July 2, 1776: The Forgotten Independence Day That Actually Created America
July 2, 1776 was the day America voted for independence. Here’s the messy July timeline behind the Declaration and the birth of the United States.
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July 2, 1776: The Forgotten Independence Day That Actually Created America
Read more: July 2, 1776: The Forgotten Independence Day That Actually Created AmericaJuly 2, 1776 was the day America voted for independence. Here’s the messy July timeline behind the Declaration and the birth of the United States.
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The Bloody Benders: Kansas’ Murderous Innkeepers Who Vanished Into Old West Legend
Read more: The Bloody Benders: Kansas’ Murderous Innkeepers Who Vanished Into Old West LegendThe Bloody Benders lured travelers into a Kansas inn, murdered them, buried them in an orchard, and vanished into Old West legend.
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The Night Witches of WWII: The Soviet Women Who Turned Bad Planes Into Psychological Warfare
Read more: The Night Witches of WWII: The Soviet Women Who Turned Bad Planes Into Psychological WarfareMeet the Night Witches, brave all-female pilots of the Soviet Union who inflicted terror on the Germans during WWII.
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Elias Samuel Cooper’s 1857 Surgery Beneath a Beating Heart
Read more: Elias Samuel Cooper’s 1857 Surgery Beneath a Beating HeartIn 1857, Elias Samuel Cooper removed an iron breech pin lodged beneath a man’s beating heart after boredom, gunpowder, and men left unsupervised did their work.
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The First Phonograph Demonstration: When Science Tried to Strangle Recorded Sound
Read more: The First Phonograph Demonstration: When Science Tried to Strangle Recorded SoundWhen the first phonograph demonstration of Edison’s invention took place in Paris,one skeptical scientist reportedly tried to prove it was fake by grabbing the demonstrator’s throat.
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50 Fun Facts About the 50 States: One Weird, Wonderful Fact from Every State
Read more: 50 Fun Facts About the 50 States: One Weird, Wonderful Fact from Every State50 fun facts about the 50 states, with one weird, wonderful, or surprising piece of American trivia from every state.
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George Washington’s Rules of Civility: The Complete 110 Rules in Plain English
Read more: George Washington’s Rules of Civility: The Complete 110 Rules in Plain EnglishThe complete list of George Washington’s Rules of Civility, translated into plain English with historical context and modern lessons.
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The Oxford English Dictionary’s Darkest Footnote: Dr. Minor of Broadmoor
Read more: The Oxford English Dictionary’s Darkest Footnote: Dr. Minor of BroadmoorThe strange history of the Oxford English Dictionary, from Victorian word hunters to Dr. William Chester Minor’s remarkable role from Broadmoor.
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The Battle of Bannockburn: How Scotland Won With Mud, Pikes, and One Very Unfortunate Axe
Read more: The Battle of Bannockburn: How Scotland Won With Mud, Pikes, and One Very Unfortunate AxeDiscover how Robert the Bruce used mud, pikes, and battlefield smarts to win the Battle of Bannockburn and humble Edward II.
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The Adidas and Puma Rivalry: How Two Feuding Brothers Built Sneaker Empires
Read more: The Adidas and Puma Rivalry: How Two Feuding Brothers Built Sneaker EmpiresExplore the Adidas and Puma rivalry, the Dassler brothers feud, and how one family fight created two global sportswear empires.
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Actor Salary Per Word: Which Movie Star Made the Most for Saying the Least?
Read more: Actor Salary Per Word: Which Movie Star Made the Most for Saying the Least?Which actor made the most money per spoken word? From Jack Nicholson’s Joker to John Wick’s 380 words, learn Hollywood’s actor salary per word.
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18 Weird College Degrees and Courses That Somehow Actually Exist
Read more: 18 Weird College Degrees and Courses That Somehow Actually ExistExplore 18 weird college degrees and courses that sound fake but are real, from pet food science to tree climbing, turfgrass, and Taylor Swift.
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The Little Wooden Cathedral Radio That Taught America to Listen
Read more: The Little Wooden Cathedral Radio That Taught America to ListenDiscover why the cathedral radio became the symbol of Old Time Radio, from Philco’s Baby Grand to America’s golden age of listening.
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The Tartarian Empire: The Internet’s Favorite Lost Civilization That Wasn’t
Read more: The Tartarian Empire: The Internet’s Favorite Lost Civilization That Wasn’tExplore the Tartarian Empire theory, from old maps and real Tatar history to mud floods, grand architecture, and internet pseudohistory.
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The Woman Who Vomited Beetles: A Bizarre Lesson in Medical Certainty
Read more: The Woman Who Vomited Beetles: A Bizarre Lesson in Medical CertaintyMeet Mary Riordan, the woman who vomited beetles in an 1824 medical report, proving that every generation’s “settled science” deserves a little humility.
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