History

Rules are funny things, I think. Some people relish playing by them, others love to flaunt them at every opportunity, and others kind of walk the line, picking and choosing which apply to them based on the moment. As long as you’re not the first person, you’re open to exploring loopholes in society where you...

A lot of men and women from the past have had their names dragged through the mud after they’ve passed on. Some obviously deserve every bad word that was ever printed about them, but some people have been unfairly judged by history…until today. Because these folks are gonna set the record straight! AskReddit users talked...

They say that history is written by the victors and boy, ain’t that the truth? And yes, a lot of history’s “bad guys” have that reputation because they were terrible people, but there are some men and women from the past who have gotten a raw deal in the history books. What “bad guys” from...

Oftentimes when we look back on history, it can be tempting to see the good parts. The things that seem better than they are now, especially for those who were well off in one way or another. The times we live in are great, but when you’re living in it every single day, the bad...

If you’re a person of a certain age – a person who was using Microsoft Office’s suite of products back in the aught’s, for example – you might remember the little paper clip that would pop up offering to give you tips or answer any “help” type questions you might have. You could hide him,...

Who doesn’t love the idea of going about our business on any given day and stumbling across something super cool, a little slice of life that makes us feel connected to the people around us – or those who came before us? I know I do, and I’m always on the lookout for stuff like...

If you’re a history nerd like me, you probably dream about stumbling upon something totally cool, some artifact of life gone by, in an attic or a basement or in one of those thrift shops no one understands why you just have to check out. You get it, right? If you know, you know –...

I really can’t imagine what life would have been like in middle school and high school if my friends and I had a phone in our pockets all the time with cameras and social media. Ugh, it makes me shudder just thinking about it! But, all things change and obviously, the Internet has done incredible...