Tag: history

March 15, 2022 at 12:54 pm

Video Shows What Celebrities Who Passed Away Would Look Like Today by Using AI Facial Technology

Video Shows What Celebrities Who Passed Away Would Look Like Today by Using AI Facial Technology

These are fascinating.

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March 14, 2022 at 1:38 am

Nirvana Members Talk About What the Band Means to Them in a Rare Interview From 1990

Nirvana Members Talk About What the Band Means to Them in a Rare Interview From 1990

An interesting look into the past.

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March 14, 2022 at 1:29 am

Take a Look at What Dinosaurs Might Have Actually Looked Like

Take a Look at What Dinosaurs Might Have Actually Looked Like

They likely look a lot less threatening than we believe.

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March 14, 2022 at 12:31 am

Take a Look at the Largest Known Early Map of the World

Take a Look at the Largest Known Early Map of the World

When he was in his forties, a 16th-century Italian man named Urbano Monte was determined to make a map of the entire world that was as three-dimensional as possible. Monte originally wanted to have 60 different components stitched together to make one enormous map. Map collector David Rumsey digitized Monte’s project so the whole world…

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January 20, 2022 at 12:28 am

Interesting Theory Proposes the Salem Witch Trials Could Have Been Caused by a Fungus

Interesting Theory Proposes the Salem Witch Trials Could Have Been Caused by a Fungus

The Salem Witch Trials still loom large in American history. They took place in Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than two hundred people were accused of being witches, and 30 of them were found guilty. 19 people were eventually hanged. There are a lot of theories about how the trials came to…

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January 7, 2022 at 9:23 am

Learn About the History of the 1969 Muppets Song “Mah NA Mah NA”

Learn About the History of the 1969 Muppets Song “Mah NA Mah NA”

The revival that The Muppets have enjoyed over the past decade has been wonderful and a lot of people want to hear the original hit song “Mah Na Mah Na” over and over again. Take a listen… The song, it turns out, wasn’t written for The Muppets, and Bip and the Snowths weren’t the first to…

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January 7, 2022 at 8:54 am

This Online Thread Discusses How Fierce Medieval Battle Tactics Really Were

This Online Thread Discusses How Fierce Medieval Battle Tactics Really Were

A Tumblr thread breaks down a few of the more powerful, surprising, and downright fierce Medieval battle tactics that existed. Here’s one example that gives you an idea of how tough it would be for anyone trying to attack by going up the stairs: Once noble families started living in castles as their homes (instead…

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January 6, 2022 at 8:10 am

Learn About the Lightbulb That Has Been Burning for Over 120 Years

Learn About the Lightbulb That Has Been Burning for Over 120 Years

CFL (compact fluorescent light) and LED technology last a long time (which is great), but they still don’t last nearly as long as this bulb has – it’s been burning since 1901. It’s even outlasted the Shelby Electric Company, which manufactured it in 1898. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Brittany…

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January 3, 2022 at 4:47 pm

Father And Daughter Take The Same Photo For 35 Years

Father And Daughter Take The Same Photo For 35 Years

Hua Yunqing and his daughter, Huahua, took a photo by the same lake for 35 consecutive years, except for 1998, when his daughter was abroad.

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December 20, 2021 at 7:49 pm

The Have You Ever Had a Dream Kid is Now 26 and This is What He Meant to Say

The Have You Ever Had a Dream Kid is Now 26 and This is What He Meant to Say

When Joe Cirkiel’s kindergarten class gets invited to be in a documentary, he finds inspiration from an unlikely source. Little does he realizes how far his dreams will take him

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