The science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke once wrote that any sufficiently advanced technology is…
Browsing: Misc
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?
North Americans tend to generalize when considering the native tribes that once populated the continent.…
The 2008 financial crisis remains one of the most important events of our times, as…
Spies have long captured the public imagination. Books and movies have been based around the…
The chief advantage of the submarine in warfare is stealth. Their ability to approach a…
It’s more than a little dumb to try to break the law in any way.…
What with the pro-legalization movement gaining ground in the US and Latin America, it can…
Booby traps are perhaps the oldest weapon type we know of. Before we could make…
Here’s a secret about architectural disasters: well-made structures don’t simply fall apart for no reason.…
Roller coasters are designed to be fun, and for the most part, they’re precisely that.…
The death toll from it has yet to reach 100, but an outbreak of swine…
Given how many humans have existed in the world and how many events and incidents,…
Although fashion trends come and go, a constant thread can be found in the hazardous…
We discover new things about the ancient world every day and yet, many of these…
World War II started off with the Nazis pretty much wanting to control the whole…
Our history is full of secret societies and shadowy groups, both real and perceived. Sure,…
Airplanes have only been around for a little over a century, but they have a…
Warships first developed as a means of delivering armies to areas of combat. Over the…
Modern-day Spain is a largely peaceful, reasonably prosperous nation that rarely finds itself embroiled in…
Leaving your life behind and vanishing is surprisingly difficult to do. It is even harder…
During his 1492 journey to find what he believed would be a more expedient sea…
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…