a psychopath. However, the ones we see on the silver screen rarely have anything in common with real killers. They’re often portrayed as highly intelligent, calculating characters. Barring a few exceptions, this is not the case in real life. The simple truth is that many of them are able to kill for years…
Did you really think that we were done with murder mysteries? This is not a well that will run dry anytime soon, so today we examine a few more creepy cases from the past where the killer has never been caught. 8. The Happy Valley Murder When Josslyn Hay was born in 1901, he already…
What’s that we hear you say? You want to learn about even more of the strangest deaths in history? No worries, there is still a long way to go before that particular well runs dry. So without further ado, let’s get started. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAC9C3sCR40 This is an encore of one of our previous lists, as presented…
Bonjour, mes amis! Once again, we are going to take a look at some of the mysteries, conspiracies, scandals, and creepy tales from the rich history of one particular nation. And on today’s agenda… France! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaUzoYCnb4E&t= This is an encore of one of our previous lists, as presented by our YouTube host Simon Whistler. Read…
It is surprisingly easy for historical myths to become historical facts because oftentimes people will prefer the version of a story that is the most entertaining or the easiest to remember rather than the one that is the most accurate. Sometimes, all it takes is for just one person to come up with a good…
Hollywood loves a psychopath. However, the ones we see on the silver screen rarely have anything in common with real killers. They’re often portrayed as highly intelligent, calculating characters. Barring a few exceptions, this is not the case in real life. The simple truth is that many of them are able to kill for years…
Ice covers roughly 10 percent of our planet’s surface. It is a harsh and unforgiving element, one that even today proves a challenge for the men and women who try to master and overcome it. But at the same time, ice is a really useful medium when it comes to preserving things as they were…
Finding out with absolute certainty what happened hundreds or even thousands of years ago is an almost impossible task. Scholars try their best, but they are limited from the outset by the historical evidence they have at their disposal. Today we look at 10 well-known figures from the past whose place in the historical record…
Almost since the beginning of warfare, humans have realized that animals can be used to help them fight their enemies. The roles they took depended on the animal – some were used for mounted combat; others were used to transport cargo or to deliver important messages. But of course, every now and then, some people…
What’s that we hear you say? You want to learn about even more of the strangest deaths in history? No worries, there is still a long way to go before that particular well runs dry. So without further ado, let’s get started. 10. The King Who Was Too Fat for His Saddle Let’s start off…
Studying history is like trying to read a book where half the pages are missing and the other half are written in 50 different languages, 10 of which don’t exist anymore. In other words, there are going to be some gaps, to put it mildly. As historians keep studying, they fill some of those gaps,…
The diversity that can be found in nature is simply staggering. Animals come in all shapes, sizes, and colors, and they are capable of doing some pretty amazing and wonderfully weird things. And guess what – today we’re taking a look at ten of them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j93M0oB5xS0 This is an encore of one of our previous…
Bonjour, mes amis! Once again, we are going to take a look at some of the mysteries, conspiracies, scandals, and creepy tales from the rich history of one particular nation. And on today’s agenda… France! 10. The Death of an Artist At first, the story of Jean-Marie Leclair was one of great success. Born in…
Biology is a far-reaching field that includes the study of all living organisms. Given the vast cache of information that this contains, it is no surprise that it also includes a lot of uncertainties. Today we take a look at some of the greatest mysteries from biology that keep scientists awake at night. 10. Darwin’s…
Ice covers roughly 10 percent of our planet’s surface. It is a harsh and unforgiving element, one that even today proves a challenge for the men and women who try to master and overcome it. But at the same time, ice is a really useful medium when it comes to preserving things as they were…
Almost since the beginning of warfare, humans have realized that animals can be used to help them fight their enemies. The roles they took depended on the animal – some were used for mounted combat; others were used to transport cargo or to deliver important messages. But of course, every now and then, some people…
Science is the pursuit of facts. It is an encompassing subject that contains dozens of fields that we rely on in order to better understand the world around us (and the world inside us, for that matter). But science is always changing and what we thought was true yesterday might be proven false tomorrow. Unsurprisingly,…
Egypt had one of the most enduring and most captivating civilizations of the ancient world, one that still greatly fascinates us today. Their society stretched over 3,000 years of history and brought us the pyramids, the sphinx, the mummies, and, of course, the pharaohs – the all-powerful rulers of Ancient Egypt who were thought to…