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Let’s Talk About Sex Attitudes, Baby

So let’s get all Salt-n-Pepa and talk about sex, baby. Better yet, let’s talk about sex throughout human history. After all, Iwan Bloch, considered by many to be the first sexologist, believed that “historical knowledge offered an important key to understanding contemporary problems of sexuality”. History can also provide valuable...

By All That's Interesting Jul 1, 2014

Let’s Talk About Sex Attitudes, Baby

So let’s get all Salt-n-Pepa and talk about sex, baby. Better yet, let’s talk about sex throughout human history. After all, Iwan Bloch, considered by many to be the first sexologist, believed that “historical knowledge offered an important key to understanding contemporary problems of sexuality”. History can also provide valuable...

By All That's Interesting July 1, 2014

11 Of History’s Weirdest Inventions

From boats that would survive an ice age to wooden swimming suits, these strange inventions are also the most delightful to look back on.

By Savannah Cox Jun 30, 2014

11 Of History’s Weirdest Inventions

From boats that would survive an ice age to wooden swimming suits, these strange inventions are also the most delightful to look back on.

By Savannah Cox June 30, 2014

These Creepy Masks Prove Just How Odd Humanity Is

This little item is one of the more disturbing objects on the list. A Scold’s bridle is a fearsome looking thing from the 1500s whose purpose was to cure your gabbing woman of her nasty—and apparently singularly female—tendency to fight or gossip. When secured to the woman’s head, this contraption...

By Erin Kelly Jun 15, 2014

These Creepy Masks Prove Just How Odd Humanity Is

This little item is one of the more disturbing objects on the list. A Scold’s bridle is a fearsome looking thing from the 1500s whose purpose was to cure your gabbing woman of her nasty—and apparently singularly female—tendency to fight or gossip. When secured to the woman’s head, this contraption...

By Erin Kelly June 15, 2014

The Battle Of Cowpens And The Ruse That Turned The American Revolution

Before the Revolutionary War's Battle of Cowpens, the colonists were in danger of losing the South to the British — but one man's military genius turned the tide of the war.

By John Kuroski Jun 10, 2014

The Battle Of Cowpens And The Ruse That Turned The American Revolution

Before the Revolutionary War's Battle of Cowpens, the colonists were in danger of losing the South to the British — but one man's military genius turned the tide of the war.

By John Kuroski June 10, 2014
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