The next time you’re doing cardio, consider yourself lucky. Today’s gymgoers have a multitude of clothing options that maximize performance and style. That wasn’t the case years ago. In fact, women in the 1800s exercised in corsets and flow dresses. Talk about making life difficult! According to Atlas Obscura, women in that era exercised in...

Auschwitz and similar concentration (or death) camps have remained largely untouched aside from readying them to put their horrors on display for the public. Recently, historians and other researchers have been working to turn part of Auschwitz into a new exhibition, and they’ve made quite a discovery beneath the flue of a crumbled chimney. Knives,...

Too many of us are spending our hours and lives sitting in front of a laptop day in and day out, and while remembering to get up and walk the dog, get our lunch, or just take a break for a stroll helps, there’s a good chance your back, knees, neck, and other muscles are...

People all over the world have been fighting for civil rights for centuries, without cease. Sometimes, the issues seem to come to ahead (ahem) and the battle line is pushed forward, just a bit, where it inches along until the next giant push. In the late 1970s, in Sweden of all places, being gay was...

I’ll never forget the first time I researched what survivor benefits are like for the families of fallen soldiers are in the United States. I was completely shocked at how little we feel we owe their spouses and their children in exchange for their ultimate sacrifice – it’s a pittance, truly. These soldiers follow orders,...

The ice cream man kind of gets a bad rap, right? There’s just something inherently creepy about a grown man peddling treats to children from a painted van (and honestly, the colors and music kind of make him resemble a clown, which just isn’t a good thing, either). That said, people love food trucks. We...

If you’ve got a yard, chances are you’ve got squirrels. And there’s also a good chance these squirrels are your nemesis, particularly if you have bird feeders set up. Squirrels not only munch on food you put out for birds, but they also rip bark off your trees and taunt your pets. One man decided...