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Odd Ancient Beliefs and the People Who Practiced Them

Odd Ancient Beliefs and the People Who Practiced Them

Before modern technology and scientific methods, ancient humans used their imaginations to answer life's biggest questions.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wtf

21 Cool and Groovy Photos From History

21 Cool and Groovy Photos From History

Everybody likes looking through a nice collection of fascinating photos, but these 21 cool snaps have the added benefit of bringing historical context with them.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Ftw

49 Historical Photos of Crash Test Dummies Through the Years

49 Historical Photos of Crash Test Dummies Through the Years

Crash test dummies have a long and violent history.

By Neill Lynskey

Featured 11 months ago in Funny

Belly Up to These 30 Photos of Cool Basement Bars

Belly Up to These 30 Photos of Cool Basement Bars

No man cave is finished until it has a decked out basement bar.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

Historical Moments That Happened At the Same Time

Historical Moments That Happened At the Same Time

Wanna feel your brain break?

By lizalikeminelli

Featured 11 months ago in Funny

20 Nostalgic Photos From When Special Forces Dressed Like Substitute Teachers

20 Nostalgic Photos From When Special Forces Dressed Like Substitute Teachers

It's not about what you look like, it's about what you can do.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

Photos, Headlines, and Cartoons From 100 Years Ago

Photos, Headlines, and Cartoons From 100 Years Ago

The only thing better than partying like it's 1999? Memeing like its 1924.

By Carly Tennes

Featured 11 months ago in Ftw

Fascinating Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1964

Fascinating Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1964

Groovy!

By Carly Tennes

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

24 Colorized Historical Photos From a Colorful Past

24 Colorized Historical Photos From a Colorful Past

We all know the past didn't happen in black and white, but we're sometimes forced to see it that way.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

17 Beloved Historical Figures Who Weren't That Great

17 Beloved Historical Figures Who Weren't That Great

Values have changed over time, but these people were awful regardless.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

20 Historical Photos that Show the Life of the Harlem Hellfighters

20 Historical Photos that Show the Life of the Harlem Hellfighters

The Harlem Hellfighters spent 191 days on the front lines during World War I, more than any other American regiment.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

20 Times When 10-Cent Beer Night at a Baseball Game Caused a Brawl

20 Times When 10-Cent Beer Night at a Baseball Game Caused a Brawl

On June 4, 1974, the Cleveland Indians asked the question, "What happens when you give an entire stadium of sports fans 10-cent beer?" The answer was, one of the worst nights in baseball history.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

Little-Known Facts to Help Broaden Your Horizons

Little-Known Facts to Help Broaden Your Horizons

Did you know that humans built the great Pyramids while woolly mammoth were still roaming the Earth?

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Ftw

Seemingly Surreal Historical Events That Did Happen

Seemingly Surreal Historical Events That Did Happen

Sometimes history is stranger than fiction.

By Carly Tennes

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

10 Anticlimactic Historical Events Not Really Cool

10 Anticlimactic Historical Events Not Really Cool

For every moon landing there is a Y2K.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

24 Rarely-Seen Photos of the Pearl Harbor Attacks

24 Rarely-Seen Photos of the Pearl Harbor Attacks

On December 7th, 1941, Imperial Japan dealt the United States a devastating blow.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

Important Historical Events, Explained Poorly

Important Historical Events, Explained Poorly

I guess you could say Abraham Lincoln had a rough night at the theater ...

By Carly Tennes

Featured 11 months ago in Funny

21 Colorized Photos Showing Life From the Days of B&W

21 Colorized Photos Showing Life From the Days of B&W

When looking at older historical photographs, there is always one thing missing; the color in which we live our lives.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

Historical Figures Whose 'Ghosts' Still Haunt Us

Historical Figures Whose 'Ghosts' Still Haunt Us

Wherever there is a suspicious death or some troubled history, ghost stories follow.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

Wishful Gas Prices From Back Driving Was Affordable

Wishful Gas Prices From Back Driving Was Affordable

Gas prices. They're one of everyone's favorite things to whine about, and for good reason.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Ftw

Fascinating Historical Photos With Stories Behind Them

Fascinating Historical Photos With Stories Behind Them

We've already lived through plenty of our own history.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

14 of History's Most Embarrassing Moments

14 of History's Most Embarrassing Moments

Even our forefathers have had their fair share of gaffes.

By Carly Tennes

Featured 11 months ago in Facepalm

Nifty Photos of What the World Looked Like In 1970

Nifty Photos of What the World Looked Like In 1970

Groovy!

By Carly Tennes

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

Old-School Raceways Bringing the Speed On Dirt

Old-School Raceways Bringing the Speed On Dirt

If you were a prohibition era moonshine runner, then you needed a fast car. Why? To escape the cops, and look dang cool while doing it.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

Vintage Frisbee Players Making it Cooler Than it Is

Vintage Frisbee Players Making it Cooler Than it Is

Bearing awesome 'staches, the shortest of shorts and the highest of socks, it's hard to look cooler than these 70s freestyle slingers.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

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