Tag: history

July 14, 2025 at 9:48 am

Alcatraz Island Was Touted As Being Escape Proof, But Did Three Prisoners Achieve The Impossible?

Alcatraz Island Prison

A lot of things would have had to go perfectly right.

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July 2, 2025 at 5:48 am

Teacher Refused To Gloss Over The Ugliness Of The Past, So Their History Project On Christopher Columbus Sparked Controversy With The School’s Principal

teacher writing on a chalkboard

This display didn’t just challenge authority — it challenged the entire narrative!

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June 28, 2025 at 12:55 pm

Papal Names Are Carefully Chosen And Have A Lot Of Meaning, But How And When Did This Tradition Start?

White smoke and Leo XIV

What would you choose if you were Pope?

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June 22, 2025 at 9:48 am

New Study Questions Whether A 2,000+ Year Old Analogue Computer Ever Actually Functioned

Antikythera Mechanism

Were people 2000 years ago actually using simple computers?

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June 17, 2025 at 9:48 am

Study Shows That Neanderthals Were Significantly More Intelligent Than Previously Believed, And Were Able To Reliably Make Quality Tools

Neanderthal making tools

They were not only able to make sharp stones, but were quite sharp themselves. 

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May 31, 2025 at 12:55 pm

Sacred Geometry Trend Has Roots In Ancient Tradition, But With Very Different Meaning

the highly decorated geometric motifs of a building ceiling.

These shapes are fun and pretty, but they don’t necessarily hold the keys to the universe. 

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May 25, 2025 at 12:55 pm

Wandering Planet’s Collision With Ancient Earth Probably Gave Us The Moon

celestial collision

The moon is the remnant of that former planet. 

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May 22, 2025 at 9:48 am

Our Solar System Likely Traveled Through A Mysterious Region Of Space 14 Million Years Ago, Which Would Have Made Looking Up Seem Like Looking Through Fog

Artists depiction of space with fog

Our night sky looked quite different not so very long ago.

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May 18, 2025 at 3:48 pm

Geologists Say That Africa May Be Splitting In Two And An Ocean Will Form Between, But It Will Take Millions Of Years

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Good thing It’s happening so slowly.

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May 17, 2025 at 3:48 pm

403-Million-Year-Old Fossils Have Been Named ‘Punk’ And ‘Emo’ And It’s Easy To See Why

Silhouette of a man with a microphone

Their discovery has ultimately changed everything we know about the evolution of their species.

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