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When Texas Sprayed DDT On Citizens To Prevent Polio

Years before the polio vaccine and Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" were born into existence, pesticides like DDT were thought to cure most ailments.

By Leslie Maryann Neal • Oct 12, 2014

When Texas Sprayed DDT On Citizens To Prevent Polio

Years before the polio vaccine and Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" were born into existence, pesticides like DDT were thought to cure most ailments.

By Leslie Maryann Neal • October 12, 2014

23 Powerful Photographs of Vintage San Francisco

San Francisco is best known for the lazy fog that drapes its steep, geometric hills. The city, which was first founded in June 1776, is home to a number of beloved tourist attractions and landmarks, including the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz island. In this gallery of vintage San Francisco...

By Kiri Picone • Oct 2, 2014

23 Powerful Photographs of Vintage San Francisco

San Francisco is best known for the lazy fog that drapes its steep, geometric hills. The city, which was first founded in June 1776, is home to a number of beloved tourist attractions and landmarks, including the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz island. In this gallery of vintage San Francisco...

By Kiri Picone • October 2, 2014

34 Black And White Photos Restored With Brilliant Color

Get a whole new perspective on history's most important people and events with these thirty-four black and white photos brilliantly restored in color.

By All That's Interesting • Sep 30, 2014

34 Black And White Photos Restored With Brilliant Color

Get a whole new perspective on history's most important people and events with these thirty-four black and white photos brilliantly restored in color.

By All That's Interesting • September 30, 2014

Explore These Brilliant Vintage Polish Movie Posters From The Cold War

Polish movie posters rarely offer "literal translations of the plot" — but rather experiment with social ideas and critiques.

By Erin Kelly • Sep 27, 2014

Explore These Brilliant Vintage Polish Movie Posters From The Cold War

Polish movie posters rarely offer "literal translations of the plot" — but rather experiment with social ideas and critiques.

By Erin Kelly • September 27, 2014

1950s And 1960s Egypt: When Arab Modernity Allowed Bikinis

1960s Egypt was a time when the modern Arab identity was being questioned and defined. Have a look at it in photos.

By Savannah Cox • Sep 23, 2014

1950s And 1960s Egypt: When Arab Modernity Allowed Bikinis

1960s Egypt was a time when the modern Arab identity was being questioned and defined. Have a look at it in photos.

By Savannah Cox • September 23, 2014

5 Extreme Protests You Won’t Believe

In a way, every major event in history can be reduced to a tale of power struggle and protest. Successful protests have struck down reprehensible policies like Apartheid, and brought attention to previously unknown issues like the many missing indigenous women in Canada. The extreme protests featured here cover a...

By Susan Sims • Sep 17, 2014

5 Extreme Protests You Won’t Believe

In a way, every major event in history can be reduced to a tale of power struggle and protest. Successful protests have struck down reprehensible policies like Apartheid, and brought attention to previously unknown issues like the many missing indigenous women in Canada. The extreme protests featured here cover a...

By Susan Sims • September 17, 2014

4 Bizarre Festivals That Prove Human Eccentricities Know No Limits

Penises, dead geese, mattresses filled with children: these bizarre festivals are the best festivals.

By All That's Interesting • Sep 14, 2014

4 Bizarre Festivals That Prove Human Eccentricities Know No Limits

Penises, dead geese, mattresses filled with children: these bizarre festivals are the best festivals.

By All That's Interesting • September 14, 2014

4 Beautiful, Bizarre, And Disturbing Earth Origin Stories

For most of our existence, humans have used myths to demystify the world and our place in it. We created stories to explain where babies come from and where the sun goes at night and everything in-between. Up until the Enlightenment, when we began using science to understand the universe,...

By All That's Interesting • Aug 31, 2014

4 Beautiful, Bizarre, And Disturbing Earth Origin Stories

For most of our existence, humans have used myths to demystify the world and our place in it. We created stories to explain where babies come from and where the sun goes at night and everything in-between. Up until the Enlightenment, when we began using science to understand the universe,...

By All That's Interesting • August 31, 2014

The ISIS Militant Terror Group In Photos

Whether they go by ISIL or ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, respectively—although we prefer to call them Daesh), the Sunni jihadist group in the Middle East is a terror group unlike any other. In fact, they have committed crimes so...

By Kiri Picone • Aug 30, 2014

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The ISIS Militant Terror Group In Photos

Whether they go by ISIL or ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, respectively—although we prefer to call them Daesh), the Sunni jihadist group in the Middle East is a terror group unlike any other. In fact, they have committed crimes so...

By Kiri Picone • August 30, 2014

1924 Owens Valley Protests Foreshadow California’s Scary Drought Problems

Even with its green lawns and swimming pools, Los Angeles―and Southern California―is a semi-desert. Dropping a major city into this climate with limited water resources seems ridiculous now, but when LA’s population began to boom in the nineteenth century, its leaders believed that the aquifer supplying the city would last....

By Leslie Maryann Neal • Aug 21, 2014

1924 Owens Valley Protests Foreshadow California’s Scary Drought Problems

Even with its green lawns and swimming pools, Los Angeles―and Southern California―is a semi-desert. Dropping a major city into this climate with limited water resources seems ridiculous now, but when LA’s population began to boom in the nineteenth century, its leaders believed that the aquifer supplying the city would last....

By Leslie Maryann Neal • August 21, 2014

4 Of The Most Evil Science Experiments Ever Performed

At their best, scientists represent the best in humanity: intelligence, curiosity, and skeptical rigor. This allows scientists to do things that ordinary people wouldn’t be allowed to get away with. If a random person burst into your house with a bubbling test tube and shouted “Quick! Drink this!” you’d call...

By Richard Stockton • Aug 20, 2014

4 Of The Most Evil Science Experiments Ever Performed

At their best, scientists represent the best in humanity: intelligence, curiosity, and skeptical rigor. This allows scientists to do things that ordinary people wouldn’t be allowed to get away with. If a random person burst into your house with a bubbling test tube and shouted “Quick! Drink this!” you’d call...

By Richard Stockton • August 20, 2014

The Macabre Sculptures Within The Bone Church

If you happen to venture into the Czech Republic’s small suburb of Sedlec, you may stumble upon the Cemetery Church of All Saints. The structure itself looks fairly unassuming, but the outer walls contain some creepy indications of the ghastly findings you are about to encounter inside – actually, less...

By Erin Kelly • Aug 19, 2014

The Macabre Sculptures Within The Bone Church

If you happen to venture into the Czech Republic’s small suburb of Sedlec, you may stumble upon the Cemetery Church of All Saints. The structure itself looks fairly unassuming, but the outer walls contain some creepy indications of the ghastly findings you are about to encounter inside – actually, less...

By Erin Kelly • August 19, 2014