In 1781, a British slave ship called the Zong sailed across the Atlantic with more than 440 enslaved Africans chained in its hold. Weeks later, over 130 of them had been thrown alive into the sea. When the ship finally…
Before personal injury lawyers, compensation calculators and no win, no fee ads, there was a king who solved violence with… a spreadsheet of pain. Around 602 AD, King Æthelberht of Kent looked at a world of blood feuds and revenge…
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates revolutionised the world we live in today but how about the time before that? These are 13 historic inventions that were invented accidentally and shaped the world for modern technology. 1. Naturalist Charles Darwin was the…
1 There are 35,144 museums in the U.S. That’s more than Starbucks and McDonalds combined. 2 Handel House Museum, 23 Brook Street, in London was once a house for Jimi Hendrix. 3 According to the British Museum website, its collection…
The past was full of ways to die that we rarely see today: incinerated by an exploding kerosene lamp, eaten by hogs, or poisoned by stockings colored with toxic dyes. Here are six bizarre deaths from the Victorian/Edwardian age. 1…
1 During Romans, Circus Maximus was the most popular entertainment which attracted more than 250,000 at a time. 2 Romans invented the sewer system similar to what we use today with everything being underground 3 In the 15th century Romanian ruler Vlad…
1 Vikings known to have entered America nearly 500 Years before Christopher Columbus first did. 2 They were great traders, taking bronze scales with them on trips to weigh money and metals. 3 During their time, first born girls (and…
1 Egyptians believed boldness could be cured using a paste mixed with animal fat such as hippos, cats and snakes. 2 Old Egyptians believed they were made of Clays on a potter’s wheel by the God Khnum. 3 Egyptian Pharaohs…
1. Museum of Failed Products in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Unfortunately, this is only opened to paying product designers. Reviews to the venue also point that it does not have the traditional museum feeling and looks like a warehouse. Perhaps…
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