Month: July 2014

On June 28, 1914, a deranged Yugoslav nationalist named Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, resulting in the unprecedented mayhem ...

While cities all over the world struggle with traffic issues, Beijing, China holds the title of having the worst traffic ...

If there's any book that you would think would make anyone blush it's the Kama Sutra. But in truth, only ...

In 1944, Gisella Perl found herself working in Auschwitz, caring for the sick and injured. The Jewish doctor was also ...

An often-overlooked chapter in the history of slavery was the part played---unwillingly---by the Irish. Alongside the millions of people uprooted ...

Ever seen the movie Fargo? If the answer isn’t “Yah, you betcha,” then you should probably check it out. Widely ...

In the late 19th century, Alexandre Lacassagne was rewriting the way law enforcement looked at crimes and crime scenes. He ...

Health gurus and nutritional experts have been waging a war on artificial sweeteners and the potential long-term health effects of ...

One of the best-known classical composers, Johann Sebastian Bach created some of the most beautiful pieces of music in history. ...

Mom and Dad was a 1945 sex docudrama by producer Kroger Babb. It claimed it had shocking content such as ...

In traditional psychology, it's believed faulty thinking can keep people stuck in depression or cynicism. For instance, a depressed individual ...

Wilhelm Fleiss might have been a doctor, but he had some pretty weird ideas about the human body. This 19th-century ...

Throughout the 19th century, Tammany Hall was one of the most important political organizations of a booming city---New York. It ...

Fritz Haber was one of Germany's great scientific minds during World War I. He had already made invaluable contributions to ...

Doctor Zhivago is one of the all-time classic Russian novels, and it’s also a pretty decent movie. However, there was ...

Throughout the centuries, lightning has been mistaken for many things, from UFOs to the spirits of the dead. There are ...

Abu Raihan al-Biruni was born in what is now Uzbekistan and spent most of his life in Central Asia, miles ...

Think you've got an awesome mustache? Well, your facial fur is nothing compared to the Emei mustache toad's. Once a ...

Lots of people keep diaries and journals, whether it's online or on paper. But Robert Shields took journaling to a ...

Scientists are great, but sometimes their experiments get a little freaky. For example, let's consider the time that a group ...

The more we learn about the human body, the trickier it is to define just what death is. A person ...