Today marks the 180th anniversary of a little novella hitting the bookshelves in London. It was called A Christmas Carol, written by one Charles Dickens, and it had a lasting impact on what we consider as the Christmas Spirit. Well, except it wasn’t called that. The story’s original title is (needlessly) a lot longer. That’s …
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It’s not just a fun Christmas song about the 12 days, it’s got a big meaning behind it as well. Would you want almost non-stop birds for Christmas presents? The 12 Days – A Partridge in a Pear Tree represents Jesus Christ (a mother partridge is willing to die to protect her young), and is …
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Even a single day of warfare is too long. Sadly, many wars go on for longer than that. Much, much longer than that. Many wars in human history have dragged on for years, decades, and even centuries. Such periods rarely see constant battle, instead consisting of a series of conflicts that inevitably lead from one …
There are some things you may not know about Christmas, like that it was canceled. Here are some other things that may surprise you about the holiday. Some People Celebrate Christmas In January It may surprise you to know that the original holiday was observed on January 7th. This is because of the Julian calendar, …
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Old graveyards and other ancient burial sites are treasure troves for archeologists in every sense of the word. Both the human remains and the goods they were buried with can tell us a lot about our ancestors. The Tainiaro gravesite in northern Finland is one of the largest and northernmost Stone Age burial grounds. As …
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Did you read Do You Know These Antarctica Fun Facts? Here are more fun facts about the continent for it’s national day! It Has The Most Fresh Water Even though it’s technically a desert, the continent contains about 70% of the fresh water on Earth. Because most of that water is within the enormous ice …
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It’s that time again, folks. It’s time to look at some of the funny, strange, and amazing times in history when something occurred for the first time. We’ve done this before, twice in fact, but human history is long. There are so many more weird first times to cover, but we’re up to the challenge …
A lot of the negative stories you hear about historical eras are blown completely out of proportion. People tend to exaggerate how horrible life was in the past to make the time they live in seem like the pinnacle of civilized society. And then there are those stories that are absolutely true. Whether people didn’t …
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Thanksgiving is just around the corner and that means Thanksgiving traditions. Do you have traditions this strange? Turducken If you’ve never heard of it, Turducken is a chicken, stuffed inside a duck, stuffed inside a turkey. This combination is truly something for everyone, with chicken being lighter and full of protein, duck as richer and …
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Museums and other archeological collections have a noble mission — preserving our past so that we won’t forget it. Usually, they carry out their task by collecting old objects and artifacts. But as museums themselves get older, their collections begin to fill with all kinds of ancient junk, like a hoarding grandma’s attic. Occasionally, some …
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