Science
40 Unsung Heroes of Black History We Should All Learn About This Month
February is Black History Month. While schools feature Black history this month, most students will only hear about the same…
20 Of The Slowest Historical Torture Methods We Can’t Believe Living Souls Had to Endure
Torture is unpleasant, as indeed is the intended purpose of the practice. The act of inflicting physical or psychological pain…
18 Health Treatments that Killed People Faster than the Problems they Were Trying to Prevent
The practice of medicine is among the oldest professions in the world, responsible for the preservation and prolongation of countless…
40 of the Most Influential People of All Time
The people who influenced history the most, the "movers and shakers" from ancient times until today, have one thing in…
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…
16 Surprising Facts About The Wright Brothers Everybody Should Know
Orville and Wilbur Wright, more commonly known as "The Wright Brothers", were among, if not the most influential American engineers…
The Secret Talents of 17 Historical Greats
Thanks to the work of historians, both amateur and professional, we now know almost every single detail of the lives…
20 Noteworthy Engineering Failures in History
Engineers are the unsung heroes of modern civilization. Providing mankind with the ability to travel over water with ships, drive…
16 Medical Procedures and Devices from the Early 1900s that are Straight Out of a Nightmare
Medical devices from the early part of the 1900s looked like torture devices dreamed up by the devil himself. They…
Recent Groundbreaking Discoveries of World War II Artifacts
The Second World War was fought from the waters off the Antarctic to the Aleutian Islands. Ships were stalked by…