Science
Space Missions That Have Crazy Backstories
The dream of flying into outer space is as long as human history. But getting there required the greatest scientific minds,…
The Craziest Cures & Health Fads from History
Health beliefs underwent many changes throughout history. Take obesity. Nowadays, we try our best to slim down and shed the…
Stunningly Stupid Moral Panics From History
Public panic – especially of the moral kind – has cropped up with regular frequency to plague societies throughout history.…
Governments that Tried to Create Super Soldiers and Super Weapons
In the eighteenth century, a Prussian king tried to create an army of super big soldiers. He couldn’t find enough…
Archaeological Facts that Could Change the Way We See History
Professor Indiana Jones made archaeology a cool, nonstop barrel of action on screen. In real life, archaeological discoveries are seldom…
Women Who Had their Work Stolen From Them by Men
Throughout history, women have been silenced by society. It is utterly impossible that white men were to thank for every…
These are the Oldest Surviving Photographs in the World
Photography has been an integral part of society for longer than people know. At its conception, humankind did not realize…
Absurd Medical History Moments that Prove People Have Always been this Dumb
Anti-vaccination movements are not new. In the 1700s, in the midst of a smallpox epidemic, Bostonians rampaged against those who…
Historical People Ranked by their Myers-Briggs Personality Types (MBTI)
Katherine Briggs began developing her theories regarding personality types in the early 20th century. After the publication in English of…
What People Don’t Know About the World War II Race for Nuclear Weapons
It is generally known the allied effort to produce the atomic bomb during World War II bore the name Project…