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 Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published January 25, 2022
The 'Limping Lady' Was World War II Most Underrated Hero 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
The Trial By Combat, Between A Man And His Victim's Dog "God would not let a criminal defeat a dog," said the King. Authors By Ryan Menezes Published January 20, 2022
PICTOFACT 10 Facts About Medieval Cuisine & Diet Panera shouldn't be so proud of their bread bowls. Authors By Shea Published January 19, 2022
Knights Had An Embarrassing (And Dangerous) Risk From Horseback Riding In addition to the expected risks knights dealt with, they also had to worry about fatal butt problems. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published January 19, 2022
Diluting Spices Was Once A Crime Punishable By Death They'd shove that spice down your throat. Authors By Ryan Menezes Published January 19, 2022
3 Thirty Years Later, Nora Dunn Is Still Paying the Price for Boycotting ‘SNL’ When Andrew Dice Clay Hosted