More than just that "other" Roman Empire to the east, the Byzantines are one of the world's most significant imperial experiments, and one of history's least understood empires. Let's find a little more about this...
“I don't think of kids as a lower form of the human species.” —John HughesWithout John Hughes, we wouldn’t have such coming of age classics as The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, nor...
CSI: Miami was a TV series about a group of detectives and crime scene investigators that busted bad guys and solved mysteries by using high-tech crime scene investigation techniques in a city that star David...
"Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes."—Architect Frank Lloyd WrightTry to name an American university, and most people will probably think of Harvard first. This little school just outside of Boston is one of...
Clerks What makes for a good cult following? These gems are cinematic underdogs that have garnered over-the-top admiration and adoration from a dedicated fan base. They’re usually low-budget, improvised, controversial, subculture magnifiers, and originally shunned...
As far as presidential accomplishments go, Franklin D. Roosevelt had quite the resume. After all, he did lead the United States through two of the most trying times in its history: the Great Depression and the Second World War....
"Where's your will to be weird?"Jim Morrison will go down in history as one of the greatest frontmen in the history of music. Serving as the lead singer of the Doors, Morrison’s incredible voice and...
Upper Class Facts. Elite, upper-class families often had dubious morals, plenty of power, and way too much time on their hands.
Lasting until the early 20th century, the Ottoman Empire is perhaps the most misunderstood and underappreciated empire in world history. The Ottoman Empire’s reign connected the East to the West, and the Middle Ages with...
"I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger." —Harriet...
When Your Brain Hoards Useless KnowledgeSome people collect stamps. Others collect vintage lunchboxes. And then there’s your brain—quietly stockpiling random trivia like it’s prepping for a very eccentric game show. You don’t choose these facts;...
No Wild West outlaw was as quietly lethal as Charles Kennedy, who lured lone travelers into his cabin by offering them hot meals before killing them.
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