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All Aboard The Orphan Train: How One Man’s Idea Saved Thousands Of Children
Adoption, as we think of it today, has changed drastically over time. So has the meaning behind the phrase "putting a child up for adoption." And we have reason to be glad…
This was the European Witch Craze that Fueled the Salem Witch Trials
The European Witch-Craze spanned over centuries during the early modern period, resulting in the deaths of thousands across Europe. Most…
See Marriage, Love, and Courtship Through the Eyes of William Shakespeare
Marriage is a subject that cultures have hotly debated since antiquity. During Elizabethan England, William Shakespeare watched these social events…
16 Medical Procedures and Devices from the Early 1900s that are Straight Out of a Nightmare
Medical devices from the early part of the 1900s looked like torture devices dreamed up by the devil himself. They…
All You Need to Know About the Mystery of the Visigoth King Who Inspired Hitler and Reversed the Flow of a River
The death and burial of Alaric 1, feared leader of the Visigoths, in 410 A.D., is surrounded by mystery and…
17th Century Children’s Literature Was Rife With Stories About Death, And For Good Reason
When we think of children's literature, magical stories like J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series and Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild…
The Catholic Church’s Actions Might Have Contributed Greatly to the Black Death Plague
In the mid-1300s, there was an outbreak of plague so virulent that it killed between 75 and 200 million people…
4 Reasons Why The Black Death Was Beneficial To Europe
Sometime in October 1347, a Genoese trading ship docked at the bustling port of Messina in Sicily, and the sailors…