Perhaps because of the diversity of American settlers, or perhaps because of frontier humor, towns with strange names abound in the United States. Some of the most entertaining names have equally intriguing origins (unlike the often-mentioned Intercourse, Pennsylvania, which was simply named after an old usage of the word, meaning [...]
The concept of human imprisonment is one that has courted our species through a number of sociological ages. As the destination of all who find themselves on the negative end of the many justice systems which have acted to ultimately govern each and every human society up until this point, [...]
The world is awash with very real dangers which act to threaten the lives of the human populous on a day to day basis. Putting our fellow man to one side for just a second, we’re likely to unearth an uncomprehending array of creatures with the capacity, as well as [...]
The noun ‘hostage’ is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary Online as being ‘a person seized or held as security for the fulfillment of a condition’. With this, the power of such an action is immediately realizable Human beings have undoubtedly been using the immense leeway provided through the use of a hostage [...]
We humans have long been tunneling for many reasons. Ever since we realized the importance of hiding supplies and/or ourselves, we have been delving into hillsides and disguising entrances. At some point, it became cool to neatly organize the bones of our dead according to type. Skulls, femurs, and the [...]
Not much is generally known about serial killers aside from their crimes. It is widely believed, at least amongst experts, that those who commit multiple homicides are a different breed altogether, at least in terms of criminology, from those who commit murder on one single occasion. Given the regularity of [...]
Leading internet sources will tell you that Paul McCartney, composer and bassist of the Beatles, lived 18 June 1942-present. But if you believe the rumors, he actually died in 1966 and the present “Paul” is a lookalike. Some cite the “Frog Song” as evidence that he’s a different person to [...]
Childhood truly is a wonderful time in a person’s life, when the days are long and bright, the summers hot and endless and the worries non-existent. As a society, we have many ways of both preparing a child for their impending adolescence and abating the surprise often caused by coming [...]
What makes a great movie? The plot? The characters? The underlying symbolism? Well, action movies don’t generally bother too much about those, but they do have big exciting stunts. Fire! Guns! Excitement! It’s what draws people in, again and again. And the stunts just have to keep getting bigger – [...]
Following the close of the Second World War, the most destructive collection of years we’ve ever undergone as a species, humankind decided to bond their efforts in order to achieve one higher goal. This goal was of course to get a manned aircraft out of the limits of the Earths, [...]
As humans, we tend to think that we have the monopoly on this whole communication things. We're really good at...
It seems like it takes a bit of luck to become the most powerful politician in the world. Certainly, the...
Are you looking for a new game to challenge and amuse your family and friends? Why not try bean farming?...
Our world is one of constant parallels. As all we as a species know, planet Earth has spent the last...
Since the dawn of nuclear weapons, in the mid 20th century, countries have been racing to test out their capabilities....
Hollywood doesn't do a great job of selling motels to us, does it? From "Psycho" to "Vacancy", it's a pretty...
Since the dawn of photography in the latter half of the nineteenth century, much of society has been completely revolutionized....
In America, the system of who's in charge seems pretty simple - you vote for them. True, there are primaries...
Depression is so prevalent among comedians that it's practically a cliche - "Tears of a Clown" and all that. Various theories abound...
Mountains have always represented something in human culture that's almost impossible to overcome - hence "Climb every mountain", "Move every...