Blackmail is about as old as secrets. The idea of someone using secret information to…
Browsing: History
We all love history and here are a host of history lists to prove it. Get your history knowledge in the form of top 10 lists, it is easier on the stomach.
In the past, we’ve covered just how expensive war can get and, as many people…
Few of the fabled heroes of American history are more controversial than Custer. He amassed…
There is no shortage of animal heroes today, from service dogs caring for their owners,…
In 1913, French agricultural engineer Max Ringelmann studied people playing tug of war. His studies…
Throughout history, prisoners of war have sought their freedom by fleeing from their captors, intent…
War has changed a lot over the years. The earliest battles were probably fought with…
We’re quite used to the clean historical model of humans evolving from some manner of…
The generation that fought the Second World War, both overseas and at home, has long…
The sea is a cruel mistress. That’s the poetic way of saying that life out…
Some periods of history are constantly revisited, for various reasons. People love exploring the past…
During the Second World War the US government combined with two other major influencers of…
Inspirational quotes about making mistakes are so ubiquitous that they fill entire books, not to…
The French Empire officially refers to the geopolitical entity set up by Napoleon Bonaparte in…
Whether used to perpetrate evil or break free from the chains of tyranny, warfare has…
The states that formed the Confederate States of America began seceding months before Abraham Lincoln’s…
Now that the US government has acknowledged UFOs exist, modern skeptics and others with a…
There are many heroes of the American Revolution, some of them near mythological figures, such…
The Byzantine Empire was actually the Roman Empire, just further East. It existed from the…
They say that “timing is everything.” It’s not just what you do, but when you…
There’s a famous episode of The Simpsons in which Bart gets a job as Krusty’s…
We envision the history of our cities to be a step-by-step sequence of accomplishments, from…
In the past, we have examined some of the mysterious questions that keep historians up…
Winter storms, those marked with snow, ice, sleet, and whiteout conditions, occur from early fall…