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How Shakespeare Invented The World’s First “Your Mom” Joke

Who invented “yo mama” jokes? It’s not the kind of…

By Maria Cruz Nov 12, 2025
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20 Longest Journeys Ever Undertaken on Foot

From Horizon to Horizon. There’s something almost mythic about walking…

By Cameron Dick Nov 12, 2025
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20 Weird Origins Of Everyday Words

Switching The Meaning. You don’t always need to understand a word to use it, but it sure is fascinating! In the criss-crossing of language, ideology, and history, we have so many words that come from 5 other words. Alternatively, a specific idea or person just…

By Breanna Schnurr

Remembering Laika, The Sweetheart Stray The Soviets Shot Into Space

The first creature to orbit the earth (apart from aliens,…

By Ashley Bast Nov 7, 2025
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Siegfried Idyll: The Stunning Classical Piece That Originated On A…

On the morning of December 25, 1870, the villa of…

By Chase Wexler Nov 7, 2025
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David Horowitz And KNBC: How A Hostage Situation Happened On…

It was supposed to be just another afternoon at KNBC’s…

By David Davidovic Nov 7, 2025
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The Fascinating (And Frightening) History Of The Paris Catacombs

Beneath the romantic streets of Paris lies a world that…

By Chase Wexler Nov 7, 2025
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20 Longest Championship Droughts in Sport History

Will the Guardians Ever Win a Championship?. Being a sports…

By Rob Shapiro Nov 12, 2025
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Laughter Isn’t The Best Medicine. How Hysteria Took Over A…

OurWhisky Foundation on UnsplashOn January 30th, 1962, an all-girls boarding…

By Breanna Schnurr Nov 11, 2025
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The Love Triangle That Ended In The Trial Of The…

Evelyn Nesbit was a 20th-Century Helen of Troy. Considered the…

By Ashley Bast Nov 11, 2025
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How Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Became Such A Literary Classic

Author Mary Shelley; publisher Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones…

By Rob Shapiro Nov 11, 2025
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The One Catastrophe That Almost Ruined NASA

Every generation remembers a moment that stopped the world mid-breath. For NASA, it was the Challenger disaster on a freezing…

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Laughter Isn’t The Best Medicine. How Hysteria Took Over A Girl’s School In 1962

OurWhisky Foundation on UnsplashOn January 30th, 1962, an all-girls boarding school in Kashasha, Tanganyika, witnessed one of the oddest types…

Nov 11, 2025

When Robert Gould Shaw Fell in Battle, No One Retrieved His Body

Whipple Studio, 1847 - 1873 on WikimediaColonel Robert Gould Shaw was the 25-year-old leader of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, one…

Nov 11, 2025

10 Countries With The Lamest Origin Stories & 10 With The Coolest

Some Nations Rose In Glory—Others In Paperwork. Not all nations were forged in epic battles. While countries with diplomatic beginnings…

Nov 10, 2025

The One Catastrophe That Almost Ruined NASA

Every generation remembers a moment that stopped the world mid-breath. For NASA, it was the Challenger disaster on a freezing…

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The One Nobel Prize Nominee History Completely Forgot About

Harris & Ewing on WikimediaThe Nobel Prize in physics is…

By Emilie Richardson-Dupuis Nov 7, 2025
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Siegfried Idyll: The Stunning Classical Piece That Originated On A…

On the morning of December 25, 1870, the villa of…

By Chase Wexler Nov 7, 2025
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Lord Byron And Lady Lamb: History’s Messiest Love Story

The name Lord Byron instantly brings to mind scandal, heartbreak,…

By David Davidovic Nov 7, 2025

The Underrated Composer History Forgot About

Mather Brown on WikimediaToday, few people, even those who consider…

By Ashley Bast Nov 4, 2025
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Plumbers & Firefighters: Why Professional Athletes Once Juggled Day Jobs

Before athletes became millionaires, many were just ordinary workers with…

By Chase Wexler Nov 4, 2025
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