Month: February 2014

Most Tolkien aficionados know that the author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and grandfather of the high fantasy ...

Suicide has long been deemed a mortal sin in God's eyes, but that's not the only way that those who ...

In 1978, Afghanistan’s moderate government was overthrown by a coalition of leftist military officers led by Nur Muhammad Taraki. Conservative ...

Although herbs and spices tend to be used interchangeably, they do have important differences. Herbs are only obtained from the ...

Ever had a song stuck in your head? That's unfortunate, but nothing compare to people suffering from musical hallucinations: They ...

“Chemtrail” is a name given to a stream emanating from aircraft in the air that is believed by many to ...

The practice of dressing up as spooky characters originated among the early Christian peoples of Western Europe, from the seventh ...

A nighttime raid by German bombers would have been devastating for Paris and its population. As a countermeasure, the French ...

The British and Irish countrysides are home to thousands of massive standing stones. Some are contained in stone circles while ...

Georgy Zhukov was a Soviet war hero with a serious drinking habit. The man loved Coca-Cola. However, the Soviet government ...

The kraken and Leviathan are often considered vaguely interchangeable sea monsters, but they're actually very different creatures with many misconceptions ...

From homing pigeons to cavalry horses, animals have helped humans wage war for millennia. However, the paradogs of World War ...

JRR Tolkien wrote many more works besides his two most popular (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings). These ...

While there are many different portraits available of Christopher Columbus, all of them are simply the artist's take on what ...

Cemeteries are generally places that attract somber mourners, or those looking for a glimpse into lives past and into their ...

Without a doubt, Joseph Stalin was one of the most evil men of the 20th century, but like everybody else, ...

In 1274, Genghis Khan’s grandson launched one of the most massive invasions in history against Japan. Japan’s samurai code almost ...

Ferdinand Cheval was born in France in 1836, and in 1879, he tripped over a rock. It was a life-changing ...

Back in December 2012, decades of apocalypse rumor reached fever pitch. According to an ancient Mayan calendar, this was it: ...

In 1774, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, of later Faust fame, published his young adult hit, The Sorrows of Young Werther. ...

Major depression occurs when a person experiences depression so severe that it interferes with their daily life, while dysthymia is ...