# American History
Lenny Kravitz’s Hero Uncle and Other Lesser Known American Heroes
A hero is not somebody who experience no fear in the face of mortal danger. People – at least normal…
Throwing Slaves Overboard to Drown and Other Dark Moments From History
History is chock full of dark examples of people’s inhumanity to each other. From the throwing of slaves into the…
How the Lost Cause changed American History and Created its Pseudo-History
Simply put, the Lost Cause of the Confederacy, which began in the aftermath of Reconstruction, is the presentation of the…
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,…
Atypical Deaths of these Historical Figures
Death comes to all, the great and the small. For most, it comes in prosaic and unremarkable ways, meeting death…
Historic Ideas That Aged Like Complete Garbage
Throughout history, many an idea seemed brilliant when first introduced, but turned out to be not so bright in hindsight.…
The Ship That Disguised Itself as an Island and Other Lesser-Known WWII Facts
In early 1942, during the opening months of WWII in the Asia-Pacific theater, the Allies were reeling from a series…
Satanic Tomatoes and Other Weird Details Not Taught in History Class
Weird stuff permeates history, but by necessity, most of the weird stuff is not taught in school. Because of space…
How this History Changing Innovation Built the Windy City
Carl Sandberg described Chicago in 1916 as the “player with railroads and the nation’s freight handle”. That description was certainly…
Crime Waves and Savage Fads From History That Were Just Unnatural
Crime waves, like actual waves in the ocean, come and go. Some crime waves grow from serious and predictable factors,…