History

History is filled with blunders and mistakes so epic that they literally changed the course of humanity. But I’m willing to bet that we don’t even know about a lot of them. So we’re gonna get educated today! What do you think was the biggest mistake in human history? AskReddit users shared their thoughts. 1....

In true Tumblr fashion, this post that began about linguistics somehow devolved in the comments, ending up a discussion on (admittedly fascinating) Icelandic folklore. But since you clicked on this headline, you’re obviously not here for the linguistics, anyway – so, onto the evil whales, yeah? This is how the discussion began, and if you’re...

If I had to pick a favorite type of meme it would be a history meme – they’re jokes anyone who loves history can get and laugh at, and it’s always amusing to poke fun at our ancestors because they can’t yell at us now, right? If you’re a history teacher, all of these memes...

All teachers need a break now and then – some other form of media to teach your class for a day or an hour so you can just zone out and deal with your own crap. Or just not deal with their crap, I suppose. If you’re a history teacher, tuck these 19 memes away for a...

As someone who came of age during the 1990s, I can tell you that they were a crazy – but totally awesome – time to be alive. The internet was like, barely a thing and cell phones were things our parents had and lent to us when we went out for actual emergencies. Fashion was...

If there is a cool kind of nerd in the world, it’s a history nerd. At least, I think so. History is interesting, it’s funny, it’s illuminating, and most of all, it bonds us together in ways we can hardly realize sometimes. If you love history, too, and you love feeling smart and laughing about...

I suppose there are people out there who only know Judy Garland’s name and face and voice from her iconic role as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz. Those people might even be lucky, because they don’t realize how horribly tragic and wasted her beautiful life can seem when you know all of the rest of...

It’s no secret at this point that science has, on several occasions throughout history, gone too far in its pursuit of progress. Unethical experiments have been performed on human beings without the agency to resist, lies have been told, dangerous substances haven’t been protected, and psychological damage has been waved aside, even in rooms with...