Science
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…
Evil Doctors and Scientists From World War II
Doctors and scientists are usually highly respected. The former for literally saving our lives, and the latter for working to…
America Wanted to Nuke the Moon and Other Weird History
People often get up to weird stuff, and the world can be a weird place at times. Take for instance…
A Surgeon With 300% Mortality Rate From a Single Operation and Other Historic Screwups
Everybody has made a mistake or two - or twenty. Fortunately – and sometimes unfortunately, because some mistakes actually make…
The Times the End of the World was Foretold based on Real-Life Events
The sky is falling. The end of the world is nigh. The belief we are experiencing the end times, in…
The Death Row Baseball Team and Other Odd Episodes in History
Every now and then, just about everybody could do with a little bit of extra motivation and added incentive to…
Fascinating and Lesser Known People Who Changed American History
American history is littered with names of great people. But what about the lesser-known people who shaped American history? Monticello,…
Famous People Who Suffered during Historic Disease Outbreaks
Stories of the past include disease outbreaks which tormented humanity throughout history. How some reacted to them are inspirational, for…