During the recession of 2007, many statistics said that the economy was actually worse than the Great Depression and while that might be right as far as financial losses, our security nets prevented it from being nearly...

Oscar Wilde is one of those charming historical characters with a totally tragic life. If you love the author's stories and want to know more about the man responsible or if you are just fascinated by his life in general...

Did you know lightning strikes give you awesome scars? Or that F1 race car drivers have their weight monitored and critiqued more than models? How about the fact that some of the biggest buyers of sand are Arabic countri...

Sure there were horror movies pre-1960, but most h...  ...just looking to enjoy a trip through horror movie history , you won't want to miss this list of the best hor...

Do you think the pyramids were built by slaves? Th...  ...tting married around 12 and 13 throughout most of history ? Yeah, none of that happened and here are the tru...

Who doesn't love creamed egg cassarole in a corned beef crust? Or how about seafood loaf complete with noodles and tuna? Ok, I'm kidding, these are the things nightmares are made of. And if you think they sound bad, just...

This recipe for fried chicken was found in a 1736...  ...nsend and Son, Inc., a business that sells living history products. Their YouTube channel has more on recre...  ...uTube channel has more on recreating 18th-century history in your spare time. -via reddit

Few things feel more frustrating than watching a s...  ...of the most irritating cliffhangers in television history , including Mork and Mindy traveling to the past,...

If you just look at the pictures, you could easily...  ...are in. A lot of people have done that throughout history

An earlier post about Queen Elizabeth celebrating her 90th birthday, plus recent posts about a possibly 120-year-old woman and the death of Joe Medicine Crow remind us that some people have experienced the past and the f...