Historic

Lists of famous musical instruments often focus on who played the instrument. This list is different. Here, we’ll highlight ten musical instruments…

History is littered with stories and anecdotes about how seemingly insignificant details changed the world. While many of these stories are just…

Right now, the phrase “Middle East” is pretty much synonymous with “gigantic clusterf—k.” But how did things get to be so monumentally…

We all like to try and guess what the future will look like. It’s human nature to dream of the future, after…

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

Ever since the country first appeared in ancient Chinese chronicles, few places can boast as colorful and interesting a story as Japan’s.…

Normal history is already barbaric enough. Behind the wars, disease, and murders that everyone knows, are tales that find a way to…

This list uncovers some amazing feats in architecture and technology, one of which has taken at least a decade to create. The…

The saying goes that history is written by the winners, but what happens when none of the winners can agree on what…

Curses are as old as history, with some fervently believing in their power to generate evil circumstances. The Bible is filled with…