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While most of us are familiar with, and enjoy watching, the summer and winter Olympics, fewer people are familiar with an event…

Jackie Robinson famously broke baseball’s color barrier as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. But he’s not alone in having…

We often assume that those who lived before us were inferior in intelligence and accomplishments, especially when we think of ancient medicine.…

Author Peter McAllister wrote a book called Manthropology: The Science of Why the Modern Male Is Not the Man He Used to…

We’ve told you before about the many important items our species has managed to somehow lose over the years. But a few…

Slavery stretches back as long as human civilization (or perhaps even longer) and stretches forward to the 21st century (the current slave…

As summed up by Homer Simpson, the most important philosopher of the 20th century: Beer is the cause of and solution to…

There are different kinds of quack doctors. Some are just out to make a quick buck and prey on the sick, while…

Ancient cultures have been practicing healing arts for as long as we have written historical records. Many of these practices eventually led…

China is known for many things, but they’re perhaps most infamous for their counterfeit items. From clothes to bags to electronics—even whole…