Facts

On October 31st, 2020, the world awoke to the sad news of Sir Sean Connery’s death. Connery was one of the most celebrated actors of his time, but there’s far more to his gilded legend than his film career. Whether you know him from his time as 007 or from any of the dozens of movies he headlined,…

Lightning has fascinated humans from the beginning of time. Striking at random, starting fires, and appearing from thin air, some thought that it must have a divine origin. Was it Zeus wielding his thunderbolts or Thor striking with his hammer? Opinions differed, but we can say with certainty that…

In 2005, a German archeologist unearthed a sculpture that many now consider the oldest pornographic content. Dating from circa 7200 BC, it depicts two figurines, a man and woman, having sexual intercourse. The gentleman in the statue must have been really aroused, because he was literally hard as a…

Dinosaurs are a pop culture favorite and it’s easy to see why. They waged epic battles with horns, teeth, and claws more terrifying than any weapon. They looked wilder and sometimes wackier than any beast dreamed up in any fiction. And they were all real. But we’ve had the misfortune (or maybe…