Fact: The Bible is best-selling book of all time. It’s also probably the most hotly debated book ever. It has changed the lives of so many people and continues to shape the world in ways that we can’t even fathom. Even if you’ve never read it cover to cover, you’ve probably skimmed the pages while […]
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTBT_ATF’); }); If you know anything about the creepiness of early American history, then you certainly know about the Salem Witch Trials that took place in Salem, Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693. The movement resulted in the brutal killings of 20 women before all was said and done. While the whole […]
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTAT_ATF’); }); Everyone complains about work every now and then. It’s impossible not to. Most people are expected to undergo at least four career changes by the time they turn 32. For those of you looking for a new career path or just standing around the water cooler complaining about your current job, […]
Mass hysteria is basically when a large group of people gets so collectively upset by a threatening delusion, whether real or imaginary, that it essentially takes over. It’s like a horrible game of telephone…but with fear. The result is basically Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds”…without any actual birds. Here are some of the strangest cases of […]
Among the cruelest tactics of war is the use of chemicals to kill or incapacitate soldiers. Mustard gas, or sulfur mustard, is just one of these debilitating agents that is relatively easy to produce, and its blistering effects are incredibly painful. It was developed as early as 1822, but it wasn’t first used until World […]
Do you ever catch yourself sounding like your dad when he used to say things like, “It’s raining cats and dogs!” or “He’s mad as a hatter!”? Don’t worry, these phrases have lasted for hundreds of years because they are so weirdly true to life…no matter the generation. But when…and more importantly, why did they […]
Ah, April Fools’ Day — the famous day during which we all have to make sure our toilet paper is accounted for, refuse to answer calls from numbers we don’t recognize, and generally question anything our loved ones tell us. So how did this stupid holiday even come about? The truth is that it developed […]
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTBT_ATF’); }); It should come as no surprise that stress ages people. Politicians know that all too well. Every four years, liberals and conservatives alike flock to their polling places to cast their votes for the next president. Truth be told, no matter who wins this time around, the person who enters the […]
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTAT_ATF’); }); The people of France thought they could predict the future back in 1901, but now we can confirm that they were certainly not channeling Nostradamus. It’s always fun to try to think about what the future will hold. Hell, just 10 years ago, I never would’ve guessed that I’d be working […]
The world is a strange, strange place…and judging by this, it always has been. People are just weird, and throughout history, what people have done for fun is even weirder. We might screw around on Twitter and Facebook now which is odd when you think about it, but what our ancestors used to do for […]