History
From Cage Skirts to Power Suits, Women’s Fashion Always Knew How to Hold Its Shape
In 18th-century Europe, fashion became a spectacle. Skirts widened so much that women had to turn sideways just to pass through a door. These exaggerated shapes came from panniers, hidden structures sewn beneath the dress to push the fabric out…
This Shell Grotto Was Found in 1835, and We Still Don’t Know Who Built It or Why
In 1835, a man in the English seaside town of Margate was digging a duck pond in his backyard. His name was James Newlove. While working with his son, he struck something hard beneath the chalky ground. It was not…
America Once Laid Down Giant Concrete Arrows to Tell Pilots Where to Go and they still exists!
It sounds fake. Like something from a Looney Tunes cartoon or a conspiracy video you’d find on YouTube at 2 a.m. But it's true: in the 1920s, the United States really did build a highway in the sky using 70-foot-long…
