Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, didn’t get his nickname for…
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We all love history and here are a host of history lists to prove it. Get your history knowledge in the form of top 10 lists, it is easier on the stomach.
Armies have existed for about as long as civilization has. When a group of people…
Pretty much every culture has its folk heroes and legends, and almost all of their…
Most people understand evolution to be quite linear and straightforward. Remember that chart of apes…
When Apollo 13 lifted off from the John F. Kennedy Space Center on April 11,…
Today we will be taking a look at some of the most notable and notorious…
Older than Texas’s status as one of the United States of America, the humble beginning…
The evolution of our species has been… eventful, to say the least. While some form…
Innovation might be a given under the pressure of wartime, but it also leads to…
Myth and legend are full of wondrous places that capture the imagination and have inspired…
Given how many humans have existed in the world and how many events and incidents,…
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. As the first major…
When many people think of Japan, they think of a largely ethnically homogenous nation; while…
There’s something mythical about inventors throughout history. People who were able to see the need…
In 1839 Queen Victoria took the throne and ushered in the Victorian era that bears…
There are just too many creepy places in America for this list to be the…
With the incredible diversity of life found on Earth now, it’s easy to forget that…
From Austria to Japan, from Eastern Turkey to Vietnam. These were the borders of the…
Throughout history, both recent and ancient, the desire to correct or control human behavior has led…
Ancient codes, or sets of laws, have been written down since around 2000 BC. Many…
In the past, we have taken a look at some of the most horrifying discoveries…
Spanish flu, the deadliest pandemic of the 20th century, struck the world in a series…
For seven centuries, samurai represented the fearsome military branch of the Japanese aristocracy. Trained and taught from…
Headlines have been full of political sex scandals in recent years, but this is not…