Join us on a journey through history's most remarkable tales of accidental innovation
It's time to face facts: People are disgusting. It's not that you're a lazy or unhygienic person, it's just that the human bo...
For nearly 200 years, the Fugate family of Kentucky remained largely sealed off from society as they passed their blue skin f
In the 1600s, some doctors recommended their patients to save their fart in jars and sniff them to help treat exposure to the
In the 19th Century, posing with and taking photographs of dead loved ones was commonplace, allowing people to have a keepsak
The book below appears voluminous, but anyone who thought it has too much text inside is wrong. The interior is crafted into
Chlorambucil - Antileukemia Drug Chlorambucil is an anti-leukemia drug first approved by the FDA in 1957. It's origin go all
In the 17th and 18th century the church banned women singers from performing in church music or on stage. This led to the cas
Her name was Valentina Vassilyev and she was a Russian peasant who lived from 1707 to 1782 and gave birth to 69 children duri
The hydro-electric belt first appeared at the World’s Fair in London in 1851. It was comprised of several batteries and elec
In the 1940s, Mirin Dajo was known for his stage performances, in which he’d stand barechested while his assistant take fenci
Throughout medical history, there have been countless stories of amazing accounts of survival defying logical explanation. On
During the First World War, hundreds of young ladies labored by painting watch dials using luminous radium paint in clock fac
Although they fought on opposite sides, the Union and Confederate forces shared a common enemy: smallpox. At the battle of Ch
Wendy Clark, Coca-Cola marketing executive, once wrote of the man who invented the famous beverage: “a pharmacist who wanted
Between 1855 and 1959 – over 500 years after the Black Death of the medieval times – a new plague pandemic ravaged the globe,
Psychology is perceived as a relatively young science. Since its outset, multiple experiments have already been conducted tha
As part of the U.S. Military Chemical and Biological Warfare Program, soldiers are given LSD while executing close-order dril
The Middle Ages was an era full of interesting history, profoundly rich art, revolutionizing philosophy, some epic heroes, an
Who was Henrietta Lacks? She was a tobacco farmer hailing from southern Virginia who acquired cervical cancer when she was 3