Literature
16 Reasons Why the Da Vinci Code is Full of Inaccurate History
Dan Brown’s 2003 novel, The Da Vinci Code, became an international bestseller, one of the bestselling books of all time.…
20 Amazing Polyglots in History That Most People Didn’t Know About
Right now, more than half the people in the world are bilingual. That is, alongside their own mother tongue, they…
16 Hidden Symbolic Messages in The Wizard of Oz You May Have Missed
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", written in 1900 by L. Frank Baum and followed by the iconic cinematic masterpiece starring…
Rumor Has It That Mary Shelley Kept her Dead Husband’s Heart in her Desk for 30 years
A year after her death, Mary Shelley’s son, Sir Percy Shelley, finally opened his mother’s writing desk. The desk had…
17 Reasons Why Germany’s Weimar Republic Was a Party-Lovers Paradise
Germany emerged from the First World War broken and disillusioned. Defeat in the Great War heralded the end of the…
16 Amazing Facts in the Life of Frankenstein Author Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley was born on August 30, 1797, the daughter of radical authors William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. Today, Mary…
Those Delightful Mother Goose Rhymes You Remember Have Dark Meanings and Tragic Backstories
Do you remember your favorite song your mother or father would hum and sing to you to help ease your…
16 Not-So-Scary Creatures That Started Out With Horrifying Origins
Pop culture is full of mythical creatures that we know aren’t real — trolls, vampires, and fairies. Or are they?!…
Not to Make You Feel Bad, but these 20 People Made History Before their 16th birthdays
Throughout human history, child prodigies have fascinated us. Youngsters who are wise beyond their years, or who exhibit extraordinary levels…
20 Facts About Excruciating Methods of Execution and Torture in History
Prostitution is famously known as the oldest profession in the world. Coming in at a close second, however, must surely…