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May Bugs Excommunicated and Field Rats Tried in Court
Yes, May bugs received excommunication in a town of Switzerland and field rats were taken to court and given an eviction notice in Tyrol. The…
8 Weird Reports About the Effects of Studying Too Much
Is it possible to study too much? Will too many books and too much reading make you insane? If you were living in the late…
10 Superstitions About Thursday or the Day of Thor
Thursday is named after the Norse god Thor, the Germanic god Donar. It is known as the day of Jupiter and is associated with thunder….
Unbelievable Facts About the Mounds of North America
What do we know about the mound builders who lived in North America before it was settled by the Native Americans we know of today?…
7 Facts That Prove Ancient Romans Were Obsessed With Sex
You cannot study ancient Roman culture without running into all of their sexual beliefs and practices. In fact, sex was always on the Roman mind…
8 Disturbing Facts About Being a Woman in Ancient Rome
Women had few freedoms in ancient Rome. Their only legal occupation was motherhood while freeborn men had numerous options within the metropolis. And while television…
14 Rude Epitaphs That Will Make You Giggle and Groan
One of the amusements of the past was to write funny, rude, and shocking epitaphs for real and imaginary people. The following epitaphs were published…
8 Unbelievable Facts About the Spartans
Sparta was a city-state in ancient Greece and is best remembered for its fierce people, the Spartans. The Spartans were warriors. From boyhood until death,…
7 Intriguing Funeral Customs From Ancient Civilizations
From ancient Rome to the Aztecs, funeral customs were unique, yet familiar, events that marked the passage from life to death. 1. Burial and Dirt…
7 Reasons Why You Would Not Want to Live in Ancient Athens
Ancient Athens, a city-state of ancient Greece, may have been the birthplace of democracy, but it was a far cry different from democratic societies of…
