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Night Soil Men Were the Unsung Heroes of Urban Sanitation
While city life has its charms, it's not without its problems -- and some of those problems are real stinkers. In the days before widespread sewage s…
6 years, 1 month ago
The Tiny Spanish Town That Went To War With France For 100 Years
Located two hours' drive inland along a winding potholed road from Almeria on Spain's southeastern Mediterranean coast, the small town of Lijar, Spai…
6 years, 1 month ago
The Great Diamond Hoax - Part 2
The California Gold Rush of the mid-1800s did more than just move hundreds of thousands of people across the continent -- it also convinced these peo…
6 years, 1 month ago
The Great Diamond Hoax - Part 1
The California Gold Rush of the mid-1800s did more than just move hundreds of thousands of people across the continent -- it also convinced these peo…
6 years, 1 month ago
'Mad' Jack Churchill: The Bagpipe Playing Soldier Who Hunted Nazis with a Longbow - Part 2
It sounds like something straight out of a Tarantino film -- a bloodthirsty, eccentric soldier welding a longbow and claymore against Nazis, then cel…
6 years, 1 month ago
'Mad' Jack Churchill: The Bagpipe Playing Soldier Who Hunted Nazis with a Longbow - Part 1
It sounds like something straight out of a Tarantino film -- a bloodthirsty, eccentric soldier welding a longbow and claymore against Nazis, then cel…
6 years, 1 month ago
Erasto Mpemba: The High School Student Who Disproved Thermodynamics
Let's say you put two containers of water in a freezer. Water in one container is at room temperature, while water in the other container is hot. Whi…
6 years, 2 months ago
The Straw Hat Riots of 1922
The world of fashion has historically been a landmine of strange, seemingly arbitrary rules, from when to wear white around labor day to what constit…
6 years, 2 months ago
The Legend of Tarrare, the Insatiable Glutton Who Ate a Quarter of a Cow Daily
What's the craziest thing you've ever eaten? Odds are you have nothing on the legendary Tarrare, the infamous Frenchman famous for eating everything …
6 years, 2 months ago
Why Genghis Khan's Great-Great Granddaughter Was Just as Badass
Khutulun was the warrior daughter of Kaidu, and the great-great granddaughter of Genghis Khan. While she was fearless in battle and an accomplished h…
6 years, 2 months ago