10 of History’s Biggest Fails
History is full of amazing success stories, you know the ones I’m talking about. Abraham Lincoln, Japan’s post-WW2 recovery. One hears about those a lot. But what about the disaster...
How a Petty Sibling Rivalry Gave us Adidas and Puma
Conflicts in life are unpleasant. It destroys relationships and leaves a bitter taste in our mouths, so we try to avoid it at all costs. In history, though, conflicts were on...
Meet the 18th-Century Real-Life ‘Gnomes’ Paid to Sit in a Garden, Dispensing Wisdom
[caption id="attachment_6571" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Representation of a garden hermit in Germany in the late 18th century[/caption] It turns out that the garden gnome that we now use to ornament our...
10 Mind-Blowing Facts about Women’s History
1. Alice Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt’s daughter, the firecracker 2. Agnes Sorel, the favorite and the chief mistress of King Charles VII of France 3. Queen Mary I, the first woman...
The History of Cats in Ancient Egypt
[caption id="attachment_6590" align="aligncenter" width="714"] modern-day Egyptian Mau[/caption] The pampered house cats we love so much share a long history with us, one that flowered in Ancient Egypt some 10,000 years...
The 5 Most Mysterious Manuscripts in History
Books and civilization go hand in hand. The earliest writing can be traced back to ancient Sumeria when decrees and documents were inscribed onto clay tablets using a pictographic cuneiform...