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Og Cocaine

Shameless Cocaine Ads From The 1970s

In the 1970s, cocaine was illegal, but marketing and advertising cocaine paraphernalia was not. These shocking vintage ads are the proof.

By All That's Interesting Feb 4, 2017

Shameless Cocaine Ads From The 1970s

In the 1970s, cocaine was illegal, but marketing and advertising cocaine paraphernalia was not. These shocking vintage ads are the proof.

By All That's Interesting February 4, 2017
Lama Grandchildren Hay
Lama Grandchildren Hay

Inside Sikkim, The Lost Kingdom Of The Himalayas

On April 6, 1975, Palden Thondup Namgyal, the last ruler of the Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim, was practicing his morning ritual when short rapid bursts of machine gun fire broke through his palace windows. Running to the window, he saw 5,000 Indian soldiers pour out of army trucks and surround...

By John Kuroski Feb 2, 2017

Inside Sikkim, The Lost Kingdom Of The Himalayas

On April 6, 1975, Palden Thondup Namgyal, the last ruler of the Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim, was practicing his morning ritual when short rapid bursts of machine gun fire broke through his palace windows. Running to the window, he saw 5,000 Indian soldiers pour out of army trucks and surround...

By John Kuroski February 2, 2017
Trainspotting 1
Trainspotting 1

The Trainspotting Generation: Ready For A Sequel?

The 1996 film brought the late 20th century heroin epidemic to popular audiences. Here's what that epidemic looked like — and how it compares to the crisis today.

By All That's Interesting Jan 29, 2017

The Trainspotting Generation: Ready For A Sequel?

The 1996 film brought the late 20th century heroin epidemic to popular audiences. Here's what that epidemic looked like — and how it compares to the crisis today.

By All That's Interesting January 29, 2017
Lynching Map
Lynching Map

This Week In History, Jan. 22 – 28

A map of U.S. lynchings, Nellie Bly's famous journey, the largest diamond ever, the birth of Angela Davis, and Germany's holocaust before the Holocaust.

By All That's Interesting Jan 27, 2017
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This Week In History, Jan. 22 – 28

A map of U.S. lynchings, Nellie Bly's famous journey, the largest diamond ever, the birth of Angela Davis, and Germany's holocaust before the Holocaust.

By All That's Interesting January 27, 2017
Hangover
Hangover

History of Hangover Cures: Bizarre Solutions to a Universal Problem

People have been getting sloshed, pissed, wasted, hammered, and bumpsy (as they would say in 1611) ever since an unknown genius discovered fermentation in ancient times. And with these millennia of drunken nights inevitably came millions of seriously brutal mornings. With that in mind, here are some of the craziest...

By All That's Interesting Jan 26, 2017

History of Hangover Cures: Bizarre Solutions to a Universal Problem

People have been getting sloshed, pissed, wasted, hammered, and bumpsy (as they would say in 1611) ever since an unknown genius discovered fermentation in ancient times. And with these millennia of drunken nights inevitably came millions of seriously brutal mornings. With that in mind, here are some of the craziest...

By All That's Interesting January 26, 2017
Eugenics Og
Eugenics Og

More Than 800 U.S. Victims Of Forced Sterilization Found To Be Still Living

For decades, forced sterilization was legal in dozens of U.S. states. A recently-discovered filing cabinet shines light on how racist the program was.

By John Kuroski Jan 24, 2017
News

More Than 800 U.S. Victims Of Forced Sterilization Found To Be Still Living

For decades, forced sterilization was legal in dozens of U.S. states. A recently-discovered filing cabinet shines light on how racist the program was.

By John Kuroski January 24, 2017
Firing Squad
Firing Squad

A Republic Collapsed: Inside The Spanish Civil War

By January of 1939, the dream of a true Spanish Republic had shattered. Many of those who composed its short-lived reality — Republican men and women, and elected officials of the democratically-elected Republican government — headed for the Pyrenees mountains and the French border, blanketed in cold and perhaps the...

By All That's Interesting Jan 24, 2017

A Republic Collapsed: Inside The Spanish Civil War

By January of 1939, the dream of a true Spanish Republic had shattered. Many of those who composed its short-lived reality — Republican men and women, and elected officials of the democratically-elected Republican government — headed for the Pyrenees mountains and the French border, blanketed in cold and perhaps the...

By All That's Interesting January 24, 2017
Holding Artifact
Holding Artifact

New Discoveries Shed Light On Lost Kingdom Of The Dark Ages

"The new archaeological evidence... enhances our perception of power, politics, economy and culture at a time when the foundations for the kingdoms of Scotland, England and Wales were being laid."

By All That's Interesting Jan 23, 2017
News

New Discoveries Shed Light On Lost Kingdom Of The Dark Ages

"The new archaeological evidence... enhances our perception of power, politics, economy and culture at a time when the foundations for the kingdoms of Scotland, England and Wales were being laid."

By All That's Interesting January 23, 2017
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