How Civil War Engineers Tasted A Cretaceous Sea
In 1864, the US Army began digging a proper well for Fort Monroe, a Chesapeake Bay Union fort surrounded by…
In 1864, the US Army began digging a proper well for Fort Monroe, a Chesapeake Bay Union fort surrounded by…
Every year we spend over $60 billion dollars on dieting in the USA alone. Between Paleo, raw foods, superfoods,…
The letter S appears nowhere in the word “dollar”, yet an S with a line through it ($) is unmistakably the dollar sign.…
Verdingkinder, the German for "forced child labors", also known as contract children, were children taken as wards of…
One of the most curious examples of late-19th/early 20th century "trance mediumship" is that of Catherine-Elise Muller,…
Wonder Woman's real "secret origin" has been revealed thanks to author Jill Lepore's historical detective work, as…
The style of Weird Al Yankovic's newest album cover is meant to evoke a Soviet-era propaganda feel, with a hint of…
And I think it's gonna be a long, long, time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the cat they think I…
Growing up in Wellington, New Zealand, I heard vague rumors about a "death ray" invented just before WW2 by a…
On a crisp April morning in 1931, a sturdy, middle-aged woman strode purposefully up a hillock overlooking the Spot…
Linda Hamilton, Lucy Lawless, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lawrence ... the long list of contemporary female action stars…
Linda Hamilton, Lucy Lawless, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lawrence ... the long list of contemporary female action stars…
Anthony Egerton Castle (1858-1920) was a real Renaissance man; a multi-lingual scholar, historian and champion athlete…
The soon-to-be-released graphic novel trilogy Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst's Amazons will mark the centennial…
According to NatGeo, it looks like there's a good possibility that the 20th century's deadliest pandemic may have…
- Spring Heeled Jack (before any of the others).
The soon-to-be-released graphic novel trilogy Mrs. Pankhurst's Amazons will mark the centennial anniversary of…
In September 1962, U.S. President Kennedy delivered his famous "We choose to go to the moon" speech, at Rice Stadium,…
At the height of the Cold War, a speech for Queen Elizabeth II to read to the nation on the outbreak of Nuclear War was…
What if you met a slight young woman who claimed to be able to overpower the strongest men, due to her mastery of a…
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