Literature
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…
Arthur Rimbaud’s Roller Coaster Life, from Sensitive Poet to Mercenary and Arms Dealer
Few have embodied the "haunted poet" bit better than French poet Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), an early…
The King of All Witch Hunters Was None other than King James I Himself
Scotland was one of the most active areas to persecute witchcraft between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. Over this period,…