history
The Rise, Flop and Fall of the Comb-Over
Balding has been the constant scourge of man since the beginning of time, and for millennia, our best solution was the comb-over. This is the story of how its once-ubiquitous popularity thinned, receded and then got pushed to the side
The Bloody, Delicious Legend of Heather Ale
There are numerous legends about the long-lost drink made with heather blossoms, an elixir that was, quite famously, worth dying for. The purple flowers that…
The Unknown Corpse Who Saved Millions — And Gave the World Alien Ant Farm
How a drowning in Paris in the late 1880s led to both the popularization of CPR training and a 2001 nu-metal hit
There’s No Wrong Way to Kill a Small Victorian Child
This time-bending meme opens up big questions about the arc of history
