Winston Churchill once referred to Russia as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an…
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?
On the April 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler committed suicide in the ruins of Berlin. Six…
The common belief that idioms such as “saved by the bell” and “working the graveyard…
There are many countries with the view that some crimes can only be atoned for…
Back by popular demand, today we bring you 10 more facts that sound totally made…
We may call some catastrophes “accidents,” but in other cases decisions are made — by…
Beginning in 1947, a high stakes geopolitical game of chess kicked off between the United…
American history is full of women who have been long forgotten. Some of these women…
They say that truth is stranger than fiction. While storybook detectives like Sherlock Holmes, Hercule…
Human nature is defined by both both heartwarming, friendly daily interactions and deeply disturbing incidents…
It’s easy, even comforting, to think of history’s tyrants as one-dimensional bad guys. That they…
Even though history is, in theory, a fixed and unchangeable field of study, in practice…
England is a country within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland that…
Everyone should have basic writing skills. However, many People trip up on the same, common…
Originating on the remote island of Crete, and surrounded by other ancient empires in the…
War is the manifestation of the most extreme levels of human conflict, as tensions culminate…
To pick where a military base goes has to be an easy job. Putting a…
History is full of mysterious deaths. Some of them are deemed suicides, but have enough…
Many people have their ideas of Japan during World War II based mostly off movies…
Some people choose to become spies out of patriotism; others do so in pursuit of…
A little while ago, we went over 10 of the biggest business failures in the…
You might not always like your home country, but at least it is yours. Citizenship…
Most of the vicious killers who haunt the popular imagination are male. Part of the…
The first workers that built them were told they were making water carriers for Mesopotamia.…