• What Really Happened To The Franklin Expedition

    The "best-equipped and most technologically advanced Arctic expedition to that date" set sail on May 19 with a crew of 134 men and enough provisions to last three years. Despite the planning and care that went into preparing for the journey, the boats disappeared just two months later.

    By Karen Corday September 12th, 2020 Read More
  • The True Meaning Of The Dendera Light

    The Dendera light is a motif carved into the walls of the Hathor Temple in Dendera, Egypt. The image, depicted across three stone reliefs inside the temple, shows a unique depiction of what, at first, looks to be a light bulb shaped like a Crookes tube, with a cord snaking through the middle.

    By Aimee Lamoureux September 11th, 2020 Read More
  • Why The Moon Is Drifting Away

    The Moon is not actually quite as attached to us as you'd think. In fact, it's ever so slowly inching away from Earth, like a guest at an awful party tactically maneuvering toward the exit.

    By Pauli Poisuo September 11th, 2020 Read More
  • The Cabbage Farmer Who Became Emperor Of China

    Zhu took on the name Hongwu and claimed he had the divine right to rule, becoming an absolute monarch. Wary of losing his throne to violence -- after all, he took it by violence -- he stamped down rebellions and even established secret police.

    By Emilia David September 11th, 2020 Read More
  • The Mystery Of The Klerksdorp Spheres

    They're classified as pyrophyllites, a layered silicate formed by hydrothermal alteration (i.e., they dried out). Despite their names, they're not, in fact, spheres, but somewhat flat, oval, and some have three parallel lines across their length. The kicker? They're about 3 billion years old.

    By Richard Milner September 11th, 2020 Read More
  • The Japanese Swordsman Who Turned Into An Artist

    This legendary swordsman, like all samurai, began his training when he was a wee one, and he wasn't much bigger when he attained his first victory. As The Karate Lifestyle relates, Musashi fought his first sword duel at the age of 13, defeating a fully trained, adult samurai in single combat.

    By Nick Vrchoticky September 10th, 2020 Read More
  • The Truth About The Invention Of Time Zones

    Think of a sundial, which catches the light and deploys a shadow to tell the viewer what time it was. In practical terms, this meant each village operated under its own solar time, because their relative position to the sun was unique, which in turn produces an individualized time.

    By Felix Behr September 10th, 2020 Read More
  • What You Need To Know About The Milgram Experiment

    Milgram believed his experiment proved that ordinary people, when directed by an authority figure, would behave in ways that ran counter to their own moral or ethical beliefs. In October 1963, he published his findings in the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology.

    By Aimee Lamoureux September 10th, 2020 Read More
  • The U.S. Race Riots History Forgot

    The United States has had a long, sad history of racial violence, and shockingly, few of these incidents are widely remembered. There are the U.S. race riots history forgot.

    By DB Kelly September 10th, 2020 Read More
  • The Mystery Of The Etruscans

    One of the most advanced civilizations outside of Greece is also one of the most mysterious. The Etruscans lived in Italy, in what is now Tuscany, but researchers are only now starting to piece their history together.

    By Emilia David September 10th, 2020 Read More
  • What You Don't Know About Mark Twain's Famous Friendships

    Writer and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name, Mark Twain, was called "the Dean of American literature" and "the greatest American humorist of his age" and his books are still widely read today. Here's a look at some of his famous friendships.

    By Karen Corday September 10th, 2020 Read More
  • Why Albert Einstein Turned Down The Presidency Of Israel

    A country once wanted to make him its president, simply for being Albert Einstein. The country in question was the newly-founded Israel, and when their first president, Chaim Weizman, died in 1952, the country promptly reached out to the Jewish Einstein and offered him the presidency.

    By Pauli Poisuo September 9th, 2020 Read More
  • The True Story Of The Norwegian King Who Stood Up To Hitler

    King Haakon told his cabinet that, if they disagreed with his decision, he would not stand in their way. If they gave in to the Germans, however, he would have no choice but to abdicate the throne, according to the Royal House of Norway. The government unanimously took his side.

    By Aimee Lamoureux September 9th, 2020 Read More
  • The Secret Hiding Inside The Rock Of Gibraltar

    This politically important island hides more than you can imagine. Inside the Rock of Gibraltar lies a maze of tunnels. Tunnels that became of great importance for the British during World War II and marked the Rock, as it's sometimes called, as a staging area for troops.

    By Emilia David September 9th, 2020 Read More
  • The Real Reason They Stopped Putting Missing Kids On Milk Cartons

    Patz's widely publicized disappearance made media headlines and grabbed the nation's attention. Concerned parents began pushing for a nationwide system to track missing kids, eventually forming the Missing Children Milk Carton Program in 1984. The program was soon adopted nationwide.

    By Aimee Lamoureux September 9th, 2020 Read More
  • What Life Was Like For Women In Ancient Mali

    Regarding the role of women in ancient Mali, there is, unfortunately, very little firsthand information. Much can be inferred, and insight comes from Ibn Battuta, who, according to Britannica, was a traveler and author of the medieval Muslim world who traveled 120,000 kilometers during his life.

    By Richard Milner September 9th, 2020 Read More
  • The Weirdest Deaths From Ancient History

    From domestic life to war, from private passions to public performance, the lives of ancient people have suddenly ended in the most unexpected ways. Here are some of the weirdest deaths from ancient history.

    By S. Flannagan September 9th, 2020 Read More
  • This Is The Oldest Building In The US

    According to Oldest.org, Taos Pueblo is the oldest still-standing structure in the United States, with an estimated build date of sometime within 1000 CE and 1450 CE. The Pueblo is made up of a series of homes and ceremonial buildings built from adobe, a material composed of earth, water, and straw.

    By Karen Corday September 8th, 2020 Read More
  • The Worst Thing FDR Ever Did As President

    Despite his legacy for legislating the New Deal that enabled America's prosperity post the Second World War, Franklin Delano Roosevelt also signed the order that allowed for the internment of Japanese Americans, as well as German and Italian Americans, during the war.

    By Felix Behr September 8th, 2020 Read More