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Jan 31, 2019

Why Do People Ghost?

First, it's just one text that goes unanswered. Then, it's 10. Your calls go to voicemail and the silence grows deeper by the minute. You may start to worry: Could something have happened to your friend? What else could explain their sudden disappearance? Eventually, a social media update or a...

Jan 31, 2019

Someone Decapitated a 'Crusader' Mummy in Ireland and Ran Off with Its Head

The head of an 800-year-old mummy known as The Crusader has been lopped off and stolen from its crypt below St. Michan's Church in Dublin. According to a statement issued by the Church of Ireland, vandals are believed to have broken into the church's underground vaults over the weekend, where...

Dec 31, 2018

Note Penned by British King on Eve of Napoleonic Wars Fetches Nearly $15,000 at Auction

A letter penned by King George III of England on the eve of war has sold for more than $14,000 at auction. The 1803 missive sold for 11,430 British pounds, or $14,670.97, the BBC reported. The anonymous seller really cleaned up, according to the news agency: He or she had...

Dec 31, 2018

Why do people hate Comic Sans so much?

When Vincent Connare invented the typeface Comic Sans in 1994, he never set out to offend anybody. The typographer designed it for some of the first Microsoft home computers: it was intended for the speech bubbles of an animated cartoon dog that would help people navigate the Microsoft Windows interface...

Oct 31, 2020

Ancient burial of fierce female hunter (and her weapons) discovered in Peru

Silently moving in the wilderness of the Andes mountains, ancient hunter-gatherers stalked a herd of vicuña. The hunters threw stone projectile points with ease, hitting some of the beasts and leading the rest to scatter. The vicuñas, wild ancestors of alpacas, fell and the skilled hunters — both females and...

Oct 31, 2020

The true story behind Princess Diana's fairytale wedding in 'The Crown'

On July 29, 1981, Lady Diana Spencer walked down the aisle of Westminster Abbey, London, leading her wedding dress' enormous train past 3,500 guests, including nobility, world dignitaries and royalty. Waiting for her at the altar was Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, eldest son and heir to Queen Elizabeth II....

Oct 31, 2020

2 of Darwin's famous notebooks, including iconic 'Tree of Life' sketch, are missing

A thief may have stolen two of Charles Darwin's notebooks, including one containing his iconic 1837 Tree of Life sketch, according to Cambridge University Library in England. The books were last seen in fall 2000, when they were taken from the uber-secure Special Collections Strong Rooms at Cambridge University Library...

Sep 30, 2020

What was the Black Panther Party?

The Black Panther Party was a revolutionary socialist organization formed in Oakland, California. The party was created in the midst of the Black Freedom Movement, which began in the mid 1950s, according to the book Encyclopedia of Southern Culture (University of North Carolina Press, 1989). Amid continued police brutality and...

Sep 30, 2020

The history of Halloween

Editor's note: The COVID-19 pandemic is still in full swing, meaning that Halloween 2020 must be celebrated differently compared to previous years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published helpful guidelines for celebrating Halloween and other fall holidays in ways that will keep you safe and healthy. Parents...

Sep 30, 2020

Zombie diet: 10 real-life examples of humans eating humans

In any zombie horror story, the undead human corpses roam the world in their hunt for human flesh. Now, we know zombies aren't real, but human cannibalism is far from fictional. Here are 10 real-life examples of human flesh-eaters that are just about as horrifying as zombies. 1. Our prehistoric...

Aug 31, 2020

What did people use before toilet paper was invented?

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, toilet paper was nearly as hard to come by as personal protective equipment. Though toilet paper has existed in the Western world since at least the 16th century A.D. and in China since the second century B.C., billions of people don’t use...

Jul 31, 2020

Ancient stone 'breadcrumbs' reveal early human migration out of Africa

About 130,000 years ago, an early wave of anatomically modern humans — Homo sapiens — left the Horn of Africa and spread north along the center of the Arabian Peninsula, which was wetter and greener than it is now. Their distinctive way of making flint points has been used as...

Jun 30, 2020

Why are humans so curious?

The human craving to know and understand is the driving force behind our development as individuals and even our success as a species. But curiosity can also be dangerous, leading to stumbles or even downfalls, so why does this impulse so often compel us throughout life? Put another way, why...

Apr 30, 2020

Amazing astronomical discoveries from ancient Greece

The Histories by Herodotus (484BC to 425BC) offers a remarkable window into the world as it was known to the ancient Greeks in the mid fifth century BC. Almost as interesting as what they knew, however, is what they did not know. This sets the baseline for the remarkable advances...

Jan 31, 2020

Why is Jerusalem important? A Q&A with historian and author Simon Sebag Montefiore

It is the subject of adulation, divine inspiration and heated controversy, but the history of Jerusalem is as long as it is complex. Considered to be a holy site by Jews, Muslims and Christians alike, the city is thousands of years old and in that time has survived world wars...