Tumblr Thread Breaks Down How Fierce Medieval Battle Tactics Really Were
However you feel about warfare and fighting, it’s difficult to deny that people have definitely come up with some pretty incredible battle tactics. People are especially inventive during the Medieval Period or Middle Ages. This Tumblr thread breaks down a few of the more powerful, surprising, and downright fierce Medieval battle tactics that existed. For...
Will History Repeat Itself? ‘Do’s and Don’t’s’ From the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
When it comes to pandemics, we’ve been here before—exactly 100 years ago. But have we learned anything since then? From 1918 to early 1920, the world was held captive by a virus known as H1N1, or the Spanish Flu. Like COVID-19, it spread across the globe within a matter of months. When it was all...
Finland Used to Supply Its Army With Amphetamines and the Story of One Soldier Is a Must Read
Amphetamines were discovered in the late 19th century, and were often used to treat asthma at first. But by the early 20th century, their ability to energize our nervous systems made them very popular for other reasons. It might surprise some, but countries used to give their soldiers amphetamines. In fact, the US gave the...
10 Great Fact That Will Make You Stop and Think
We live in a crazy, busy, hectic world, and it can be hard to get out of our fast-paced routines to think about anything else. And that’s where we like to come in! We consistently present you with great fact sets that get you out of your routine and expose you things you might not...
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People Talk About What They Miss About the 2000-2009 Internet
The Internet changes so rapidly that things that seemed so cutting-edge and fresh even a few years ago now look dated and kind of stale. So let’s go ALLLLLL the way back to the glorious years of 2000-2009 and take an awesome trip down memory lane, okay?!?! People on AskReddit got all nostalgic about what...
15 People Discuss Unsolved Mysteries That They Find Very Intriguing
As someone who has always been interested in crime and weird history, reading about unsolved mysteries has long been a hobby of mine. There are so many out there to dive into and get lost in that it can be overwhelming. But I’m gonna try to get to the bottom of all of them! If...
People Talk About Fascinating Mysteries That Were Never Solved
Like many people of my generation, I grew up DEVOURING the TV show Unsolved Mysteries in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. Not only were the stories interesting and creepy, but Robert Stack’s narration always added an extra layer of terror that gave viewers the shivers. I loved it and I still love it! And now...
These Interesting Mysteries Were Never Solved… and They Might Give You the Creeps
There’s something about an unsolved mystery that just grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go. This happens when you read about them or watch TV shows or documentaries about mystifying stories that, for one reason or another, can’t be explained. And there are so many out there that it would be impossible...