An eBay seller has this photograph up for the...  ...man who lived in Bristol, TN sometime around the Civil War

Here it is, our collaboration with the always...  ...and good luck! Update: the mystery object is a Civil War spar torpedo that was designed to be rammed into...

Tomorrow is the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terr...  ...en Lattes Ago looked at the role of coffee in the Civil War , courtesy of mental_floss magazine.The Annals of...  ...Neatorama!Contests! We got contests! In the Star Wars Lightsaber Mini Hunt from last week, we had four,...

The Inca civilization grew a variety of crops in the Andes Mountains, d...  ...s took over, partly because so many Incas died of war and disease, and also because the invaders insist...  ...es plunge at night, keeping sensitive plant roots warm during the sometimes frosty nights...

How a coffee shortage killed the Confederacy. E...  ...lled the Confederacy. Even in the midst of the Civil war , there was still one thing that the North and the...  ...tle bean, leaving the Confederacy to wage its own war against java deprivation. COFFEE: IT'S WHATS F...  ...KFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER...

The following is an article from the book History'...  ...Uncle John's Bathroom Reader. During America's wars , they were considered entertainers more than harb...  ...undermine the morale of opposing troops in World War II, the Korean War , and the Vietnam *strong class=...

(College Humor link) Have you ever noticed th...  ...American history classes tend to rush through the War of 1812 in order to get through the Civil War before the school year ends? College Humor imagin...

Earlier this month was National Sisters Day, which...  ..., he was executed. His death was supposed to be a warning against all those who would consider rebelling, b...  ...sed learning martial arts and studying the art of warfare , so when it was time to start a rebellion, they w...  ...battle by fighting naked...

If we are ever contacted by an alien civilization , would they bestow great knowledge on us or destr...  ...possible outcomes to human contact with an alien civilization .  What do you think would happen? The group...  ..., then they may seek to preemptively destroy our civili...

These days, getting a hold of your favorite spice...  ...tect the value of these culinary specialties. And wars were even fought for them. Next time you reach in...  ...by noblemen, a fourteen-week long “Saffron War ” broke out. The flower’s cultivation...  ...facturing sea salt. Venice and Ge...