Ambergris — How Rare Whale Vomit Ended Up In Your Perfume
This post was originally published on this siteThrough history, perfumeries have used ambergris as a binding agent. But where exactly does the mysterious ingredient come […]
20 Amazing Vintage Photos of Our Dads Being Awesome in the 1970s and 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteMost dads like to brag about how cool they were back in the day. Well, these dads have […]
How Being Hanged, Drawn, And Quartered Became The Most Brutal Punishment In History
This post was originally published on this siteIn 14th-century England, no crime was worse than trying to betray the crown. So as a warning to […]
Valentine’s Day Murders: Last Photo of the Valentine’s Dance Couple in Durham, 1971
This post was originally published on this site On Valentine’s Day in 1971, 19-year-old Jesse McBane and his girlfriend, 20-year-old Patricia Mann, went to a […]
49 Glamorous Photos of Ginger Rogers in the 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn Virginia Katherine McMath in 1911, Independence, Missouri, Ginger Rogers was an American actress, dancer, and singer, widely […]
How Nakam And Abba Kovner Tried To Kill 6 Million Germans After WWII
This post was originally published on this siteLed by Abba Kovner, the Nakam group of Jewish vigilantes hatched an audacious plan to kill 6 million […]
22 Beautiful Kodachrome Photos That Capture American Life in the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteA beautiful collection of Kodachrome photos from Bousquairol’s Gallery that shows what American life looked like in the […]
Vin Mariani — The Cocaine-Laced Wine Loved By Popes, Thomas Edison, And Ulysses S. Grant
This post was originally published on this siteVin Mariani was advertised to reduce your hunger, aid digestion, cure the flu, and best of all, fill […]
How The Philadelphia Experiment Became Famous Despite Never Happening
This post was originally published on this siteThe Philadelphia experiment on the USS Eldridge remains one of the most famous governmental experiments to date. The […]
Robert Wadlow — The Tragically Short Life Of The World’s Tallest Man
This post was originally published on this siteRobert Wadlow was the tallest man to ever live, and though his life was cut tragically short, it […]
These Amazing Self-Portraits by Joseph Byron May Be the First Selfies Ever Made
This post was originally published on this siteSelfies are a 21st-century thing, right? Well, they certainly got popular in the 2000s, but the first selfies […]
Rare 12th Century Samurai Sword Found In Attic
This post was originally published on this siteThe sword was pulled from the attic decades ago, but a recent ceremonial cleaning revealed it was a […]
How Hitler Took Inspiration From Native American Extermination To Forge His Final Solution
This post was originally published on this siteMany social scientists and historians point to Social Darwinism as a foundation for Hitler’s bigotry. Wikimedia CommonsAdolf Hitler […]
The First Film Taken of Queen Victoria, 1896
This post was originally published on this siteQueen Victoria at Balmoral in September 1896, on the occasion of the achievement of the longest reign in […]
Beautiful Life of Italy in the 1950s Through Piergiorgio Branzi’s Lens
This post was originally published on this siteBorn in Signa in 1928, Italian photographer Piergiorgio Branzi was raised in Florence, a city that “looks stern”, […]
31 Interesting Pictures of American People Posing With State Signs From Between the 1940s and 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteHere is a collection of interesting snapshots that captured American people posing with state signs from between the […]
Salem Witch Trials Facts That Dispel The Widespread Myths
This post was originally published on this siteThese Salem witch trials facts will surprise even the history buffs and prove that these events didn’t happen […]
David Koresh Promised His Followers Heaven — And Led Them Straight To Hell
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the Waco siege, David Koresh and the Branch Davidians spent 51 days under lock by the ATF […]
The Gruesome Crimes Of Albert Fish, The Brooklyn Vampire
This post was originally published on this siteAlbert Fish confessed to a hundred crimes after his arrest, each one of them more depraved than the […]
A Stylish Anonymous Californian at Different Ages
This post was originally published on this siteWomen’s clothes of the 1940s were typically modeled after the utility clothes produced during war rationing. Squared shoulders, […]
Meet Big Nose George, The Wild West Outlaw Who Was Killed And Turned Into Shoes
This post was originally published on this siteFirst, Big Nose George was hanged. Then things got much worse. Wikimedia CommonsGeorge “Big Nose George” Parrott George […]
Portraits of Simone Segouin, the 18 Year Old French Resistance Fighter Who Captured 25 Nazis During the Fall of Chartres
This post was originally published on this siteSimone Segouin risked her life many times during the secret war against the Nazi occupiers, and became famous […]
Rare Photographs of World War I Through Vintage Tobacco Cards
This post was originally published on this siteThe world’s first global conflict, the “Great War” pitted the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman […]
17 Prominent Victorian Mugshots of Manchester Criminal Faces in the 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteImages from the collection of Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives that show the prominent criminal faces in […]
The day a computer beat a chess world champion, 1997
This post was originally published on this siteIt’s 1997, and Garry Kasparov is hunched over a chessboard, visibly frustrated. He’s fidgeting in between turns and […]