Here's a fun quiz where you write down the names of all the countries in the world in 15 minutes. According to the results, Grenada and the union of Comoros are the states that people most often miss… (View Post)

Yeah, those last days of Tenochtitlan must have been nightmarish beyond comprehension, with hundreds of thousands of dead from smallpox, starvation and violence in just a few months. Speaking of nigh… (View Post)

Speaking of violent civilizations and the New world, here's a morbid historical fact. The Aztecs and other mesoamerican civilizations would sometimes display the heads of sacrificial victims on tzomp… (View Post)

Träd=tree, Gård=yard, Trädgård=garden Trädgården=the garden Garden - from Middle english ”gardin”, from old high german ”gart” (=enclosure or compound) I think I failed my saving throw vs nerdy etymo… (View Post)

16th century artillery master Franz Helm wrote about how to use gunpowder and fire in warfare. He describes a method for setting fire to a city you can't approach. Now strapping burning things to the… (View Post)