The idea of zombies, a creature that once died but is now alive again, but this time brainless and murderous, is a timeless premise. As such, it’s not just in video games and movies where you see them. They’ve been seen throughout history in various forms, sometimes in real life (allegedly.)
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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.
We all remember JFK’s “Ask Not” speech, and Chuchill’s “We Shall Never Surrender” speech. But many other powerful speeches are often overlooked, probably because they were never given. They only exist on paper and in an alternate universe where circumstances allowed their author to get in front of a microphone and talk.
We all know the names of the great minds of history: Newton, Einstein, Edison, Franklin,…
Far form just being a bunch of rocks, ancient Stone Age sites are filled with beauty and wonder. How did our ancestors, armed with nothing but basic tools and their hands, create such wonders? We may never know for sure, but we can at least gawk at the results of their handiwork.
We may take days off to celebrate this or that, but history does not. Here are ten times the world changed, for better or for worse, on major holidays such as Christmas and Valentine’s Day.
Ancient Celtic culture has produced some of the greatest, most beautiful artifacts in human history. The fact that they still survive to this day is proof of their durability and of he expert craftsmanship that went into making them. here are ten of the most awesome.
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Though the United States’ War for Independence is the most famous attempt by a nation to win its freedom, tons of other nations have done the same throughout history. Here are ten that should be talked about more often.
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We all know Rome was a weird place. After all, people went everywhere in togas,…
While Christopher Columbus did eventually arrive in the Americas, there were many others who probably got there before him.
The 20th century is still recent enough (and documented enough) that you can look at…
Playing a prank on someone should be a harmless jape that leaves both parties laughing…
While the American military was developing the Bell P-59 Airacomet (one of the first ever…
We are nearing the halfway point of 2013 and what a year it has already…
This article covers some of the most appalling tortures and executions that notable historic women…
Our beloved blue planet gets pelted with debris from space all the time but, since…
There are some things in life that everybody just knows, like where the Eiffel Tower…
Abraham Lincoln is one of the most well-known politicians in history, and arguably the most…
Native American culture is alive and well these days. It thrives in its own traditions,…
As anyone following the news for the past month should know, the most critical news…
Up to around 1950, radio announcers on the BBC, if they were on the radio…
If a Roman gladiator kicked enough ass in the coliseum he would be presented with…
Throughout history there have been hundreds, if not thousands, of badass warriors who dedicated their…