Strange History
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…
The Bat Bomb Invention and Other Odd Facts from History and War
History sometimes comes across as dull - a dreary collection of dusty facts and dates that cause students’ eyes to…
Quirky Founding Fathers and Other Bonkers Bits of American History
Nowadays, many look around and cannot help but wonder at how bonkers America seems to have gotten. Perhaps they should…
Highlights during WWII and Other Lesser Known Historical Facts
Jumping out of an airplane with a parachute is risky enough. Jumping out of an airplane or bomber plane without a…
People Tried Unworkable Methods to Ward off Illness Outbreaks in History
For much of history, medical knowledge about what caused illness and how to cure it was quite limited. People –…
The Old World’s Medieval Untouchables and Other Random Historical Facts
History has no shortage of the weird, the bizarre, and the little known. Did you know, for example, that medieval…
Incompetence That Shaped History
Did you know that one of Napoleon’s most crushing defeats was caused by hapless underlings, who mistakenly blew up a…
The Mongols Dined Atop their Live Enemies and Other Fascinating Historic Facts
Did you know that the Mongols once celebrated a victory by feasting atop the living bodies of their slowly suffocating…
When Mother Nature Decided to Get Involved in War
Nature is not affected by the laws of war, indifferent to the military efforts of mortal man. The laws of…
America Accidentally Attacked the Soviet Union and Other Lesser Known History Moments
During the Cold War, the two global superpowers often fought each other via proxies. The Soviets bled us with the…