When you think of the word “revolution,” you may imagine an uprising or a war…
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?
When Christopher Columbus arrived at Hispaniola (the island now split down the middle between Haiti…
A patriarchal world hasn’t been enough to stop women from rising to positions of power…
Assassination is so ingrained in American culture that it’s practically a national pastime. Every single…
You may or may not know that a few of Donald Trump’s companies have gone…
We all know the old saying “home sweet home,” but for many families around the…
If the #MeToo movement has taught us anything, it’s that perverts are everywhere. The pages…
If you’ve ever seen the HBO series Deadwood, your first thoughts are probably about Ian McShane’s…
Some people worry about the amount of dominance that Facebook has in our personal lives,…
There is a stereotype that child actors have horrible upbringings, and their careers tend to…
Described as one of the most haunted locations in America, the Winchester Mystery House attracts…
When you go out drinking, it’s pretty normal to want to hang out with or…
Quick: what’s a scary date for you; one that seems filled with foreboding and bad…
The word “prehistory” refers to the earliest period of human development, up until the start of recorded…
During their heyday (roughly from the 16th to 19th centuries), highwaymen were considered a special…
Celebrities are a big thing in the world, especially in the United States, and enjoy…
In the beginning of World War II, Italy was partnered with the Axis Powers under…
European and North American folklore is rife with beloved horror stories of werewolves, vampires, goblins…
If the omniscient tome known colloquially as the Big Ol’ Book of Words for Nerds, and…
Temples, churches, mosques, shrines, synagogues, and so on are meant to protect us from evil,…
When Charles Darwin studied the process of evolution in the 1800s, he realized that animals…
Actions have consequences. Unfortunately, those consequences are not always entirely welcome, intended, or predictable. There…
For thousands of years, people have been writing about mermaids, and they are still incredibly…
In some ways Americans and British people would seem very similar at first glance. We…