Sometimes we are at a loss for where a top 10 list should go and that means we toss it here. Sure, some lists defy categorization, but Miscellaneous is a category, right?
As we’ve established before, our past is full of grim, brutal, and revolting moments and…
Pretty much every culture has its folk heroes and legends, and almost all of their…
If you keep swapping out the old planks of a ship for newer ones, at…
Let’s be honest: we’re not holding up Hollywood stars and famous icons as shining beacons…
We know what impressive armies Ancient Rome could field, as brutally treated as the troops…
Today, you will see unending negative headlines on the internet, and it can sometimes feel…
The cyclical nature of boom and bust capitalism has been held off for an unusually…
Throughout history empires have been formed through war and great tactics. However, many forget the…
From Shakespearean tales of royal shenanigans to Stephen King’s modern-day masterpieces, the fertile minds of…
For seven centuries, samurai represented the fearsome military branch of the Japanese aristocracy. Trained and…
Throughout history, both recent and ancient, the desire to correct or control human behavior has…
The Freemasons. The Illuminati. These are secretive organizations that many people suspect have extreme, nefarious…
Although the exact etymology is a bit murky, the word vandalism is indelibly associated with…
Humans are rational creatures… for the most part. There have been plenty of times when…
In the history of military service, there are some who seem to represent great valor,…
From the early days of silent nickelodeons, Hollywood loves stories ripped from the headlines. Tinseltown…
The Costa Concordia was one of the most luxurious ships in the world. Built at…
As long as there have been civilizations, there have been unending wars for power and…
We all gotta die at some point, though some times fate looks at a situation…
Saying that any one year in history was more significant in its contributions to the…
Headlines have been full of political sex scandals in recent years, but this is not…
Despite being one of the most important military leaders in World War II — he…
Often, what constitutes deplorable behavior is determined by the sociocultural and sociopolitical norms of a…
The year 1816 was the first since the onset of the French Revolutionary Wars in…