“Crakow”, or “Poulaine Shoes” are a type of shoes with bizarre pointy tips and an elongated appearance, which took their name and origins from Krakow, the capital of Poland. You’ve probably seen them if you have ever read medieval books with pictures or looked closely at medieval art. They’re hard to miss. A popular and […]
There are plenty of reasons why the roaring 1920s are awesome: flappers, swing dancing, the Nineteenth Amendment, the debut of Mickey Mouse, and of course, jazz. For those of us who can’t get over The Great Gatsby or the awesome fedoras and flapper dresses, here are some common twenties slang words and phrases that are […]
These facts might be hard to believe that they are 100% true! Get ready to be utterly amazed. 1. When pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, in New Mexico, you could already stay at a hotel and eat at a restaurant (1620). 2. Picasso died the same year Pink Floyd released “Dark Side of […]
These ancient jokes are NSFW, and you may not understand all of them – time has inevitably changed language, making it difficult to infer exact meaning from writing. Nevertheless, you are now about to read some of the oldest dirty jokes known to man. These jokes go back thousands of years, but arguably still hold […]
Who discovered America first? Was is Columbus? Was it Leif Erikson? Or was it Bjarni? Scholars believe that Bjarni Herjólfsson, a Viking merchant sailor, was the first European to “discover” America, when he left on a voyage in 986 A.D., but for a very odd reason, he didn’t land. Looking for dad Bjarni visited his […]
