10 Weird Realities Of Aerial Combat In World War I
(via Listverse) This year marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I (1914–1918). By 1914, the airplane was
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World History
How a Special Diet Kept the Knights Templar Fighting Fit
(via Atlas Obscura) Graybeards were thin on the ground in the 13th century. Average life expectancy was about 31 years,
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Monte Testaccio: The 2,000-year-old Garbage Dump in Rome
(via Amusing Planet) It might seem just like an ordinary hill on the outskirts of Rome, but is in fact,
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Why Can’t We Figure Out How the Vikings Crossed the Atlantic?
(via Atlas Obscura) In the 10th century, some Vikings piled into boats and shoved off the shore of what is
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38 Facts About Shakespeare’s 38 Plays
William Shakespeare died 402 years ago this month. His complete works—at least 38 surviving plays (including several collaborations), 154 sonnets, and
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6 Surprising Facts About the First Manned Space Mission
(via Live Science) Fifty-seven years ago, on April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space. Reaching
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7 Scientific Advances That Came out of World War I
(via Popular Mechanics) When we hear about the scientific advances that came out of World War I, which the United
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False things you’ve been believing about Greek mythology
(via Grunge) Greek mythology has been told and retold so many times and for so many centuries that our modern understanding
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Found: A Pair of Boxing Gloves From 2,000 Years Ago
(via Atlas Obscura) The leather items are considered to be the only surviving examples from the Roman era.
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A Definitive Ranking of Every Olympic Mascot
(via The Ringer) A white tiger named Soohorang is the official mascot of the 2018 Winter Olympic games and the
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Where Old, Unreadable Documents Go to Be Understood
(via Atlas Obscura) Linda Watson’s company, Transcription Services, has a rare specialty—transcribing historical documents that stump average readers. Once, while
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Why Are There Only 28 Days in February?
(via Mental Floss) There are 28 days (sometimes 29) in the month of February. The answer as to why may
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