The Strange, Dark Tale Of The Oxford English Dictionary's Creation By day, the formerly respected surgeon would comb through sentences and curate quotations for the OED. By night, he would “Home Alone” his room with booby-traps. Authors By Zanandi Botes Published January 28, 2022
PICTOFACT 22 Incredible Things That Happened A Century Ago In 1922 Authors By Zanandi Botes Published January 28, 2022
PICTOFACT 12 Curious Trivia Tidbits For Curious Folks Authors By Eli Yudin Published January 27, 2022
The Homer Simpson Gene Shuts Down Part Of The Brain Authors By Ryan Menezes Published January 27, 2022
The Wildest Holiday In History: Gwyl Mabsant The Welsh festival of Gwyl Mabsant was a weeklong party complete with gambling and lots of booze. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published January 26, 2022
Bread Stamps Helped Prevent Fraud in Ancient Rome A simple technology of the time, Roman bakers used special stamps to mark their loaves. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published January 25, 2022
How 200,000 Beavers Took Over Part Of Argentina In 1946, beavers were brought in to help the Argentinian fur trade. Instead, Argentina ended up with more beavers than they ever expected. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published January 24, 2022
The 'Limping Lady' Was World War II Most Underrated Hero Virginia Hall was one of the most successful spies in WWII, but she remains largely unknown today. And that is just how she would like it to be. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published January 23, 2022
Popes On Dope: Pontiffs Rate 6 Popular Drugs The Pope smokes dope, but does he take shrooms? Authors By Dana Larsen Published January 23, 2022
4 Surprising Awful Sides Of Life As A Medieval King Being a medieval king straight up sucked. Authors By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz Published January 21, 2022
The Bonkers (Dumb) Theory: The Middle Ages Never Occurred The Phantom time hypothesis is a stupid theory put forward by German historian Heribert Illig. Authors By Tiago Svn Published January 21, 2022
People Used To Blame Cavities On Evil Tooth Worms Solution? Draw the worm out, with honey. Authors By Ryan Menezes Published January 21, 2022
PICTOFACT 13 Prices We Didn't Know We Wanted To Know Some say it's gauche to talk about money, but they must not have seen these prices... Authors By Shea Published January 20, 2022
In The Middle Ages, Reading Was More Complicated Than We Think Estimates vary on literacy rates in the Middle Ages, but text was everywhere. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published January 20, 2022
4 Miserable Moments In The Daily Life Of A Medieval Peasant The smells. Good lord, the smells. Authors By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz Published January 20, 2022
