Historical Facts
The First Thanksgiving: What Happened, When Was It, And What Are They Hiding?
November 24, 2022
Every kid in America has the bullet points of the first Thanksgiving drilled into their heads---turkey, maize, the pilgrims and Native American...
The First Thanksgiving: What Happened, When Was It, And What Are They Hiding?
November 24, 2022
Every kid in America has the bullet points of the first Thanksgiving drilled into their heads---turkey, maize, the pilgrims and Native American...
Springing Forward And Falling Back: The History Of Daylight Saving
November 9, 2022
Daylight savings time. (Anna Blazhuk/Getty Images) All the way back in 1784, American polymath Benjamin Franklin suggested that everybody wake up earl...
Crowd Crush: A Look Back On This Deadly Phenomenon
November 4, 2022
Concert crowd from above, London, United Kingdom. (Susan S. Xie/Getty Images) People love to gather in large numbers to celebrate the things they hold dear, but crowd...
Ben Franklin's Sexploits
November 2, 2022
Benjamin Franklin, oil on canvas by Joseph Siffred Duplessis. (VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images) We often assume America's founding fathers were paragons of morality, but the United States w...
The History Of Werewolves
October 28, 2022
Werewolf illustration. (ilbusca/Getty Images) Human by day and wolf by night, the werewolf is one of the oldest and most horrific beasts of lore. These creatures are sometimes known as lycant...
Wild Facts About Witches
October 19, 2022
Caldron with green mist. (Don Farrall/Getty Images) The iconic image of a witch look may seem like an easy Halloween costume, but have you ever wondered just where the pointy hats, green skin,...
Crazy Trends Throughout Time
October 5, 2022
Harvard student swallows goldfish. (Bettmann/Getty Images) From the cough-inducing cinnamon challenge to the deeply dangerous Tide Pod challenge, it may seem like the Internet is making p...
Rare Facts That Will Alter Your Perception Of Time
August 31, 2022
A view of the pyramids at Giza from the plateau to the south of the complex. (Ricardo Liberato/Wikimedia Commons) Wooly Mammoths Walked When The Pyramids Were BuiltTh...
Interesting Facts About New Mexico
August 24, 2022
Balloon festival, landscape view and sunset. (Busakorn Pongparnit/Getty Images) The Oldest Community In The United StatesBefore the land's colonization by Spaniards in the late 1590s...
Fun Facts About Paris
July 29, 2022
Eiffel Tower with Haussmann apartment buildings in foreground, Paris, France. (Harald Nachtmann/Getty Images) Paris Is Very OldThe history of Paris dates back all the way to the 200s B.C.E., when...
Interesting Facts About Iceland
July 20, 2022
Vik i Myrdal, Southern Iceland. Fields of lupins in bloom and the town church. (Marco Bottigelli/Getty Images) It Was Uninhabited For A Long TimeIt may be impossible to know when Icelan...
A Short History Of Firefighters
July 18, 2022
Firemen fighting blaze with hose. (Ted Horowitz/Getty Images) Humanity's control of fire may date as far back as 400,000 years and is often cited as the first step toward civilization, ...
Alaska: Amazing Facts About The Last Frontier
July 11, 2022
USA, Alaska, Denali National Park, grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) standing, looking at rainbow, rear view. (Johnny Johnson/Getty Images) The Bering Land BridgeScientists esti...
Born – And Died – On The Fourth Of July
July 4, 2022
President Coolidge standing on the south lawn of the White House. (Bettmann/Getty Images) To be "born on the Fourth of July" is to be considered as patriotic as they come, s...
Things You Never Knew Were Invented In New York City
June 29, 2022
A lady wearing a protective mask looks trough a shop window with toilet paper rolls displayed as a pyramid. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) New York City is...
City of Angels: Essential Facts About Los Angeles
June 28, 2022
Los Angeles illuminated against sky at night. (Paul Meneshian/EyeEm/Getty) Origins Of AngelsLos Angeles was officially founded on September 4, 1781, though it was then...