Tag: weird history
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The Emperor Who Declared War on the Sea (And Lost. Obviously.)
I love a man with a plan. I love it even more when the plan is insane, the man has unlimited resources, and absolutely nobody around him says “hey, maybe don’t.” Today’s specimen: Caligula, Roman emperor, certified menace, and the only military commander in recorded history to formally declare war on the ocean. Yes. The…
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The Dumbest Ways Serial Killers Got Themselves Caught — Part 2
As discussed yesterday, being a serial killer is bad. Like, really bad. One of the worst career choices available, right up there with “guy who tests whether electrical outlets work by sticking forks into them.” But as we also established yesterday, there’s something worse than being a serial killer. Being a stupid serial killer. Because…
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Coffin Births Exist And Unfortunately So Do I After Learning About Them
The internet took me somewhere I was never psychologically meant to go. I seriously need to stop Googling things that are very categorically labelled “do not Google” somewhere on the internet. But because that’s yet to happen, guess where the internet took me today? I mean, you can read the title, so you’re right —…
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The Dancing Plague of 1518: When People Danced to Their Death in Strasbourg
What Is the Dancing Plague? A Strange Historical Mystery Today, in 2026, the majority of the world’s population believes in what we call “science,” and while there’s still a huge chunk of this population that also believes in the existence of God and the supernatural, science has been successful in establishing itself as the most…