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Every Government the CIA Has Overthrown (and What Happened Next)

By Morris M on August 10, 2018 History

In the ongoing Netflix-worthy primetime series that is world politics, the CIA is the overarching Big Bad. Over the years, the Agency has got up to so much spooky stuff that it’s tempting to see them as akin to X-files’ Cancer Man, pulling all the strings from behind the scenes. Doubtless, you’ve heard about the…

10 Inoffensive Facts About Gypsies

By Ed Hingston on August 2, 2018 History

0. You shouldn’t call them “gypsies” If you read the title of this list without raising an eyebrow, a political correctness fairy just died—and that’s not necessarily a good thing. For instance, try replacing the word “gypsies” with pretty much any other common racial slur and see if it still looks okay. Yeah… not so…

How Humans Nearly Went Extinct in 70,000 BC

By Samuel Theodros on July 31, 2018 History

It’s hard to believe that there are 7.8 billion people on the planet, and that number isn’t getting any smaller anytime soon. The United Nations estimates that by 2050, the world’s population will reach 9 billion. As other species go extinct at record rates, human beings show no signs of slowing down. So it might…

10 Surprising Technologies People Had in the Past

By Gregory Myers on July 27, 2018 History, Technology

Today, we like to think of ourselves as at the highest point ever in human technological advancement, and certainly on some levels we seem to have done better than in the past — such as transportation methods like airplanes. However, many technologies that today we imagine those in the past simply had to live without…

10 More Highwaymen, Bandits, and Thieves

By Ed Hingston on July 24, 2018 History, People

Highwaymen lived fast and (usually) died young. But they weren’t just any old bandits. While not all of them gave to the poor, they only ever stole from the rich and thus tended to see their crimes (as a lot of the public did too) as essentially morally righteous—or at least no worse than their…

10 Amazing Facts About Spartan Politics and Society

By Adrian Chirila on July 19, 2018 History

Made popular today by the 2006 epic war film and the 1998 comic book series 300, Sparta was an ancient Greek city-state that went down in history as one of the world’s most powerful and warlike civilizations. And even though it is true that Sparta is known for its military prowess, what really made it great were…

10 Court Jesters From the Golden Age of Wit

By Ed Hingston on July 18, 2018 History, People

Many of us have grown accustomed to buffoons in positions of power, but historically the jester was a job title. Plucked out of obscurity for making people laugh (whether they actually intended to or not), they held a special place in royal courts and were given “comic dispensation” to say whatever they wished—even, or especially,…

10 Secrets of the Nazi Propaganda Machine

By James Friend on July 15, 2018 History

Hitler and his National Socialist Party weren’t the first to use propaganda in pursuit of their goals. In World War One, both the British and the Germans fabricated atrocities and attempted to portray the enemy as inhuman beasts. However, these efforts were amateurish compared to the ruthless efficiency of the propaganda machine created by the…

The Unlucky Fleet That Changed the World

By Dustin Koski on July 10, 2018 History

It’s not generally considered a pleasurable experience to be part of the armed services, even during the best of times. Still, there are particular military units you wouldn’t want to be part of even by the cruel standards of historical hardship. You’d almost certainly not want to be a member of any army making a…

10 Major Roman Military Defeats

By Adrian Chirila on July 9, 2018 History

Starting from humble beginnings, Rome managed to make a name for itself – a name that withstood the test of time. Ancient Rome was a highly militaristic society, enabling it to subdue one tribe after another and stretch its borders to the edges of the known world. Yet, it was that same army buckling under…

10 Reasons the Real Captain Morgan was a Total Badass

By Shannon Quinn on July 8, 2018 History, People

If you are old enough to drink, you have most likely seen the image of Captain Morgan on the bottles of rum in your local shops. You probably assumed that this was a made-up character for their brand, like Ronald McDonald or Tony the Tiger. In reality, this image is based on Sir Henry Morgan,…

10 Things That Happened On July 4

By Robert Grimminck on July 4, 2018 History

July 4 is the 185th day on the Georgian calendar, unless it’s a leap year, in which case it’s the 186th. Historically, it has most often been a Monday, Wednesday, or Saturday. There’s more to July 4 than just being a random day of the year, though. A great amount of history has taken place…

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