Tag Archives: History
Tetanus is no joke. If it doesn’t get you, the muscle spasms are so bad they might just snap your…
WTF Fun Fact 13712 – The Great Male Reunuciation
WTF Fun Fact 13710 – Sebastianism
Top 10 Epic April Fool’s Pranks
Could the Allies Really Have Crushed Germany Right at the Start of WWII?
On the first of September, 1939, nearly 1.5 million troops, 2,750 tanks, and 2,300 aircraft of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich stormed over the border into Poland. We all know what happened next: despite declaring war in solidarity, Poland’s allies Britain and France stood by and did nothing as Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union overran… Read More »
Canada’s Plan to Unleash a Bacteriological Apocalypse
Grosse Île lies 50km east of Quebec City, one of 21 islands in the middle of the St. Lawrence River. Though its name means “Big Island” in French, Grosse Île is barely two kilometres square, home to a small collection of buildings from its days as a quarantine station for Irish immigrants arriving in Canada.… Read More »
America’s First Power Couple
History often remembers the great men of each era, their very public accomplishments, and the trials and tribulations they may or may not have gone through to get there, sometimes to the extreme. What’s often forgotten in many cases is the men generally didn’t do any of it alone. For most, there was their partner… Read More »
A Cure for the Living Dead
If ever there was a living embodiment of the Roaring 20s, it was Eben Byers. The scion of a New York steelmaking fortune, Byers indulged in every hobby and luxury his wealth and social status allowed. He kept luxury homes across the United States, collected fine art, owned stables of racehorses, held titles in trap… Read More »
The Bizarre Story of the Massive Fake Army That Defeated the Nazis and Helped End WWII
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a massive armada set sail from southeast England and steamed south across the English Channel. Comprising more than 7,000 ships, 11,000 aircraft, and 156,000 troops, it was the largest amphibious invasion force in history. At 6:30 AM, after some 23,000 airborne troops had landed behind enemy… Read More »
How the Nazis and a Family Feud Led to Adidas and Puma
In the pantheon of origin stories for some of the world’s biggest businesses, there are no shortage of fascinating tales. From that time Colonel Sanders of KFC fame quite literally tried to kill his competition (via a gunfight that saw one dead and his competition jailed for it, even though said competition was just defending… Read More »