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9 of the Most Fascinating Abandoned Mansions from Around the World
There's something particularly spectacular about witnessing the decay of a once-grand building. Lavish trappings fall into disrepair, once proud halls play host to insects and dust, and elegantly constructed architecture is exposed to time and the elements. Here are nine crumbling mansions that are fascinating to look at and come with some intriguing backstories.
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Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female PM, dead at 87
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a towering figure in postwar British and world politics and the only woman to become British prime minister, has died at the age of 87.
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5 Things To Know About Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher was Britain's first female prime minister and its longest-serving premier since the 19th century. She is widely credited with playing a key role in ending the Cold War. Thatcher died Monday at age 87.
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The Fascinating History of Birth Control
What did people use for birth control before modern methods like the pill and condoms? Pregnancy prevention around the world has a lengthy history.
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What’s in Century-Old ‘Snake Oil’ Medicines? Mercury and Lead
A chemical analysis of early 1900s medicines, billed as cure-alls, revealed vitamins and calcium along with toxic compounds.
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Dinosaur shook tail feathers for mating show
University of Alberta researcher’s examination of fossilized dinosaur tail bones has led to a breakthrough finding: some feathered dinosaurs used tail plumage to attract mates, much like modern-day peacocks and turkeys.
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Unique Ancient Spider Attack Preserved in Amber
Researchers have found what they say is the only fossil ever discovered of a spider attack on prey caught in its web -- a 100 million-year-old snapshot of an engagement frozen in time.
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Kim Jong-un starred in school production of Grease
US-hating dictator Kim Jong-un once played an all-American hero — in a school production of Grease.
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The Evolution of Gmail: 9 years and counting
This April marks Gmail’s 9th birthday, and as year ten gets underway, it’s a good opportunity to look at how much has changed: the curse of the Bambino was broken, Martin Scorsese finally won an Oscar, and we stopped referencing Xena the Warrior Princess in our blogposts.
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Original McDonald's Menu
It was a simpler time back then.
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Fucking Hysterical: A Timeline of Vintage Vibrators
For centuries hysteria was a legitimate and common diagnosis for women who just needed to get laid, or, at the very least, treat themselves to a few mind-blowing orgasms.
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Chinese dinosaur embryo fossils are oldest found so far
With several of the embryos petrified at different stages of development, it offers a rare insight into exactly how dinosaurs developed inside eggs...
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The Transcript From The Apollo 13 Disaster Will Give You Chills
Exactly 43 years ago, on April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 blasted off from Cape Canaveral. Destination: the moon. It went terribly wrong. Here's what happened.
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The case of the poison potato
The Lenape potato, developed in the 1960s for the snack business, made a damn fine potato chip. Unfortunately, it was also kind of toxic.
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2 milion years old ape-human creature discovered
A ancestor of man got a combination of ape and also human-like functions which helped it to walk large distances on 2 legs with just as much ease as it can curry up trees.
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Here Comes the Bride, All Dressed in Turkey Feathers
If you thought most bridesmaids’ dresses were hideous, imagine having to wear one made of turkey feathers.
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Inside North Korea: No ads, no planes, no internet, no mobiles, no 21st Century.
After eight days undercover in North Korea, I believe this regime is the most frightening tyranny of all.
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Nazi Assignment Teacher Faces Firing
Asked students to write why Jews are evil.
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Then and now (Queen Elizabeth)
This is an amazing before and after!
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Eight facts about terrorism in the United States
There's a lot we still don't know about the Boston Marathon blasts. But here's some very general context about the history of terrorist attacks in the United States.
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