History

  Prisons are some of the worst places on earth. While the goal is incarceration and rehabilitation, the reality is that they’re hellholes meant to strip the humanity of anyone stuck in there. Granted, anyone’s who’s been sent to one, …

Arches Romans didn’t invent the arch, but they sure did perfect it. With a reverence for the Greek architectural order of things, Roman architects built upon that knowledge and took it even further, advancing the technology. Their new arch techniques …

At first glance, this looks like an ordinary day in a small village with people enjoying the sun outside But underneath this ‘peaceful town’ was a big military secret: a Boeing factory During WWII, the U.S. Army designed a whole …

The Codex Gigas is a massive illustrated manuscript that is said to be the written documentation of a devil’s pact with a monk. But really, no one knows exactly what it is or why it was made. Evidence shows us …

  Premonitions and future predictions are real guys, and these stories are evidence of that. Maybe we should listen to our gut more often.     Princess Diana was worried that she’d be in a car accident This beloved princess …

Beauty contest in Cliftonville, 1936 Suntan vending machine, USA, 1949 Water massager for breasts, 1930 A popular method of hair straightening in the 1960s Customers have their legs painted at a store in London, so they can save their coupons …

It was 9th of February, 1893, when a dancer named Mona was the first to fully strip during a dance at now-famous cabaret “Moulin Rouge”. That was the day striptease was born, as the show became insanely popular ever since.

50’s -Headlights Oh, the sweet glorious 50’s. It was a playful decade. Though the Korean War was going on, the United States was still basking in its victory in the second world war. As such, women were finding new ways …

How did they recruit? During the peak of the Roman Empire, the legions of Rome were recruited (voluntarily) from the citizen class and mainly from rural areas, due to their more hardy nature. A letter of recommendation was needed from …

There are small people in sperm Yes, in the 17th and 18th centuries, scientists really thought this way! More than that, they thought that every baby was already formed and the only thing left to do was to grow up. And women were only seen …

Whether we like it or not, technological innovation keeps on marching forward. And with it comes leaps in productivity and sometimes new jobs to work with that tech. Except, sometimes technology ends up making a certain set of jobs obsolete. …

No matter how bad you screwed up at work today, it pales in comparison to some of these. We all make mistakes, it’s just human nature. Kind of like the time I got blackout drunk and thought the holes in …

Whether you were a young kid like myself or just much younger when this pop-culture ruled the world, I think we can all appreciate the trip down memory lane.

“The trouble ain’t there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right.” – Mark Twain “His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.” -Mae West “I never forget a face, but in your case, …

Roman Dodecahedrons Going back to the 3nd and 3rd centuries AD, these still puzzle archeologists. They range between 3cm to 10cm, and it’s in the shape of a pentagon, with large holes and knobs on each point. Found all over …