16 Highest Selling Items in Auction History
In 1674, the first auction house was opened in Sweden. It was named Stockholms Auktionsverk. In modern times, thousands of precious antiques and historical
The Five Stupidest Nuclear Weapons
As long as man has been able to mix together chemicals, he’s been blowing the heck out of anything that moves. About seventy years ago, he hit the apotheosis
6 People Who Almost Changed History
History is strewn with great individuals who managed to invent, assassinate or fight their way into high school textbooks worldwide, changing history with every
8 Strange Historic Jobs
Chances are you don’t love your job. If you’re like most people, you have to get up in the morning and sit in front of a computer for hours compiling excel
7 Series of Unfortunate Events (That Caused Horrible Disasters)
We live in an increasingly more technologically focused world, with factories, power plants and breakfast cereals becoming more and more complex every day. As
10 Unique People of the Second World War
The Second World War was the largest armed conflict in modern history, with more than 100 million military personnel being mobilized. During the war, the
4 Weird Wars
Nobody enjoys war, what with the killing and all. But despite how horrible the experience is, the study of wars throughout history is fascinating. Some wars
6 Truly Peculiar Coincidences
The world is filled with amazing coincidences, from lottery winners who seem to always be lucky to countless stories of people who succeed at impossible tasks
10 Bizarre Events and Discoveries
Many strange and unexplained events have been documented in modern history, events that raise important questions and baffle world populations. These events
6 Weird Monuments From Around the World
Monuments exist as a testament to the greatness/significance of whatever event or person they are commemorating. Because while human memory might fail and books
