As the dawn of a new presidency glows in the United States, many Americans wonder about our relationship with our neighbors in the East. Despite the ongoing rhe...
When the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) investigated the site of a proposed new train station in London, they weren't exactly expecting to find a stash of ...
“It’s just a theory, an idea, but somebody has to say it first." - Bjarne Henning Nielsen.
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Bjarne Henning Nielsen, a Danish arch...
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In a statement released Sunday, the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum revealed that archaeologists have uncovered a pendant in a...
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We use a thousand common phrases and gestures every single day without thinking twice about them. Saying "hello" or "hi" when we greet s...
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The Roman Emperor Nero left behind a great many architectural wonders. He might have been an infamous, ridiculously cruel tyrant, but...
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Last time on History's Nutcases, we talked about a man named Jemmy Hirst, who fancied riding a bull he'd trained to jump fences like a horse, ...
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis was an officer in the British Army, leading many generals in the American Revolutionary War. In 1781, he unofficiall...
During WWI, England had an estimated 250,000 underage soldiers fighting for the allies. They corrected the issue in time, but at one point they sent one in five...
It was April 1303. Nobody noticed Pudlicott and his accomplices, as they skated with £100,000 (around £30,040,000,000.00 today) in stolen goods from the King’s ...
