For years, Winnipeg rockers the Guess Who, the band who gave us songs like “American Woman,” have been one of those groups who tour without any members from the classic lineup. Frontman Burton Cummings, the Guess Who’s primary songwriter, hasn’t been in the group in decades, and he’s currently engaged in a legal battle against […]
Archaeologists Unearth Remarkable Lost Underwater Civilization Using Magnetic Field Technology
The more that time passes since the heyday of an ancient civilization, the more mysterious that civilization becomes. And while it’s the life’s work of archaeologists to unravel those mysteries, the ravages of time have a way of making that difficult. After all, archaeologists can only find the artifacts that managed to survive thousands of […]
Man Finds Out Wife Cheated, Demands Kids Take DNA Tests Before He’ll Pay For College
A user recently took to Reddit looking for advice after his dad dropped a bombshell on their family after finding out their mom was not faithful to him. This story has a lot of layers to it so let’s get into it. Mom Cheated The story begins with the dad discovering that his wife had […]
The Most Notable (And Notorious) Women Of The Wild West
If you thought the men in the Wild West were tough, just wait until you hear about the women of the era. From owning their own businesses to out-smarting thieves, women of the Wild West were not to be trifled with. They used their bravery and intelligence to prove themselves just as capable as men, […]
Curious Facts About Benjamin Franklin That Are Left Out Of History Books
Benjamin Franklin is one of the most prominent figures of American history. There was little that Franklin couldn’t do. The polymath was born into a modest family in 1706 and despite only two years of formal education, he would later gain acclaim as an author, printer, politician, scientist, inventor, statesman, and freemason, among other things. […]
A Father and Son Discover Viking Treasure Worth £1 Million And Their Lives Are Never the Same
A father and son in Yorkshire, England loved to grab their metal detectors and hit the fields every weekend. For six years, they never found anything substantial beyond buttons and scraps of metal. But one day in January 2007, their lives and the lives of British historians changed forever. What looked like a single silver […]
Parsnip – “The Babble”
In February, Parsnip announced their new album Behold and released “The Light.” That single was followed with last month’s “Turn To Love,” and today the Melbourne indie rock quartet is sharing “The Babble.” “I wanted ‘The Babble’ to sound like a ‘Dead End Street’ style Kinks song,” Stella Rennex explains. “However a few people have […]
Digital Artist Brings Roman Emperors To Life With Photorealistic Images
For decades, historians have tried to faithfully recreate what historical figures may have looked like in real life. Now, thanks to modern technology, digital artists such as Daniel Voshart can gather evidence based on busts, drawings, and even coins to create photorealistic versions of past people. Stuck in quarantine, Voshart decided to re-create Roman Emperors […]
Skol! Surprising Facts About Viking Hygiene
History may have depicted Vikings as brutish, horned helmet-wearing warriors, but there’s far more to their culture than seafaring and plundering. The Vikings had a very unique culture that could be harsh at times, but also emphasized practices in hygiene that many people might find surprising. This is what the Vikings’ personal hygiene was really […]
The Oldest Civilizations In Human History
After thousands of years of living as a nomadic, hunter-gatherer species, there came a time when humans learned to work the land and domesticate animals in order to stay in one place. This allowed the first civilizations to form, which consisted of groups of people working together in the first-ever societies. As time passed, these […]