What made these Forgotten Ancients build Glorious Cities only to Burn Them Every 60 Years?
Forget Atlantis, we want to know more about the mysterious, ancient Cucuteni-Trypillians, who were not…
Category Obscure history
There’s a Miniature Earth in the Desert of Arizona with a Very Strange Story
It may sound (and look) like something from a sci fi movie, but it’s a…
The Radium Girls and the Generation that brushed its Teeth with Radioactive Toothpaste
The Radium Girls were so contaminated that if you stood over their graves today with a Geiger…
Even With a Name Like Aloha Wanderwell, You’ve Probably Never Heard of Her
You could say she was the female Indiana Jones, except of course, Indie was a…
In the Grand Scheme of Things
As you can imagine, I collect a lot of images from the internet. And sometimes,…
Sex Worker Brides & the Rise of “Millionaires” in the Twisted Tale of a Forgotten Economic Crash
Once upon a time, in pre-revolutionary Paris, French prisoners were set free under the condition…
The Story behind “Keep Calm and Carry On”
It’s one of the most recognizable posters in the world, an internet meme reinvented thousands…
Don’t Mess With the Jiu-jitsu Suffragettes
It’s Edwardian Era Glasgow, circa 1914, and the stress mounting in St. Andrews’s Hall is…
The Soviet Communist Origins of International Women’s Day
I’ve been informed that the way we celebrate Women’s Day in western society is a little bit weak compared…
The First Man to Reach the North Pole was an African American Desk Clerk the World Forgot
“I think I’m the first man to sit on top of the world,” is not…
UFO Moving Day
I‘m a fan of most of the design that came out of the sixties, but…
How did the Heart Become the Symbol of Love anyway?
Once upon a time, a knight was really pissed off. He had just discovered that…