History

Many inventions and discoveries perceived to be modern phenomena have been with us for a very long time. One sometimes stands in…

Finding treasure—who wouldn’t want to do that? We’ve all heard about treasure hunters diving among sunken ships or adventurers seeking hidden gold…

Meetings are not usually interesting. Anybody who has worked an office job knows that there are far too many of them. Some…

They say “hindsight is 20/20.” As with some clichés, this one couldn’t be more true when it comes to some people’s attitude…

From the late 1960s until the late 1990s, Northern Ireland was a killing field, one whose tentacles often extended to the Republic…

Contrary to popular belief not all wars took years to come to a conclusion. In fact some took minutes, days and even…

Riots have occurred in many places for many reasons, but they are often sparked by serious and significant situations, circumstances, or events:…

Two of the names on this list are well-known. However, the others are lesser-known but no less as important. All these inventions,…

There are many heroes of the American Revolution, some of them near mythological figures, such as Molly Pitcher, Paul Revere, and Nathan…

One of the most reviled and macabre professions within human history is that of the sin-eater from the Victorian era. With job…