# disasters
Idiotic Moves That Ended in Terrible Disasters
Idiot moves are all too common in history. Take that time when a Brazilian cancer clinic moved to a new building and left behind, abandoned and unsecured, machinery that contained highly radioactive…
20th Century’s Deadliest Disasters
Tragic disasters are, sadly, all too common in history. Like bolts of lightning out of the clear blue, they strike…
Historic Disasters That Were Way Worse Than People Think
When most people think of historic natural disasters, the one that usually first comes to mind is the Vesuvius volcanic…
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…
Little Mistakes from History With Huge Consequences
Everybody makes little mistakes, but most of the time our mistakes have few, if any, serious consequences. And if they…
This is the Truth Behind All of the Famous Myths We Hear About
Some famous people and events from mythology are pure fiction. They are inventions of fertile imaginations and the creative products…
The Tragic Ordeal of the Berlin Zoo in World War II
In 1841, Prussia's King Frederick William IV gifted his private menagerie to his subujects, and founded the Berlin Zoo. The…
20 Naval Disasters from History that Make Us Scared to Sail
Although popular attention is more commonly granted to ships lost in the course of wars, including also civilian ships such…
The 20 Deadliest Atlantic Hurricanes to Ever Hit the United States
Comparing hurricanes can be done on several scales, including the size of the storm and the geographic area it impacted,…
10 Animal Serial Killers that Will Haunt Your Dreams
Animals, on the whole, are good sorts: when left undisturbed by people, they are happy to crack on with their…