Why Sigmund Freud’s First Visit to America Was Also His Last
As a boy in Austria, where anti-Semitism was alive and growing, Sigmund Freud nurtured a deep love and admiration for the United States. It had begun with a reading of the Gettysburg Address–Lincoln’s ideas about liberty and equality inspired him so much he used to recite it to his sisters–and he spend years going to...
10 Private Investigators Share the Weirdest Cases They’ve Ever Worked On
For most people, zany detective cases are the stuff of TV shows and movies, not reality. But when you work as a private investigator, real life truly is stranger than fiction. On two AskReddit threads, people who have worked in the PI field shared some of the craziest stories from work — at least, the craziest ones...
Incredible Photo Shows 65-Foot Hawaiian Lava Dome
The Mauna Ulu eruption of Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii lasted from 1969 to 1974 – a total of 1,774 days. Back then, it was Kilauea’s longest recorded eruption, producing approximately 460 million cubic yards of lava over those 5 years. It was truly a rare natural phenomenon. Dome fountain of episode 10, October 10–13, 1969,...
16 History Memes That Just Might Teach You Something
For some reason, almost all kids hate history in middle and high school. Personally, I think it has something to do with so many history teachers at those levels being coaches who do the bare minimum in the classroom…but that might just be my own experience talking. I’m someone who grew to love history in...
14 Facts That Are Totally True, but Very Hard to Believe
That moment when someone tells you something, and you have to decide whether or not they’re screwing with you…and find out they’re not. What we’ve got here are 14 facts that are going to send you straight to Google so you can verify. And when you find out we were playing it straight, well, your...
10 Interesting Facts About U.S. Presidents
There have been 45 presidents of the United States of America, each with their own set of challenges, each with their own unique personalities and backgrounds. It’s been almost 231 years since George Washington first took office, and since then our country has been through many turbulent times – but there was always a president...
These 17 History Memes Might Teach You a Thing or Two
Learning new things is always more fun when it comes with a dose of sarcasm, humor, smart-assery, or all three. Which is perhaps why it’s so much more fun to learn history from these meme-makers than it was to try to memorize arbitrary dates for a teacher in high school who probably couldn’t remember any...