Archive for the ‘history’ Category

Holy Grail of Baseball Cards: The T-206 Honus Wagner

Holy Grail of Baseball Cards: The T-206 Honus Wagner

By Ben | amazing tales, history, sports

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_3BtIUSmbk "Starting from January 1909, the [American Tabacco Company] sought authorization from baseball players for [&hellip

How Fast Could You Travel Across the U.S. in the 1800s?

How Fast Could You Travel Across the U.S. in the 1800s?

By Ben | history, maps

A flight from New York to San Francisco can be an all day affair including [&hellip

Discarded Images: A collection of bizarre medieval images

Discarded Images: A collection of bizarre medieval images

By Ben | art, history

Maybe there's something cultural that's lost in translation, but it turns out the illustrators of [&hellip

Nancy Wake- WWII Special Agent

Nancy Wake- WWII Special Agent

By Ben | amazing tales, history

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake AC GM served as a British agent during the later part [&hellip

50 Common Misconceptions

50 Common Misconceptions

By Ben | history, skeptic

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxIGlMrrhQM&hl=en_US&version=3&rel=0] by MentalFlossVideo via Devour.com

The American Government's Advice to Yeti Hunters, 1959

The American Government's Advice to Yeti Hunters, 1959

By Ben | funny, history, nature

"Item #2: In case "Yeyi" is traced it can be photographed or caught alive, but [&hellip

Abraham Lincoln's Duck Face

Abraham Lincoln's Duck Face

By Ben | funny, history, internet culture

In an alternate universe: via Know Your Meme

A Civil War Game-Used Baseball

A Civil War Game-Used Baseball

By Ben | history, sports

from The Vault: "During the War Between the States, the game was played on the battlefields and [&hellip

The True-Life Horror that Inspired Moby-Dick

The True-Life Horror that Inspired Moby-Dick

By Ben | amazing tales, history

Definitely one of the most amazing (yet disturbing) stories I've heard. The excerpt below is [&hellip

Paws, Pee and Mice: Cats & Medieval Manuscripts

Paws, Pee and Mice: Cats & Medieval Manuscripts

By Ben | animals, funny, history

It turns out cats have a long history among those who wrote and cared for [&hellip

Amazing Story- Man Squats in a Church for 4 years

Amazing Story- Man Squats in a Church for 4 years

By Ben | amazing tales, history

"Lim spent more and more of his time concealed inside the church, keeping away from [&hellip

Facundo the Great

Facundo the Great

By Ben | culture, education, history

by Story Corps, via Neatorama. "Ramon "Chunky" Sanchez was raised in a small farming community [&hellip

Neil Armstrong narrowly avoids death. Returns quietly to his desk to do paperwork.

Neil Armstrong narrowly avoids death. Returns quietly to his desk to do paperwork.

By Ben | amazing tales, history, science

from the Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine via Boing Boing "In his Armstrong biography First [&hellip

The (Secret) City of London: A History

The (Secret) City of London: A History

By Ben | history
The history of the world (according to the History Channel)

The history of the world (according to the History Channel)

By Ben | funny, history

via humor-image.com via @rjallain

The proposed 38 United States of America

The proposed 38 United States of America

By Ben | economics, history, maps

"If George Etzel Pearcy had his way, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s famous song would have been called [&hellip