Strange History
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…
Pilot Accidentally Lands in Enemy Airfield and Other Historic Mistakes
In one of World War II’s biggest oops moments, a German pilot mistook Britain for France in 1942, and landed…
Historic Love and Marriages From Hell
The line between love and hate is often pretty thin, and only a short step separates the two. Likewise, marital…
A Downed Pilot Who Ran Away in a Stolen Enemy Plane and Other Historic Escapes
A life is full of perils we strive to escape, and sometimes it seems that the world is out to…
America’s First Serial Killers and Many More Deadly Historic Figures
To mankind’s sorrow, there has never been a shortage of deadly people preying upon and thinning our ranks. From America’s…
The Scheme to Hook Up a King With the Wasp Woman and Other Wild Plans
History has no shortage of eyebrow-raising schemes, whether by those on the wrong side of the law, or by lawful…
History’s Most Lunatic Events and People
Throughout history, many a lunatic has risen to a position of power, from which he played an outsized role in…
Distinctive Facts About The Mighty Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Turks founded one of history’s more enduring empires, which lasted for over 600 years. In its heyday, it…
Pythagoras’ Greed Cup and Other Lesser-Known Ancient World Facts
The ancient world was chock full of fascinating facts that are little known today. For example, how many know that…
The Fart That Killed 10,000 People, and Other Weird Moments From History
During the current pandemic, people are probably more likely to fart in order to hide a cough when in public,…