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21 Of The World’s Most Bizarre Weapons

If you were trying to kill a lot of people (or maybe sneakily kill just one person), you could go with the predictable choices: guns, tanks, poison, and swords. Or, you could get creative. For as long as nations have existed, it seems that governments have been working to figure...

By All That's Interesting • Apr 3, 2017

21 Of The World’s Most Bizarre Weapons

If you were trying to kill a lot of people (or maybe sneakily kill just one person), you could go with the predictable choices: guns, tanks, poison, and swords. Or, you could get creative. For as long as nations have existed, it seems that governments have been working to figure...

By All That's Interesting • April 3, 2017

The 1925 Ku Klux Klan March On Washington

In August of 1925, 60,000 Ku Klux Klan members marched to the White House to display their ever-increasing numbers across America.

By All That's Interesting • Apr 3, 2017

The 1925 Ku Klux Klan March On Washington

In August of 1925, 60,000 Ku Klux Klan members marched to the White House to display their ever-increasing numbers across America.

By All That's Interesting • April 3, 2017

The Bund: The American Arm Of The Nazi Party Before And During WWII

“Most people don’t even know any of this happened here,” Robert Kessler, president of the German American Settlement League, told The New York Times in 2015. “It hardly comes up.” The “here” in Kessler’s comment is Yaphank, New York, a rural hamlet in the middle of Long Island, about 50...

By John Kuroski • Apr 2, 2017

The Bund: The American Arm Of The Nazi Party Before And During WWII

“Most people don’t even know any of this happened here,” Robert Kessler, president of the German American Settlement League, told The New York Times in 2015. “It hardly comes up.” The “here” in Kessler’s comment is Yaphank, New York, a rural hamlet in the middle of Long Island, about 50...

By John Kuroski • April 2, 2017

Children And Segregation: 38 Photos Of Little Minds And Big Hatred

Some of the most dangerous battles of the civil rights movement weren’t fought by adults. They were instead fought by African-American children who walked into the first integrated schools in their communities. They had to walk, sometimes alone, past mobs of people screaming in their faces. Then they had to...

By Mark Oliver • Apr 1, 2017

Children And Segregation: 38 Photos Of Little Minds And Big Hatred

Some of the most dangerous battles of the civil rights movement weren’t fought by adults. They were instead fought by African-American children who walked into the first integrated schools in their communities. They had to walk, sometimes alone, past mobs of people screaming in their faces. Then they had to...

By Mark Oliver • April 1, 2017

45 Cool Photos National Geographic Kept Hidden In The Archives

To commemorate their 125th year of publication, National Geographic has released some astounding, never before published photos.

By Erin Kelly • Mar 31, 2017

45 Cool Photos National Geographic Kept Hidden In The Archives

To commemorate their 125th year of publication, National Geographic has released some astounding, never before published photos.

By Erin Kelly • March 31, 2017

The Colonel-In-Chief Of The Norwegian King’s Guard Is A Penguin

Members of Norway’s Kongens Garde have one simple, yet serious, task: Keep the King of Norway alive. Given the stakes, one might imagine that the emblem of the King’s Guard would be just as august, exuding only honor, dignity, and courage. And yet, the mascot of the King’s Guard is...

By All That's Interesting • Mar 30, 2017

The Colonel-In-Chief Of The Norwegian King’s Guard Is A Penguin

Members of Norway’s Kongens Garde have one simple, yet serious, task: Keep the King of Norway alive. Given the stakes, one might imagine that the emblem of the King’s Guard would be just as august, exuding only honor, dignity, and courage. And yet, the mascot of the King’s Guard is...

By All That's Interesting • March 30, 2017

NASA’s $1 Billion Probe Just Sent Back Photos of Jupiter Like You’ve Never Seen It Before

The probe's data transmissions meanwhile are rewriting what we thought we knew about the origins of our solar system.

By John Kuroski • Mar 30, 2017

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NASA’s $1 Billion Probe Just Sent Back Photos of Jupiter Like You’ve Never Seen It Before

The probe's data transmissions meanwhile are rewriting what we thought we knew about the origins of our solar system.

By John Kuroski • March 30, 2017

50 Photos Celebrating Women’s History

Telling women that they can’t do things seems to be one of man’s most beloved pastimes. You can’t eat that apple, you can’t vote, you can’t play sports, you can’t run for office, you can’t serve in the military, you can’t be a scientist, you can’t go to space, you...

By All That's Interesting • Mar 30, 2017

50 Photos Celebrating Women’s History

Telling women that they can’t do things seems to be one of man’s most beloved pastimes. You can’t eat that apple, you can’t vote, you can’t play sports, you can’t run for office, you can’t serve in the military, you can’t be a scientist, you can’t go to space, you...

By All That's Interesting • March 30, 2017

The Incredible Stories Of The First Animals In Space, In 40 Photos

Before Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space in 1961, there were the animals. The first astronauts to break through Earth’s atmosphere had no understanding of what they were doing. They were dogs and monkeys, strapped into rockets and blasted out of the world they knew –...

By Mark Oliver • Mar 29, 2017

The Incredible Stories Of The First Animals In Space, In 40 Photos

Before Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space in 1961, there were the animals. The first astronauts to break through Earth’s atmosphere had no understanding of what they were doing. They were dogs and monkeys, strapped into rockets and blasted out of the world they knew –...

By Mark Oliver • March 29, 2017

Early 1900s Photos Of “The Old Paris” Just Before It Was Lost To Modernization

Eugène Atget was what the French call a flâneur: an urban adventurer who finds great pleasure in the simple act of strolling through streets and parks, taking in the sights. But Atget wasn’t idle in his flânerie. He had an all-consuming appetite for the ambulatory hobby that Honoré de Balzac...

By Kellen Perry • Mar 28, 2017

Early 1900s Photos Of “The Old Paris” Just Before It Was Lost To Modernization

Eugène Atget was what the French call a flâneur: an urban adventurer who finds great pleasure in the simple act of strolling through streets and parks, taking in the sights. But Atget wasn’t idle in his flânerie. He had an all-consuming appetite for the ambulatory hobby that Honoré de Balzac...

By Kellen Perry • March 28, 2017