History

Everyone seems to love science these days. For most this means liking quotes and pretty pictures on Facebook because real science tends to complex and boring to outsiders. Still, there are a few theories the show up from time to time that will blow your mind.

As long as man has been able to mix together chemicals, he’s been blowing the heck out of anything that moves. About seventy years ago, he hit the apotheosis

Desperate times call for desperate measures, or so the old cliché goes, and war is the most desperate time of all. But if you're too desperate you end up with weapons that simply don't work. Here are only ten such examples.

Heads: barring some sort of tragic motorcycle accident, we've all got one. But sometimes something as common as the bones necessary to our existence can

A lot of people are familiar with Grigori Rasputin, a mystic from Russia who became friends with Tsar Nicholas II and his family in 1905. He was known as a strange and mysterious man with a bad reputation, who discredited the Russian royal family. Some believed Rasputin was a prophet, while others thought he was merely a drunk swindler. Rasputin's influence on the imperial family started to grow,

Have you ever misplaced your keys? How about the remote control? Maybe forgot where you parked your car? It’s a pretty frustrating thing, isn’t it? I

There have been rumors of possible instances that someone has sold their soul to the devil. Musicians and writers, alike, are often accused of making a pact

Americans love the Stars and Stripes and a lot of that is due to the history of the US and the meaning of what the flag represents. It is one of the most famous flags and symbols on this planet that has also been planted in space, however, there are a lot of things that people don’t know about the flag. Here are some interesting facts that will definitely surprise you.

It’s one of the better documented parts of European history, yet much of what we know about the Middle Ages isn’t true at all.

A natural disaster is a horrible thing. Tornados, earthquakes, tsunamis… they can ruin, disrupt and end millions of lives. And as if that weren’t enough, they can sometimes alter the very course of human history.