Category: HISTORY

May 15, 2024 at 9:35 am

Remains Of Charred Papyrus Could Reveal Plato’s Final Resting Place

Source: CNR-Institute of Culturale Heritage/Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli

Plato passed in Athens in the year 348 BCE.

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May 12, 2024 at 12:35 pm

Somebody Invented A “Toilet Snorkel” That Could Saved Your Life During Fires

Source: United States Patent Office

I’m guessing you can figure out why this didn’t catch on.

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May 11, 2024 at 9:25 am

The Largest Animal To Ever Walk The Earth Was 154,323 Pounds And 121 Feet Long

Source: Wikipedia/PaleoEquii

Since size estimate are just that, scientists are still wavering on which animal should actually wear this particular crown.

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May 7, 2024 at 9:22 am

The SeaRex: The Giant Sea Monster That’s Breaking Records With Its Massive Skull

Source: YouTube

A pliosaur has a bite force at least as strong as that of a Tyrannosaurus rex.

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May 5, 2024 at 3:33 pm

The World’s Largest Marine Reptile Lived Over 200 Million Years Ago And Was 82 Feet Long

Source: Shutterstock

A father and daughter team found it!

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May 4, 2024 at 9:38 am

Floridians Once Believed A Giant Penguin Lived On Clearwater Beach

Source: Twitter/@IFLScience/@@mcpheeceo

In 1988, though, local man Tony Signorini confessed to perpetrating the entire thing.

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May 3, 2024 at 12:28 pm

This 1912 Photograph Could Show The Iceberg That Sunk The Titanic

Souce: Henry Aldredge & Son LTD

The photo, taken by undertaker John Snow Jr., is purported to have been taken just two days after the Titanic sank.

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May 2, 2024 at 9:22 am

Here’s How People Cleaned Their Teeth Before Toothpaste

Source: Public Domain

The earliest known recognizable toothbrush was found in China during the Tang Dynasty.

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April 21, 2024 at 9:35 am

Are 1 In 200 People Really Descended From Genghis Khan?

Source: Shutterstock

Khan’s family line ruled large areas in Asia for hundreds and hundreds of years.

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April 20, 2024 at 12:35 pm

Did Ancient Humans Ever Live To Be One Hundred?

Source: Shutterstock

The statistical probability of surviving to 100 years old before the 19th century was nil

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