15 People Talk About Things They Were Into Before They Became “Cool”
You’ve no doubt heard people brag (or humblebrag) about being into certain things before they hit the mainstream. Movies, music, artists, etc. People always like to make sure that everyone out there knows that they were into it WAYYYYYY before it got popular. But some people really were into stuff before everyone else knew about...
People Discuss Widely Accepted Facts That They Think Are Wrong
I have to admit, the war on facts and the war on science that we’re currently witnessing scares the hell out of me. I’m all for people having their own opinions about every matter under the sun, but when you blindly reject facts that are right in front of your face, there are bound to...
16 Historical Facts That Will Make You Want to Go Back to Class
Okay, not really, because it seems like they never teach you the good history in class. If they did, everyone would love it. Universities would be overrun with history majors, and listen – I don’t think that would be a bad thing, because too many people are out there living like the past doesn’t come back around...
“Weird History” Twitter Account Will Make You Wonder Why You Ever Thought History Was Boring
As someone who fell in love with, and studied, history in college, I can promise you one thing is true: the fact that so many people “hate” history class when they’re young has nothing to do with the subject, and everything to do with the instructors/curriculums. There are plenty of fascinating, funny, relatable, AND important...
16 Images From the Days of Fast Food Past, Just for the 90s Kids Among Us
I know kids today love going to McDonald’s and Chick Fil A and all the rest, but hear me out – those places are nowhere near as awesome as the iterations we visited as kids. The outdoor playground at McDonald’s, full of metal stairs that could cut open a skull and bars that effectively imprisoned...
This One Time an Astronaut Smuggled a Corned Beef Sandwich To Space
I write a lot of articles, y’all, but that’s definitely one of the best headlines I’ve ever had the privilege of typing. This tale begins with astronaut John Young. The 9th person to walk on the moon, Young enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut before – or after – him at NASA, flying 6...
How a Single Tumblr Thread Implodes the Conservative Image of Humans Past
For some reason, people have this idea that all, or at least most, past humans were super prim, proper, and conservative. Though this isn’t true, so many people believe it’s true that authors, filmmakers, and artists of all sorts are basically unable to write the truth because what’s real would generally read as anachronous to the average...
This Scotch Whiskey Was Salvaged From an 80-Year-Old Shipwreck and Went up for Auction
Here’s something I didn’t know until today – there’s a whole category of booze known as “sunken scotch,” and it’s all been recovered from the cargo holds of wrecked ships. Pretty cool, you have to admit, and the prices these casks and flasks fetch at auction is no joke. The latest find, which was dredged...