Ikea will make you sit down and cry
09-20. On this day in 1519, Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain with 270 men on five ships, beginning a
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Joe Ditzel Has Some Problems
History
And that’s how she discovered he was cheating
09-16. Today in history – in 1908 William C. Durant, a carriage maker, founded GM in Flint. By the 70s,
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Headline I didn’t expect to see today: Boy accidentally topples 3,500-year-old jar to the ground, smashing it into thousands of pieces on museum visit
Headline I didn’t expect to see today: Boy accidentally topples 3,500-year-old jar to the ground, smashing it into thousands of
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Remember that time Sweden and the US teamed up to fight a war?
Fun fact: Remember that time Sweden and the US teamed up to fight a war? Me neither, but in the
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Kickin’ ass and writing poetry
Fun fact: the oldest author in human history is a woman named Enheduanna, a writer, priestess and poet in the
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Sparta spanks Athens, the Double Helix is announced, and Henry VIII introduces a new wife-swapping service
Here are some notable historical events that happened on April 25: Wow! Those are some amazing events! You probably think
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Go ahead without me, guys, I’ll catch up with you
In the sweltering heat of ancient Egypt, where pyramids were the hottest real estate and the Nile wasn’t just a
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Where’s my bow?
I was in one of those war reenactments but not the Civil War. It was The Battle of Thermopylae. I
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The life expectancy of ancient Egyptians
Me: “Did you know in ancient Egypt, the average life expectancy for males was 23-25 years and for females was
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Prophecy from 79 AD revealed by AI
Yesterday it was announced that AI has deciphered the text in some ancient Roman scrolls from 79 AD that have
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Ancient cities were stinky
The more history I read, the more I’m amazed we survived and multiplied at all. Why? Because everything and everybody
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Bathing not allowed
In the “Things I wish I never learned from Wikipedia” department, I read the following about how some early Chritians
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He doesn’t seem too happy about this
This painting is “The Circumcision” by Garafalo in the 16th century. The kid doesn’t look too happy about this.
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