10 Popular Animal Myths You Probably Mistakenly Believe

 Posted on June 21, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1211 words  |  Maryanne Delima

Animals have always played a huge role in society. Besides the ones we keep as beloved pets, we love to learn about the vast diversity that nature has to offer. However, there are right and wrong ways to go about this. Watch an Attenborough documentary and learn all kinds of cool things about animals in their natural habitats. Watch cartoons and old movies and get plenty of animal myths and misconceptions that you might still believe to this day. [Read More]

2,000-Year-Old Snake Altar To Greek Gods Of The Dead Found In Turkey

 Posted on June 21, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  742 words  |  Tandra Barner

The altar was found in the ancient Graeco-Roman city of Patara and is shedding invaluable light on the ancient Greek religious practices of its time.Mustafa Koçak/Antalya Bilim UniversityThe ancient city of Patara in Turkey is also known as “the cradle of civilizations.” Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Patara have uncovered a stunning 2,000-year-old altar engraved with a coiled, decorative snake relief. While serpents have proven a ubiquitous symbol across ancient civilizations, this is first discovery of its kind in Patara, which has an intriguing history of its own. [Read More]

21 Stunning Vintage Photos Of New York Public Transit

 Posted on June 21, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  721 words  |  Tandra Barner

Believe it or not, the subway was once the height of refinement. Beams of sunlight stream through the windows at Grand Central Station. Circa 1930. Hal Morey/Getty Images The interior of a subway car including well-dressed female passengers and a uniformed male conductor. Circa 1910.Hulton Archive/Getty Images World War II-era servicemen and other commuters wait for their trains at Penn Station. Circa 1942.Marjory Collins/Library of Congress The Broadway Local subway train stops at an underground station to take on passengers as two NYPD officers and a uniformed train conductor stand with commuters on the platform. [Read More]

21 World War II Myths The History Books Need To Stop Preaching

 Posted on June 21, 2024  |  15 minutes  |  2990 words  |  Noelle Montes

From the 400,000 Axis soldiers on American shores to the real reason the Japanese surrendered, these World War II myths are sure to surprise. Myth: American forces were filled with eager volunteers A large part of the naive yet persistent American notion that World War II was "the good war" is the idea that countless young American men volunteered to fight because they simply knew that it was the right thing to do. [Read More]

9 Torture Chambers Used By History's Worst Serial Killers

 Posted on June 21, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  553 words  |  Valentine Belue

From H. H. Holmes' murder hotel to Madame LaLaurie's house of horrors, these nine lairs of notorious serial killers were the scene of some of the most brutal crimes in history.Though the gruesome murders perpetrated by serial killers can send shivers down the spines of even the most hardened true crime fans, the horror is only worsened when those murders are preceded by terrifying acts of torture. And even among this subset of killers who torment their victims to prolong their suffering, there are those especially sadistic predators who build their own torture chambers in order to inflict maximum pain on their helpless prey. [Read More]

90s Fashion Trends Captured In 44 Iconic Celebrity Images

 Posted on June 21, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1264 words  |  Noelle Montes

Crop tops, high-waisted jeans, and Converse sneakers are just a few '90s fashion classics we still haven't put away. Winona Ryder films the movie Celebrity on Sept. 13, 1997 at 52nd Street and Park Avenue in New York City. Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage/Getty Images Brad Pitt at the 1999 Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Frank Micelotta/Getty Images Johnny Depp on May 5, 1995.The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Sarah Jessica Parker at Rosie O'Donnell's For All Kids Foundation's 2nd Annual White Rose Awards Gala on Nov. [Read More]

Cleopatra's Perfume Possibly Recreated Thanks To Ancient Residue

 Posted on June 21, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  753 words  |  Maryanne Delima

Cleopatra's perfume was so legendary that Marc Antony could supposedly smell the queen from miles away before her ships even arrived on the shores of his kingdom.Wikimedia CommonsMarc Anthony meeting Cleopatra. After centuries’ worth of paintings and sculptures, we have a pretty good idea of what Cleopatra, the storied ruler of ancient Egypt, looked like. But now, we may also know what she smelled like. After years of excavations and study, a group of researchers believe they’ve solved this mystery and actually recreated Cleopatra’s perfume. [Read More]

Cult Leaders So Dangerous And Depraved History Can't Forget Them

 Posted on June 21, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  913 words  |  Noelle Montes

Marshall Applewhite And The Heaven’s Gate Suicides YouTubeMarshall Applewhite, the leader of Heaven’s Gate, in a recruitment video. The cult of Heaven’s Gate preached many things: the existence of UFOs, a transcendental lifestyle on another planet, and some major tenets of Christianity. A bizarre mix of sci-fi and spirituality, the cult’s end was decidedly stranger-than-fiction when nearly 40 people turned up dead in a mass suicide. The man who saw those people to their deaths was Marshall Applewhite. [Read More]

Historical Photos From These Civil Rights Battlefields

 Posted on June 21, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1453 words  |  Tandra Barner

The children behind the landmark lawsuit Brown V. Board of Education that won the right to equal education. Topeka, Kansas, 1953. Getty Images Linda Brown, the lead plaintiff in the Brown v. Board of Education case, sits in a segregated classroom at Monroe School.Topeka, Kansas. March, 1953. Getty Images Linda Brown walks past Sumner Elementary School. Though this school was only seven blocks away from her home, she was not allowed to attend. [Read More]

How Did The Black Plague End? Experts Are Still Working On An Answer

 Posted on June 21, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1384 words  |  Valentine Belue

Centuries after the first wave of the Black Plague killed nearly half of Europe, we are still left wondering how the deadly plague subsided.Wikimedia CommonsPieter Bruegel’s The Triumph of Death reflects the social upheaval caused by the Black Plague. No pandemic in history was as deadly as the Black Plague. From the Middle Ages right up until the 1750s, the Bubonic Plague decimated Europe and the Middle East, wiping out an estimated 30 million people in the first decade alone. [Read More]