Maybe you think we ought to learn more details about specific historical figures, like Frederick Douglass, or William the Conqueror.
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20 Historical Women Who Go Overlooked In History But Made Major Contributions To Society
October 24, 2025
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“For Scotland, I’d say the Edinburgh Seven. They basically paved the way for women being allowed to get into university in the UK.”
—u/ETTConnor
“Historical university sexism is a topic often brushed under the rug these…
It’s true that the fiddle did not yet exist in 64 AD, when the city of Rome caught on fire, but that isn’t enough on its own to dispel the myth. If Nero had been playing an instrument, it would have been another string instrument, like a lyre, which was popular…
60 Extremely Weird And Fascinating Historical Photos That Show Just How Completely Unhinged The World Used To Be
October 22, 2025
60 Extremely Weird And Fascinating Historical Photos That Show Just How Completely Unhinged The World Used To Be
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This is the Coffee Queen of 1940, Peggy Van Vliet, posing inside the “world’s largest iced coffee glass” with, well…
32 Extremely Rare Historical Pictures That Will Completely And Totally Transform The Way You Think About The Past
October 21, 2025
32 Extremely Rare Historical Pictures That Will Completely And Totally Transform The Way You Think About The Past
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This is a photo of conjoined twins Violet and Daisy Hilton, pictured here in the mid-1920s. They spent most of their lives on the…
41 Rare Old Photos That Are Soooo Cool
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Did you know women were encouraged to douche with Lysol in the ’40s for hygiene and even contraception?
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This person actually found an old bottle in their home from when it had…
27 Bizarre, Shocking, And Downright Weird Historical Facts I'm Willing To Bet You Never Learned In School
October 12, 2025
27 Shocking Historical Facts Missing From Textbooks
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One of the most bizarre trials in history is the one in which Pope Stephen VI put the prior pope, Pope Formosus, on trial in 897. What’s so strange about it? Formosus was dead. Stephen VI had…
