# Religion
The World’s Most Impressive Fakes, Forgeries, and Finds that Made History
Fake historic “discoveries” are, unfortunately, all too frequent. For generations, school kids were taught that Francis Drake had been to California, based on the discovery of a brass plate in which the…
Tragic Discoveries from the Canadian Indigenous Schools and other Events
Tragic events are unfortunately all too common in history. Take the time Canada set out to assimilate Indigenous kids into…
Truly Intense Vengeance Stories From Greek Mythology
Divine vengeance is liberally sprinkled throughout Ancient Greek mythology. The Greek gods often come across as vindictive lot who do…
Panic Outbreaks That Shaped History and Controlled the Masses
Mass panic outbreaks can shape historic events – for worse, but sometimes for the better. On the bad side, as…
Facts from the Middle Ages that Are Full of Surprises
According to Hollywood, the medieval world was a drab one, with buildings of unadorned gray stone, and people running around…
Really Inappropriate Deaths in History
You know that feeling after intimacy when we lay there wondering if our breathing and heart rate will ever return…
America Wanted to Nuke the Moon and Other Weird History
People often get up to weird stuff, and the world can be a weird place at times. Take for instance…
Lesser Known Byzantine Empire Facts
The western half of the Roman Empire collapsed in 476, but the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine…
History’s Most Lunatic Events and People
Throughout history, many a lunatic has risen to a position of power, from which he played an outsized role in…
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,…