It all depends on whose photos are inside. This one contains some of the rarest pictures of all time. Continue reading
Category Archives: History
Could you survive in the most crowded place on Earth?
Today the most overcrowded place on the planet is Manila, the capital of the Philippines, where the population density is estimated to be 107,560 per square mile. But it doesn’t hold a candle to the most densely packed place of all time, Kowloon Walled City. Continue reading
Radioactive makeup that could kill you
For one brief, lethal period in the 1930s, women pampered themselves with makeup that contained radium. Here’s the reason why. Continue reading
Everything I know about glitter is wrong
Recently, I got to thinking about glitter. What is it made of? When was it invented? Most important of all, what would happen if someone baked it into a cake and ate it? Continue reading
Confessions of an Austrian arsenic eater
In the depths of the Victorian era, the recreational use of arsenic would come to be known as one of the most bizarre and dangerous ways ever devised to get high. Continue reading
The grotesque accessory carried by history’s best-dressed man
Unlike his collection of ornate snuff boxes and high collars, this was one accessory Beau Brummell wished to rid himself of permanently. Continue reading
6 completely random facts about the first Bloomsday
The events of James Joyce’s novel, Ulysses, take place on June 16, 1904. They’re commemorated every year in a celebration called Bloomsday. Continue reading
