There comes a time in every persons life where they glance around a room and consider beating someone to death with a packet of rice or smacking them with a spoon. Most people overcome this urge and move on with their lives, thankfully. However, there hav...
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The race to space has been a group effort over many centuries. However, some pioneers get the lions share of the credit for our achievements, while others go largely unnoticed. Weve already told you about Fritz Zwicky, a brilliant astronomer who was cut o...
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 ...
It may be hard to believe, but having a magnificent beard isnt a requirement for being a pirate. Some pirates broke the macho-male stereotype altogether. Whether they took on Rome or the Royal Navy, these female pirates were among the baddest of the bad.1...
If theres one thing in the entire universe that is equally loved and misunderstood by men, its the female body. Throughout history women have had to contend with ridiculous wrong assumptions about their bodies due to sexism, religious fanaticism, or just ...
Blessed with a number of traits which experts say give them an advantage over men, women make some of the best spies. Better listeners and gifted with street smarts, the women on this list used their guile to help their country in whatever way they could....
Although they havent always been accepted on historys battlefields, women have still played vital roles in a number of wars. While some, like Molly Pitcher, are celebrated heroes, others are remembered ignominiously because they served the bad guys in nat...
Think gay marriage is a new concept? Newspapers from the 1800s reveal this couldnt be further from the truth. Although our 19th-century ancestors seemed to act more surprised when reading such stories, there was always a chance that Harry and Sally mightv...
Although women are often marginalized in history, they have played pivotal roles in a number of societies. Competing in a mans world, some of these female rulers were fiercely protective of their power, even using murder to achieve their goals. Others wer...
When we think of famous prostitutes, we usually think of women. Royal mistresses like Madame de Pompadour or Nell Gwynn, the hetaerae of the ancient world like Aspasia or Phryne, the women of the century demimonde like Marie DuPlessis (immortalized in Ver...
Ancient warfare was dominated by men, who have natural advantages when it comes to wielding a sword, drawing a bow, or dying of dysentery in some squalid camp. But every so often a powerful woman would come along to shock the ancient world by leading her ...
Between the 16th and 18th centuries, tens of thousands of people were executed for witchcraft in Europe. Then as now, witches were typically thought of as female, and most of the victims in the witch trials were women.However, men were occasionally accuse...
Roman gladiators are perhaps some of the most masculine figures in history. However, few people realize that there were also female gladiators (gladiatrices) who fought in the Colosseum. The majority of these women chose to fight. They werent forced into ...
Duels have been commonplace throughout history and have taken many forms. Many centuries ago, it wasnt uncommon to see gallant gentlemen both fall in love with a fair lady and decide to go to the streets with their swords to fight one another till first b...
Spies. Secret agents. Experts of espionage. These exciting and elusive characters have been sparking intrigue in the hearts of us average citizens since James Bond appeared on the big screen in a cloud of mystery and a jet-black tuxedo. Stories of heroic ...
One of the many important achievements of the Soviet astronautics in addition to the first man in space (Yuri Gagarin), the first spacewalk (Alexei Leonov), etc. is the first flight of a woman into space. The first female astronaut was Valentina Tere...
In the course of experiments on beetles, scientists found out that high temperature due to climate change has a bad effect on male fertility and can lead to infertility. Sperm production is declining, and spermatozoa die before fertilization.climate...
In the course of experiments on beetles, scientists found out that high temperature due to climate change has a bad effect on male fertility and can lead to infertility. Sperm production is declining, and spermatozoa die before fertilization.climate...
More In GroupSouth Korean indie studio More In Group is using Hong Kong FilMart to launch its new feature film project 19 39.Director Park Jae-ho is setting a quick turnaround for the comedy-drama movie which has not yet been filmed, but which he pla...
DC Universe fanatics have been awaiting the return of Shazam!. The highly anticipated sequel's release date has been pushed back several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But alas, fans will get an early Christmas gift asShazam! Fury of the Gods wi...