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3.3m viewsHistorical Events You Won't Believe Happened At The Same TimeIn 2014, two separate Reddit users—ShyneBox and mitch3a—posted essentially the same question to AskReddit, several months apart: W...

2.6k voters15 Facts About Geologic Time That Made Our Brains HurtHave you ever wondered about the age of the planet? To grasp just how old the Earth is might take some major mind bending. It defi...

23.1k votersThe Eeriest Coincidences Throughout HistoryMany coincidences are just that and nothing more. This is true almost across the board, and while the coincidence at hand might be...

219 voters13 Extremely Unexpected Friendships Between Historical FiguresEveryone knows that opposites attract. It's (at least initially) true for romantic relationships, and it's also sometimes true for...

295.4k views14 Times Plot Armor Actually Happened In HistoryMovie plot holes annoy and confuse audiences when filmmakers abandon storylines, characters suddenly gain superhuman powers, or th...

295k viewsHistorical Mix-Ups That Really Got Out of Hand (Or Almost Did)Sometimes misunderstandings happen - and that's normal. But when those misunderstandings or mistakes happen on a global scale betw...

Historical Facts

1.2m views13 People Who Were Right All Along, But No One Listened To ThemIf Abraham Lincoln had heeded the warnings that his life may be in danger, the course of history may have been very different. In ...

651.4k views18 Bizarre Archaeological Finds That Rewrote History As We Know ItArchaeology aims to open a window into the past by unearthing artifacts that show exactly how humans' ancestors used to live. But ...

175.5k viewsLies And Untruths That Affected Human HistoryWhen an average person tells a white lie, it’s for something trivial like wanting to spare another's feelings or attempting to avo...

163.7k viewsThe Weirdest Ideas In History That Somehow Came TrueThe outlandish ideas of one era can eventually become predictions that come true at a later date. Something that was seen as unfat...

51.7k views15 Times in History That Foods Started a WarEver said to yourself, "I would kill for a sandwich right now"? Well, historically you're not alone. Throughout history, wars have...

182k viewsFreaky Times When History Repeated Itself And No One Realized ItMost people have heard one version or another of the following quote: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat ...

4.6k votersHistorical Figures Who Lived A Lot Longer Than You ThoughtThere are certain major historical figures who we automatically associate with a particular decade or period of time, but sometime...

14.7k voters14 Surprising Historical Last EventsPeople, trends, norms - they all come and go. As a result, history is full of firsts, lasts, and everything in between. What's inn...

2.4k votersThe 12 Best Times In Human History To Be AliveIf you weren't living in the 21st century, when and where would you live? There are many advantages to living in the 21st century,...

2.2k voters12 Of The Un/Luckiest People In HistoryLuck is an interesting concept, and one that's pretty subjective. If people experience numerous accidents and tragedies throughout...

2.8k votersThe First Time Everyday Things Actually HappenedThe world’s population utilizes many everyday items daily. However, not many people are aware of why these items came to be or whe...

1.5k voters12 Times In History When Things Escalated QuicklySometimes, a chain of events unfolds so dramatically that you have to stop and marvel, "Wow, that escalated quickly!" Historical e...

6.1k voters11 Things That Were Hugely Hyped But Then Massively FloppedWe've all had a good idea at some point in our lives, as well as a terrible idea (or 20). Most of the time, these fleeting lightbu...