Human beings have held pets for thousands of years. In our time, the most common reaction to seeing our pets hungry is to reach for a bag or can of pet food we bought in...
On 10 May 2005, 28-year-old Vladimir Arutyunian, a Georgian citizen of Armenian ethnicity, threw a live hand grenade at U.S. president George W. Bush and Georgian preside...
In Mein Kampf, Hitler’s autobiographical manifesto, he outlines his militaristic, racist and anti-democratic world view and future plans for Germany. Although Hitle...
It is widely known that Japan has a tradition of ritual suicide – disembowelment committed using a knife or short sword, popularly known as hara-kiri (a vulgar term which...
During the English Civil War (1641 – 1651), the Parliamentarians won a string of victories against the Royalists, pushing them farther and farther away from London. Event...
The ancient Egyptians used pillows made from what would today be considered very unusual materials, such as wood, ivory, or even stone. However, it is worth noting that t...
It is widely known that SS leader Heinrich Himmler was obsessed with the occult, and employed various occultists to assist in the efforts to build a “thousand-year Reich”...
Alexandre Dumas is one of the most widely known writers of high adventure. His most famous works, The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, Twenty Years After, and...