# History
Don’t Take these Historic Events Out of Context Like Everybody Else Does
Context is important, but too often history is presented and accepted without necessary context that explains the otherwise inexplicable or…
Romance Through the Ages, Ranked from Sweet to Cringey
Just like today, people’s quest for romance back in the days was often filled with all kinds of awkwardness, with…
Absurd Cold War Stories That Just Don’t Make Sense
Cold War tensions brought humanity to the brink of extinction more than once. For decades, two superpowers with enough nuclear…
Genghis Khan was an Eco Warrior and Reduced Carbon Emissions… In Brutal Ways
Genghis Khan the environmentalist? Jarring as it sounds, it seems that the terrifying Mongol conqueror might have been an unintentional…
Dangerous Women in History that the Law Couldn’t Contain
Dangerous bandit queen Belle Starr began life as a literal Southern belle. She grew up in luxury, and attended a…
These Famous People had Truly Bad Sides to their Personalities
People are not plaster saints or cartoon characters. As a result, while there are good people out there, and plenty…
These are the Oldest Surviving Photographs in the World
Photography has been an integral part of society for longer than people know. At its conception, humankind did not realize…
Absurd Medical History Moments that Prove People Have Always been this Dumb
Anti-vaccination movements are not new. In the 1700s, in the midst of a smallpox epidemic, Bostonians rampaged against those who…
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…
Jaw Dropping World War II Stories that Deserve to be in the History Books
World War II witnessed many an extraordinary feat, but few matched that of a Cherokee professional knife and tomahawk thrower…