History

2020. Man. What a year. You know. You’ve lived it. Unless you’re reading this article from the future? In which case, pull up a chair. Grab some popcorn, maybe pop a Xanax, and make yourself comfortable. Get ready for the ride of your life, folks. This epic Ant-Man meme attempts to cover all of the...

It’s strange to think just how much has changed in the past twenty years. If you’re over a certain age, it’s strange to think how long ago the year 2000 was, if we’re being honest. Between the rapidly shifting state of the world and the constantly updating of how we use the internet and technology, there are...

Times change. We know that, but in the past, we’ve had a bit more time to get used to those changes before something new comes down the pike. For the past decade, our world and technology have been changing so fast and so often that it can seem like a whirlwind – and these 12...

Unless you’re an etymologist, I doubt you spend your days thinking about the history and evolution of language. With bills to pay, errands to run, and work to get done we don’t all have the time to consider how and why our language has evolved over the centuries. However, some words are worth taking the...

One of the things I really love about Reddit is their ability to ask – and answer – totally random questions as if it were an everyday thing that could actually maybe happen. This one – if you could time travel into the past, but couldn’t bring any physical objects with you, how would you...

When I visited Germany, there was literally nowhere I went where there wasn’t some kind of reminder of the Holocaust. There was no way you could forget it, or forget where you were, and so I don’t think someone would accidentally be able to have a good time somewhere a bunch of people were murdered...

If you needed any further proof that people are completely fascinated by unsolved mysteries and true crime, look no further than the rabid fanbase for Netflix’s revival of Unsolved Mysteries. Not only that, but there are whole television channels that show nothing else all day and all night, and here we are. If you can’t get enough...

We have certain ideas of “old” and “new,” but let me tell you something, dear readers – there really is nothing new under the sun. While we think that we’ve invented all kinds of hip and cool vocab over the past 50 years – and some things pertaining to technology, obviously, are definitely a sign...