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21 Historical Figures You Didn’t Know Had Serious Mental Disorders

In 2009, researchers at Hungary’s Semmelweis University published new findings about a relatively seldom-studied gene called neuregulin 1. To that point known almost solely as a gene that increased one’s susceptibility to schizophrenia, neuregulin 1 belonged to the study of madness. What the Semmelweis researchers did, however, was connect the...

By John Kuroski • May 28, 2017

21 Historical Figures You Didn’t Know Had Serious Mental Disorders

In 2009, researchers at Hungary’s Semmelweis University published new findings about a relatively seldom-studied gene called neuregulin 1. To that point known almost solely as a gene that increased one’s susceptibility to schizophrenia, neuregulin 1 belonged to the study of madness. What the Semmelweis researchers did, however, was connect the...

By John Kuroski • May 28, 2017

26 Photos Of NASA Landings Throughout The Decades

The launches may get more press, but the engineering prowess required to pull off safe NASA landings is a thing of beauty. And so are the decades worth of photographs documenting the joyous return of the brave men and women who’d just went exploring beyond the ether. The landing of...

By Kellen Perry • May 27, 2017

26 Photos Of NASA Landings Throughout The Decades

The launches may get more press, but the engineering prowess required to pull off safe NASA landings is a thing of beauty. And so are the decades worth of photographs documenting the joyous return of the brave men and women who’d just went exploring beyond the ether. The landing of...

By Kellen Perry • May 27, 2017

31 Surprising Charles Darwin Facts That Reveal The Man Behind The Theory Of Evolution

Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, pioneered what may be both the most well-known and most controversial theory in the history of science. But there’s even more to the man than just a great scientific brain — and these 31 fascinating Charles Darwin facts prove it: Next, watch this three-minute...

By Erin Kelly • May 25, 2017

31 Surprising Charles Darwin Facts That Reveal The Man Behind The Theory Of Evolution

Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, pioneered what may be both the most well-known and most controversial theory in the history of science. But there’s even more to the man than just a great scientific brain — and these 31 fascinating Charles Darwin facts prove it: Next, watch this three-minute...

By Erin Kelly • May 25, 2017

Deeds, Not Words: 38 Photos That Show The Militant Side Of The Suffrage Movement

Women didn’t win the vote by holding up signs and waiting for men to give them permission. They took the fight to the streets – and, though history usually brushes over the dirty details, it was sometimes violent. Some of the more militant suffragettes smashed windows, set buildings on fire,...

By Mark Oliver • May 25, 2017

Deeds, Not Words: 38 Photos That Show The Militant Side Of The Suffrage Movement

Women didn’t win the vote by holding up signs and waiting for men to give them permission. They took the fight to the streets – and, though history usually brushes over the dirty details, it was sometimes violent. Some of the more militant suffragettes smashed windows, set buildings on fire,...

By Mark Oliver • May 25, 2017

The Americans Who Attempted To Colonize Jerusalem

Throughout its existence, Jerusalem has seen countless individuals seek salvation on its soil (sometimes to the point of believing themselves to be the next coming of Christ). Jerusalem syndrome aside, perhaps one of the area’s most curious salvation stories comes from Chicago’s Spafford family, who in the late 19th century...

By All That's Interesting • May 24, 2017

The Americans Who Attempted To Colonize Jerusalem

Throughout its existence, Jerusalem has seen countless individuals seek salvation on its soil (sometimes to the point of believing themselves to be the next coming of Christ). Jerusalem syndrome aside, perhaps one of the area’s most curious salvation stories comes from Chicago’s Spafford family, who in the late 19th century...

By All That's Interesting • May 24, 2017

Giethoorn: The Enchanting Dutch Town Without Streets

The Netherlands' Giethoorn is an astounding town with canals instead of streets - step into the town known as the Venice of the North.

By Savannah Cox • May 24, 2017

Giethoorn: The Enchanting Dutch Town Without Streets

The Netherlands' Giethoorn is an astounding town with canals instead of streets - step into the town known as the Venice of the North.

By Savannah Cox • May 24, 2017

31 Appallingly Racist Ads Of Decades Past

Several times per year, if not more frequently, a major brand comes under fire for running an advertisement that the public widely — and almost always justifiably — deems to be racist. Just last month, this happened to both Nivea and Sony. And in the latter case, the ad in...

By John Kuroski • May 22, 2017

31 Appallingly Racist Ads Of Decades Past

Several times per year, if not more frequently, a major brand comes under fire for running an advertisement that the public widely — and almost always justifiably — deems to be racist. Just last month, this happened to both Nivea and Sony. And in the latter case, the ad in...

By John Kuroski • May 22, 2017

The Old Japan: 50 Fascinating Photos From The Imperial Era

These photographs provide a glimpse into life in Imperial Japan — a tour through the lives of the country's poorest and most glamorous.

By Mark Oliver • May 21, 2017

The Old Japan: 50 Fascinating Photos From The Imperial Era

These photographs provide a glimpse into life in Imperial Japan — a tour through the lives of the country's poorest and most glamorous.

By Mark Oliver • May 21, 2017

Why The World’s Cushiest Prison Is Also Among Its Most Effective

This photo tour of Norway's Bastoy Prison reveals why this facility is called "the world's nicest prison" and why its methods work so well.

By John Kuroski • May 18, 2017

Why The World’s Cushiest Prison Is Also Among Its Most Effective

This photo tour of Norway's Bastoy Prison reveals why this facility is called "the world's nicest prison" and why its methods work so well.

By John Kuroski • May 18, 2017

The Unexpected And Brutal History Behind Women’s Boxing

Though women’s boxing still struggles to break into the mainstream, there is a long and storied history of female involvement in the sport. The evolution of gender equality in boxing went way backward before its slow climb forward. The early 1700s had raw British female fighters like Elizabeth Wilkinson boxing...

By Erin Kelly • May 18, 2017

The Unexpected And Brutal History Behind Women’s Boxing

Though women’s boxing still struggles to break into the mainstream, there is a long and storied history of female involvement in the sport. The evolution of gender equality in boxing went way backward before its slow climb forward. The early 1700s had raw British female fighters like Elizabeth Wilkinson boxing...

By Erin Kelly • May 18, 2017

Reliving The Civil Rights Movement, In 55 Powerful Photos

Perhaps the most simultaneously helpful and harmful thing that historians, writers, teachers, and Americans as a whole have done to the civil rights movement is to label it as such. A label as monolithic as “the civil rights movement” helpfully conveys just how pervasive were the wrongs that the movement...

By John Kuroski • May 16, 2017

Reliving The Civil Rights Movement, In 55 Powerful Photos

Perhaps the most simultaneously helpful and harmful thing that historians, writers, teachers, and Americans as a whole have done to the civil rights movement is to label it as such. A label as monolithic as “the civil rights movement” helpfully conveys just how pervasive were the wrongs that the movement...

By John Kuroski • May 16, 2017

Finding The Fittest: 35 Photos From The Heyday Of Eugenics

Though the world has tried to forget it, eugenics was a thriving, mainstream science in the years just before the Nazis made it taboo.

By Mark Oliver • May 16, 2017

Finding The Fittest: 35 Photos From The Heyday Of Eugenics

Though the world has tried to forget it, eugenics was a thriving, mainstream science in the years just before the Nazis made it taboo.

By Mark Oliver • May 16, 2017