11 Extinct Foods
An article on Mental Floss examines 11 foods - animal and vegetable - that have gone extinct. If you're looking for an interesting detail...
History’s Greatest Jinx?
One man was present at the assassinations of both President Abraham Lincoln and President James Garfield, some sixteen years apart.
Before reading his extraordinary circumstances,...
Who’s Buried in the Dragon Slayer’s Tomb?
St. Mary Magdalene church in Lyminster, West Sussex, alleges to house the grave marker of a dragon slayer who rid the town of a...
She Was (Probably) Not Amused
Purportedly the favorite dish of Queen Victoria, Brown Windsor soup was a thick meat soup popular during the era. It's referenced in Harry Potter-...
Your Parasocial Relationship
Inspired by Sue William Silverman's memoir, The Pat Boone Fan Club: My Life as a White Anglo Saxon Jew, this week's Write the Book...
Was There a Sixth Victim of Jack the Ripper?
Imagine researching your family tree and finding that your ancestor may have been involved in a major historical event. According to an article in...
Worst Marketing Tool? Or Best?
The Museum of Ridiculously Interesting Things shares this awesome and not at all ridiculous thing - a brown velvet hat decorated with rotten human teeth....
China Brings Sun to Planet
A post on Live Science says that China has created a $1 trillion 'artificial sun' fusion reactor capable of heating plasma to a temperature...
Ashes to Ashes…
The Victorian Book of the Dead site shares a number of stories about Victorian-era blackmail schemes involving the theft of a loved one's ashes....
How Many Languages Does Your Dog Speak?
A recent post on Live Science says that dogs can tell the difference between human languages, based on their familiarity with one or the...
