Since 1485, English (and later British) cultural periods have been named after the monarch or group of monarchs who occupied the throne. Each era celebrated triumphs, witnessed disasters, endured inequality, fought for change, made advancements in science...
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The events of the Tudor dynasty have enthralled the public for centuries, none so more than the dominating reign of Henry VIII. The titan figure, who ruled England for 37 years, is known most for breaking the country from the Catholic Church and for his s...
The idea of secret projects such as MKUltra were once considered complete fiction and nothing but conspiracy theories. As were secret projects to influence the weather or the use of remote viewers by such intelligence agencies as the CIA. However, we now ...
When faced with death, people can react in a number of ways. Most respond with fear, others with a weird sense of calm, and some decide at that exact moment that they want to go down in history as totally fearless. 10Michel NeyMichel Ney was one of France...
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. The Germans would have done well to take note of William Congreves writings during World War II. While the efforts of men in war have been well highlighted, we often forget that women played just as large a role in ...
History does not look upon all events equally. The knowledge of most things that have ever happened has disappeared along with the people who witnessed them. Even certain events that felt like they deserved a mention or two get overlooked, not necessarily...
It must have felt great for an explorer to achieve anything in the New World; just making it across the Atlantic Ocean was dangerous enough. Once one had reached the New World, they could really work to cement their name in history. Unfortunately for some...
Since first airing on Fox in 2003, Arrested Development has established itself as a paragon of depth in television comedy. Fans of the show have spent years digging out jokes buried in the background, beneath the narration, within the soundtrack, and ever...
These days, commercial airline travel is often a stressful experience. Between the delays, the ever-changing rules concerning what you can bring on the plane, and those miraculously shrinking seats, the moving walkways leading to the airports parking lot ...
Like Upstairs, Downstairs for the Twitter generation, Downton Abbey brought a bit of British history into the homes of millions of viewers for six seasons, and reinvigorated interest in 20th-century propriety. Though the series ended its small-screen run ...
Superhero movies are bigger than they’ve ever been before, but we arguably wouldn’t be here at all without 1989’s Batman. Produced at a time before comic book movies were considered big business, Tim Burton’s dark look at a superhero then best known for a...
Daily the rate of infections from the coronavirus are reducing in number and more information is emerging about the true statistical dangers and benefits (or not) of lockdowns. Today, New Zealands government will drop the severity of the current lockdown ...
Sometimes tragedies do more than cause death and destruction. Sometimes they detract attention away from other, seemingly lesser events. Big disasterswars, killer hurricanes, assassinationstend to jam our ability to fully absorb concurrent crises. In chro...
According to the Pratfall effect, competent people become more likeable after making small mistakes. After all, everyone is prone to the odd blunder now and again. But some errors are so spectacular that they end up becoming the stuff of legend. For examp...
Extortion not only sullies the reputations of the accused, but it also typically results in serious time behind bars and may include thousands of dollars in fines for the extortionists themselves. Such crimes frequently make the news, especially when thei...
There is a company so large it controls assets worth half of the U.S. GDP, but no matter how hard we tried, we couldnt find its true owners even after scouring the nooks and cranny of the internet. This is not so surprising considering what we found out a...
Three huge UFOs flying very close to the surface of the Moon were captured on a video that circulated on the Internet in April 2020. In the high-resolution footage, the shadows of alien ships can be seen clearly above the lunar surface.Read also:Alie...
Mars has always been a hotspot for NASA’s scientific programs to find evidence of alien life in space. Like the Red Planet, its two moonlets are also the attention-seekers. Over billions of years, meteor strikes on Mars have ejected pieces of t...
For 18 years, Robert Jacobs had been participating in the official United States Government-ordered UFO coverup. He claimed that he had been ridiculed by his colleagues for writing about this cover-up that appeared in The National Enquirer. The cover...
A possibly-Revolutionary-Era cannon, one of two to be dredged off Savannah.Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Other)In late February, the Army Corps of Engineers was working to deepen the Savannah River abutting the city of Savannah, Georgia. Hauli...
