Disaster
40 Facts about the Titanic They Definitely Didn’t Teach Us in the Movie
It's the most famous disaster story ever - and it's all completely true. The Titanic sunk to the bottom of…
40 Disturbing Facts About Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy is one of the most infamous serial killers to date. By now, you've seen the internet abuzz with…
40 Awe-Inspiring Facts About Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire
"Life's greatest joy is to scatter your enemies and drive them before you. To see their cities reduced to ashes.…
What Really Happened during the Chappaquiddick Incident When Ted Kennedy was Blamed for a Death
Senator Ted Kennedy, the youngest brother of assassinated president John F. Kennedy and slain presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy had…
16 Death Tests Doctors Used to Determine If Someone Was Really Dead in the 18th and 19th Centuries
It is 1750, and you’ve just died from one of the many communicable diseases of the era. Without the modern…
25 Bizarre Historical Facts They Don’t Teach in School
Classroom history can excite and inspire- or it can be a dry affair consisting of a reel of names, dates,…
16 Government Shutdowns Throughout American History
For almost a month, some of the most prominent news reports focus on the longest government shutdown in history. Government…
16 Reasons Why Prince Charles’ and Diana’s Marriage Was A Complete Disaster
At first, the relationship of Prince Charles and Princess Diana seemed to be a royal fairytale wedding, but, in reality,…
20 Times in History that Financial Markets Collapsed
Economics, trade, and commerce have been staples of human existence ever since we first emerged from caves and formed communal…
The Terror of the London Blitz Revealed as Much More Complicated Than Previously Believed
The 1940 Blitz, when Hitler tried to bomb Britain in submission, is often viewed as a time of common heroism.…