History

  Prisons are some of the worst places on earth. While the goal is incarceration and rehabilitation, the reality is that they’re hellholes meant to strip the humanity of anyone stuck in there. Granted, anyone’s who’s been sent to one, …

Arches Romans didn’t invent the arch, but they sure did perfect it. With a reverence for the Greek architectural order of things, Roman architects built upon that knowledge and took it even further, advancing the technology. Their new arch techniques …

At first glance, this looks like an ordinary day in a small village with people enjoying the sun outside But underneath this ‘peaceful town’ was a big military secret: a Boeing factory During WWII, the U.S. Army designed a whole …

The Codex Gigas is a massive illustrated manuscript that is said to be the written documentation of a devil’s pact with a monk. But really, no one knows exactly what it is or why it was made. Evidence shows us …

  Premonitions and future predictions are real guys, and these stories are evidence of that. Maybe we should listen to our gut more often.     Princess Diana was worried that she’d be in a car accident This beloved princess …

Beauty contest in Cliftonville, 1936 Suntan vending machine, USA, 1949 Water massager for breasts, 1930 A popular method of hair straightening in the 1960s Customers have their legs painted at a store in London, so they can save their coupons …

It was 9th of February, 1893, when a dancer named Mona was the first to fully strip during a dance at now-famous cabaret “Moulin Rouge”. That was the day striptease was born, as the show became insanely popular ever since.

50’s -Headlights Oh, the sweet glorious 50’s. It was a playful decade. Though the Korean War was going on, the United States was still basking in its victory in the second world war. As such, women were finding new ways …