History

It’s easy to get complacent in life. We like to be comfortable, we like to know what to expect every day, and honestly, I don’t think most of us think we’re capable of much more than we’ve got. These 12 people definitely shook off that complacency, though, and made history instead. 12. James Naismith got...

There’s nothing wrong with taking a pause, looking around, and enjoying where you’re at in life. That said, you’ll never be getting your own Wikipedia page listing your many achievements if you get stuck there. Take a page from these 11 people’s books – they definitely didn’t rest on their laurels, and look what they’ve...

If you’re looking for someone to look up to, someone whose life and achievements will motivate you to reach higher and run faster…that can sometimes be tough to find. We’ve got 10 people here though who were built to go the extra mile, and since they might be new to you, prepared to be amazed!...

If you ask me, being “old” really isn’t the horrible state of affairs we feared in our twenties. We have a bit of money, we have space of our own, and now that we’re “old,” no one thinks we’re lame if we want to order takeout and binge Netflix every weekend. If you’re “old,” though...

When you hear the term “gossip,” or “gossiping,” there’s a good chance it’s said in a pejorative tone, or you have an immediately negative connotation in your mind. What if I told you, though, that it used to be something totally different, and that men throughout recent history have demonized the practice for very specific...

We tend to think of well-lit, populated places in the middle of the day as being fairly safe. We let our guards down, we assume nothing bad can happen in public…but listen. Take it from the girl who watches tons of murder documentaries – that’s just not true. If you don’t believe me, listen to...

It’s pretty weird to think about all of the trials and tribulations that previous iterations of human beings struggled through just to make it from dawn until dusk. Their coping mechanisms seem out of this world to us, but for them, it was just daily business. If they could watch us for a day, no...

Some facts never get old, even when you hear them more than once. That’s the thing about knowledge – there’s so much out there to soak up that even cool facts can fall out of your head as fast as they went in, you know? So we think that even if you’ve heard these 18...