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For a mere twenty-five cents, you could take a tour of PT Barnum’s show containing his most memorable freaks. Jo Jo the Dog Faced Boy…

The ancient Sumerians were probably the first people to invent lipstick over 5,000 years ago. Their lipstick was nothing like the lipstick we use today….

Perillos of Athens, invented what came to be known as the brazen bull. Also called the bronze bull and the Bull of Phalaris, it was…

As the world became more advanced during the early half of the 20th century, people started turning their heads to the sky and wondering what…

Corporal punishment, by definition, is some form of physical punishment for a wrongdoing. Parents who spank children, teachers who smack children’s hands with rulers, soldiers…

Scottish nobleman, Walter Stewart, was believed to have wanted the crown of King James I of Scotland for himself, but when he was found complicit…

The story of the Halifax Gibbet begins and ends in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The little town had its humble beginnings in sheep farming. Eventually,…

The Wild West was full of danger, fortune, and men who were willing to risk anything for the promise of fame, money, and freedom. In…

Our ancients had many strange beliefs and superstitions about magnets (lodestones). In the article below, published in 1913, the unknown author brings up some of…

Most of us have heard stories about hangings in the Old West, the firing squads in Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Utah, the electric chair, and the…